[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 239 (Thursday, December 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 58795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26970]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-77-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 158--Jackson, Mississippi; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; Traxys Cometals Processing, Inc. 
(Manganese and Aluminum Alloying Agents); Burnsville, Mississippi

    Traxys Cometals Processing, Inc. (Traxys Cometals), submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Burnsville, Mississippi. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on November 27, 2017.
    The applicant indicates that it will be submitting a separate 
application for FTZ designation at the Traxys Cometals facility under 
FTZ 158. The facility will be used to produce high-grade manganese and 
aluminum alloying agents to be supplied to steel and aluminum 
production plants. 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 Traxys Cometals 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, Traxys Cometals would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to carbon-free 
manganese briquettes, low-carbon manganese briquettes, manganese 
powder, MnAl (manganese/aluminum) briquettes, and CrAl (chromium/
aluminum) briquettes (duty rate ranges from 1.4% to 14%). Traxys 
Cometals 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 
electrolytic manganese flakes, chromium powder, and chromium waste 
(duty rate ranges from duty-free to 14%).
    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 23, 2018.
    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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Christopher Wedderburn at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1963.

    Dated: December 11, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-26970 Filed 12-13-17; 8:45 am]
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