[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 37191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16791]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-50-2017]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 98--Birmingham, Alabama; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity; Brose North America Inc. (Automotive
Seats, Drives and Door Frames); Vance, Alabama
Brose North America Inc. (Brose) submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in
Vance, Alabama within FTZ 98. The notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on August 2, 2017.
The applicant indicates that it will be submitting a separate
application for FTZ designation at the Brose facility under FTZ 98. The
facility is used for the production of seats, drives, and door frames
for the automotive industry. 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 Brose from customs
duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components noted below, Brose would be able to choose the duty rates
during customs entry procedures that apply to: Seat frames; seat
adjusters for motor vehicles powered with electric DC motors; seat
pans; cooling fans for automobiles; and, doors for automobiles (duty
rate ranges from duty-free to 2.5%). Brose would be able to avoid duty
on foreign-status components which become scrap/waste. Customs duties
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production
equipment.
The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Plastic
tubes and hoses; plastic tube protectors; decals; plastic spacers and
other articles of plastic; rubber spacers; labels; steel self-tapping
screws; screw and nut assemblies; steel locking lugnuts; steel torsion
spring washers and lock washers; steel rivets; metal fasteners; steel
cable drum wires; steel metal clips; locks; base metal mountings; steel
brackets; metal mounting for seats; steel tubular rivets; steel bearing
balls; plain shaft bearings with housings; gear boxes; gears and
gearing; gearing housings; synchronous electric DC motors of an output
under 18.65 watts; electric DC motors of an output not exceeding 37.5
watts; universal AC/DC motors of an output between 37.5 watts and 746
watts; DC motors of an output between 37.5 watts and 14.92 kilowatts;
DC generators; multi-phase AC motors exceeding 74.6 watts but not
exceeding 735 watts; electrical lighting or signaling equipment;
electrical circuit switching and protection components; vehicle body
stampings; lock rods; lock actuators; guide rails for door assemblies;
measuring instruments; seat frames; seat pans; coated cross tubes; side
panels; slider assemblies; and ink ribbons used for printers (duty rate
ranges from duty-free to 8.5%).
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 September 18, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.
Dated: August 3, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-16791 Filed 8-8-17; 8:45 am]
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