[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1316-1317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-32027]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-88-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 68--El Paso, Texas; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; PGTEX USA, Inc. (Fiber Glass Fabrics); El 
Paso, Texas

    PGTEX USA, Inc. (PGTEX) submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in El Paso, 
Texas, within FTZ 68. The notification conforming to the requirements 
of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
December 19, 2016.
    The PGTEX facility is located within Site 3 of FTZ 68. The facility 
is used for the production of fiber glass fabrics used in a variety of 
applications: Wind turbine blades, sporting goods, autos, shipbuilding, 
building materials and aerospace. 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.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include yarns 
(glass fiber) (HTSUS 7019.19), glass fibers (HTSUS 7019.90), and 
polyester yarn (HTSUS 5402.33) (duty rates range from 4.3 to 6.5%). The 
applicant indicates that these foreign-sourced materials/components 
will be admitted to the FTZ in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 
146.41). This would preclude inverted tariff benefits on such items on 
its domestic sales of fiber glass fabrics. Production under FTZ 
procedures could exempt PGTEX from customs duty payments on the 
foreign-status components used in export production. Customs duties 
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production 
equipment.

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    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 February 14, 
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 
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: December 28, 2016.
Elizabeth Whitman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-32027 Filed 1-4-17; 8:45 am]
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