[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88211-88212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29349]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-82-2016]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 226--Merced County, California;
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Brake Parts Inc;
(Automotive Parts Kitting); Patterson, California
Brake Parts Inc (BPI) submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Patterson,
California, within FTZ 226. The notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on November 30, 2016.
The BPI facility is located within Site 14 of FTZ 226. The facility
is used for the kitting of aftermarket automotive parts. Pursuant to 15
CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-
status materials and 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 BPI from customs duty
payments on the foreign-status components used in export production. On
its domestic sales, BPI would be able to choose the duty rates during
customs entry procedures that apply to master cylinder kits, brake drum
kits, brake pad kits, brake shoe kits and brake caliper kits (duty rate
ranges from free to 2.5%) 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: Rubber O-
rings; rubber seals; rubber brake components; paperboard corrugated
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boxes; steel hex bolts; steel bolts; steel brake clips; galvanized cast
iron brake brackets; master cylinders; brake drums; brake pads; brake
shoes; and, wheel cylinders (duty rate ranges from free to 2.5%).
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 January 17, 2017.
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: December 1, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-29349 Filed 12-6-16; 8:45 am]
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