[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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