Federal Register, Volume 82
Issue 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 5 (Monday, January 9,
2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 2311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing
Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00144]
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DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones
Board
[B-1-2017]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ)
221--Mesa, Arizona; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity; Apple Inc. (Data Server Cabinets);
Mesa,
Arizona
The City
of Mesa Office of Economic Development, grantee of FTZ
221, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to
the
FTZ Board on behalf of Apple Inc. (Apple), located in Mesa,
Arizona.
The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations
of
the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on December 27,
2016.
Apple already has authority to produce certain
components for
consumer electronics within Subzone 221A. The current request would
add
finished products and foreign status materials/components to the
scope
of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ
authority
would be limited to the specific foreign-status
materials/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
Apple from customs
duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in
export
production. On its domestic sales, Apple would be able to choose
the
duty rate during customs
entry procedures that applies to finished
server assembly cabinets (duty-free) for the foreign-status
materials/
components noted below and in the existing scope of authority.
Customs
duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on
foreign-status
production equipment.
The materials/components sourced from abroad
include: Tape; plastic
boxes; polyethylene bags; plastic bags; plastic packing;
plastic
washers; rubber washers; rubber spacers; steel screw hooks;
steel
screws; steel nuts; steel standoff; steel spring washers;
steel
washers, not spring/lock type; steel rivets; steel cotter pins;
steel
springs; steel springs, of wire; steel baffles; copper washers;
copper
boss; copper nuts; nickel fasteners; aluminum screws; aluminum
hooks;
metal hinges; metal brackets; fans; fan blades, fan unit
housings;
servers; input/output units; storage units; smart cables; card
readers;
server housing/enclosures; printed circuit board assemblies;
electric
motors; transformers; static converters; inductors; magnets;
lithium
batteries; lithium polymer
batteries; routers and network switches;
microphones; CDs, software; solid state drives; semiconductor
media;
monitors; capacitors; fuses; circuit breakers; power strips;
relays;
switches; electrical connectors; optical fiber cable
connectors;
terminals; power strips with rack mounts; diodes;
transistors;
thyristors; LEDs; electronic integrated circuits; infrared LED
strips;
data server cables; copper and power cables; cables; optical
fiber
cables; metal furniture; and, server rack rails (duty rate ranges
from
duty-free to 8.6%).
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 February 21,
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
Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 482-0473.
Dated:
January 3, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-00144 Filed 1-6-17; 8:45 am]
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