[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 14834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06174]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-12-2016]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 168--Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas;
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Gulfstream Aerospace
Corporation (Passenger Jet Aircraft); Dallas, Texas
The Metroplex International Trade Development Corporation, grantee
of FTZ 168, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to
the FTZ Board on behalf of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
(Gulfstream), located in Dallas, Texas. The notification conforming to
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22)
was received on March 8, 2016.
The Gulfstream facility is located within Site 10 of FTZ 168. The
facility is used for the production of passenger jet aircraft. Pursuant
to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific
foreign-status components and specific finished products described in
the submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently
authorized by the FTZ Board.
Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Gulfstream from
customs duty payments on the foreign status components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, Gulfstream would be able to choose
the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to passenger
jet aircraft (free) for the foreign status inputs noted below. Customs
duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status
production equipment.
The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Flight
data recorders; wire harnesses; aircraft parts; fuselage panels;
fuselage panel covers; aircraft assemblies; upholstery leather;
upholstery suede; sheepskin seat covers; metal placards; power
supplies; regulators; magnets; landing lights; headsets/headphones;
and, antennas (duty rate ranges free to 4.9%).
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the
address below. The closing period for their receipt is April 27, 2016.
A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Pierre Duy at [email protected]
or (202) 482-1378.
Dated: March 9, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-06174 Filed 3-17-16; 8:45 am]
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