[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 45123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16463]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-45-2016]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 189--Kent, Ottawa and Muskegon Counties,
Michigan; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Southern
Lithoplate, Inc. (Aluminum Printing Plates); Grand Rapids, Michigan
The KOM Foreign Trade Zone Authority, grantee of FTZ 189, submitted
a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on
behalf of Southern Lithoplate, Inc. (SLP), located in Grand Rapids,
Michigan. The notification conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on July 6,
2016.
SLP already has authority for the production of aluminum offset
printing plates for the printing industry within Site 10 of FTZ 189.
The current request would add foreign status materials/components to
the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ
authority would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials/
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 SLP from customs duty
payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, SLP would be able to choose the duty
rate during customs entry procedures that applies to aluminum printing
plates (duty rate 3.7%) for the foreign-status materials/components
noted below and in the existing scope of authority. Customs duties also
could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production
equipment.
The materials/components sourced from abroad include the following
chemicals for photographic purposes: organic dyes; photoinitiators;
photosensitizing dyes; polymers; triazine photoinitiators; pigments in
solvent; acrylate polymers in solvent; novolak polymers in solvent;
anion surfactants; emulsifiers in water; acrylate monomers; acrylic
polymers; polyvinyl alcohols; acrylate oligomers in solvent;
emulsifiers; polyvinylphenol; and, carboxymethyl cellulose (duty rate
ranges from free to 6.5%). The request indicates that inputs classified
under HTSUS Subheadings 3204.17, 3208.20 and 3208.90 will be admitted
to the zone in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) or domestic
status (19 CFR 146.43), thereby precluding inverted tariff benefits on
such items.
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address
below. The closing period for their receipt is August 22, 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
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.
Dated: July 7, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-16463 Filed 7-11-16; 8:45 am]
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