[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60369-60370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27406]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-78-2017]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 41--Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Notification
of Proposed Production Activity; AFE, Inc. (Monitors/Displays/
Televisions); Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin
The Port of Milwaukee, grantee of FTZ 41, submitted a notification
of
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proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of AFE, Inc.,
located in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The notification conforming to
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22)
was received on November 30, 2017.
The applicant has submitted a separate application for subzone
designation at AFE, Inc.'s facility under 15 CFR 400.38. The facility
would be used to produce whiteboard monitors/interactive displays and
televisions with and without tuners. 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 AFE, Inc., 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, the company would be able to choose the duty
rates during customs entry procedures that apply to whiteboard
monitors/interactive displays, tuner-free televisions, and televisions
with tuners (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 3.9%). The company
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: Printed
wire boards (PWBs) for monitors; PWBs for keyboards; infrared light
detecting units for remote controllers; open cell liquid crystal
displays (LCDs); monitor chassis components and assemblies of plastic
and metal; stainless steel screws; reflector sheets; lens sheets;
diffusion sheets; light emitting diode (LED) wires; PWBs for LEDs;
plastic tapes; bezels; LCD modules; rear cover cable assemblies; power
supply and drive units; power cables; LCD control cables; Wi-Fi cables;
keyboard cables; speakers; A/C cords; remote controls; flexible flat
cable for printed wire boards; AAA batteries; Wi-Fi units; plastic
labels; TV stands and stand support brackets; plastic bags; printed
setup guides; plastic cable clamps; molded paper packaging; paper
packaging; cardboard cartons; plastic packaging; printed instructions;
self-tapping screws; wire holders of plastic; plastic spacers; plastic
insulator for coolers; keyboard cover assemblies; wooden pallets; PWBs
for tuner TV keyboards; infrared light detecting units for tuner TV
remote controllers; open cell LCDs for tuner TVs; monitor chassis
components and assemblies of plastic and metal for tuner TVs; reflector
sheets for tuner TVs; lens sheets for tuner TVs; diffusion sheets for
tuner TVs; bezels for tuner TVs; LCD modules for tuner TVs; rear cover
cable assemblies for tuner TVs; and, stands for tuner TVs (duty rate
ranges from duty-free to 10.7%).
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 29, 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 14, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-27406 Filed 12-19-17; 8:45 am]
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