[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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