Federal Register, Volume 78 Issue 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15682-15683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05661]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-20-2013]

Notification of Proposed Production Activity TTI, Inc.; Subzone
196A (Electromechanical and Circuit Protection Devices Production/
Kitting); Fort Worth, TX

    TTI, Inc. (TTI), operator of Subzone 196A, submitted a notification
of proposed production activity for its facilities located in Fort
Worth, Texas. The notification conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the

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Foreign Trade-Zones Board (the Board) (15 CFR 400.22) was received on
February 13, 2013.
    The TTI facilities are located within Subzone 196A at 2601 Sylvania
Cross Drive and 2441 Northeast Parkway, Fort Worth (Tarrant County),
Texas. The facilities are used for electromechanical and circuit
protection device production/kitting for a variety of commercial,
aerospace and military applications. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b) of
the regulations, FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-
status materials and components and specific finished products included
in the submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently
authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt TTI from customs duty
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On
its domestic sales, TTI would be able to choose the duty rates during
customs entry procedures that apply to resistors, capacitors,
connectors, discretes, potentiometers, trimmers, magnetic and circuit

protection components, wire and cable, wire and cable identification
markers, application tools for crimping, insertion/extraction, and
terminal removal, and electromechanical devices (duty rates range from
free to 3.5%) for the foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production
equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Rubber
and plastic gaskets, washers, and seals; circuit protection devices
(including connectors); molded parts for connector assemblies; metal
contacts; plastic fittings; insulators (including, quartz, Teflon,
silicon and ceramic); base metal insulating materials (including
electrical conduit tubing); electrical circuit switching and protection
components; and iron and steel wire components (duty rates range from
free to 5.3%).
    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 April 22, 2013.

    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 Diane Finver at
Diane.Finver@trade.gov or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: March 7, 2013.
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-05661 Filed 3-11-13; 8:45 am]
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