Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019) 
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61595-61596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24641]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-70-2019]

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 183--Austin, Texas; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity; Flextronics America, LLC; (Automated Data
Processing Machines); Austin, Texas

    Flextronics America, LLC (Flextronics), submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in
Austin, Texas. The notification conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on November
3, 2019.
    Flextronics already has authority to produce automated data
processing machines within FTZ 183. The current request would add
foreign status components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR
400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific
foreign-status components described in the submitted notification (as
described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Flextronics from
customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used
in export production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status
components noted below, Flextronics would be able to choose the duty
rates during customs entry procedures that apply to automated data

processing machines (duty-free). Flextronics 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 sourced from abroad include: Labels; corrugated pack
boxes; print bundles--instruction manuals and start-up directions;
caster wheel assemblies; keyboards; computer mice; trackpads; graphics
processing modules; main logic boards; graphics performance enhancers;
basic input/output system (BIOS) printed circuit boards; structural
frames for automatic data processing machines; structural enclosures
for automatic data processing machines; main logic board stiffener
assemblies; internal component support units; and, power supply units
(duty rate ranges

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from duty-free to 5.8%). The request indicates that the following
components are subject to an antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD)
order if imported from certain countries: labels; caster wheel
assemblies; structural frames for automatic data processing machines;
structural enclosures for automatic data processing machines; main
logic board stiffener assemblies; and, internal component support
units. The FTZ Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.14(e)) require that
merchandise subject to AD/CVD orders, or items which would be otherwise
subject to suspension of liquidation under AD/CVD procedures if they
entered U.S. customs territory, be admitted to the zone in privileged
foreign status (19 CFR 146.41). The request also indicates that certain
components are subject to special duties under Section 301 of the Trade
Act of 1974 (Section 301), depending on the country of origin. The
applicable Section 301 decisions require subject merchandise to be
admitted to FTZs in privileged foreign status.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions

shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary and sent to:
ftz@trade.gov. The closing period for their receipt is December 23,
2019.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection
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
Chris.Wedderburn@trade.gov or (202) 482-1963.

    Dated: November 6, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-24641 Filed 11-12-19; 8:45 am]
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