[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 104 (Thursday, June 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25239-25240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11324]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-33-2017]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 50--Long Beach, California; Notification
of Proposed Production Activity; Mercedes Benz USA, LLC, (Accessorizing
Passenger Motor Vehicles); Long Beach, California
The Port of Long Beach, California, grantee of FTZ 50, submitted a
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf
of Mercedes Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA), located in Long Beach, California.
The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of
the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on May 8, 2017.
MBUSA already has FTZ authority for accessorizing passenger motor
vehicles within Site 41 of FTZ 50. The current request would add
foreign-status materials/components to the scope of authority. Pursuant
to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific
foreign-status materials and components described in the submitted
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the
FTZ Board.
Production under FTZ procedures could exempt MBUSA from customs
duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, MBUSA would be able to choose the
duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to passenger
motor vehicles (duty rate--2.5%) for the foreign-status inputs noted
below and in the existing scope of authority. Customs duties also could
possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
The components and materials sourced from abroad include plastic
statuettes and other ornamental articles, carpets of man-made fibers,
smart cards/memory cards for data storage and steering wheels (duty
rates range from free to 5.3%). The applicant indicates that carpets of
man-made fibers would be admitted to the FTZ in privileged foreign
status (19 CFR 146.41). This would preclude inverted tariff benefits on
the foreign-status carpets used in its domestic sales of passenger
motor vehicles.
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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 July 11, 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: May 26, 2017.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-11324 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]
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