[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 214 (Friday, November 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76914-76915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26741]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-72-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 80--San Antonio, Texas; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; CGT U.S., Ltd.; (Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) 
Coated Upholstery Fabric Cover Stock); New Braunfels, Texas

    CGT U.S., Ltd. (CGT), submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in New Braunfels, 
Texas. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on October 
18, 2016.
    A separate application for subzone designation at the CGT facility 
was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.38 of the Board's 
regulations. The facility is used for the production of PVC coated 
upholstery fabric cover stock. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ 
activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials and 
components and specific finished product described in the submitted 
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the 
FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt CGT from customs duty 
payments on the foreign-status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, CGT would be able to choose the duty rate during 
customs entry procedures that applies to the PVC coated upholstery 
fabric cover stock (duty 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: Compound 
stabilizer for plastics; antimony trioxide (low-tint); flat release 
paper; polyester knit fabric; polycotton

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knit fabric; polyurethane top finish dull; polyurethane top finish 
gloss; polyvinyl chloride dispersion resin; carbodimide crosslinker; 
aqueous (water base) polyurethane top finish; polyurethane top finish; 
aqueous (water base) silicone modifier; aqueous (water base) silicone 
hand modifier; polyurethane; polyisocyanate crosslinker; defoamer; 
polyfunctional aziridine crosslinker; wetting agent top coat; and, 
stabilizers (duty rates range from duty free to 10%).
    The request indicates that CGT will admit foreign-status polyester 
and polycotton knit fabrics (HTSUS 6006.31.00) in privileged foreign 
status (19 CFR 146.43), thereby precluding inverted tariff benefits on 
these inputs.
    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 December 14, 
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 Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: October 27, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-26741 Filed 11-3-16; 8:45 am]
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