[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 146 (Friday, July 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 49927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18019]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-48-2016]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 38--Spartanburg, South Carolina;
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Benteler Automotive
Corporation (Automotive Suspension and Body Components); Duncan, South
Carolina
The South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 38,
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ
Board on behalf of Benteler Automotive Corporation (Benteler), located
in Duncan, South Carolina. The notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on June 28, 2016.
Benteler already has authority to produce automotive suspension and
body components within Subzone 38F. The current request would add one
finished product to the existing scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR
400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific
finished product described in the submitted notification (as described
below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Benteler from customs
duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, Benteler would be able to choose the
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to instrument
panel supports (duty rate 2.5%) for the foreign-status materials/
components in the existing scope of authority. Customs duties also
could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production
equipment.
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 September 7, 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 Christopher Kemp at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.
Dated: July 25, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-18019 Filed 7-28-16; 8:45 am]
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