[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 75 (Monday, April 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16665-16666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06792]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-26-2025]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 38, Notification of Proposed Production 
Activity; ZF Transmissions Gray Court LLC; (Electric and Automatic 
Vehicle Transmissions); Gray Court and Fountain Inn, South Carolina

    ZF Transmissions Gray Court LLC submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for its 
facilities in Gray Court and Fountain Inn, South Carolina, within 
Subzone 38K. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was received on April 15, 2025.
    Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ production activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status material(s)/component(s) and 
specific finished product(s) described in the submitted notification 
(summarized below) and subsequently authorized by the Board. The 
benefits that may stem from conducting production activity under FTZ 
procedures are explained in the background section of the Board's 
website--accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. The proposed finished 
product(s) and material(s)/component(s) would be

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added to the production authority that the Board previously approved 
for the operation, as reflected on the Board's website.
    The proposed finished products include: plug-in hybrid electric 
vehicle transmissions; electric rear axle drives; stators; electric 
motors; electric drives; intermediate shafts for electric vehicles; 
and, input shafts for electric vehicles (duty rate ranges from 2.5% to 
6.5%).
    The proposed foreign-status materials/components include: plastic 
components (protection caps; rectangular rings; brackets); rubber 
components (sealing rings; sealing sleeves; shaft seals; gaskets); 
steel components (mushroom head bolts; screw plugs; washers; collector 
rings; retaining clips; pins; compression springs; wave springs; leg 
springs; angular ball bearings; ball bearings; sprocket wheels; tube 
assemblies; gear spiders; hose couplings; output flanges; sprocket 
wheels; spur gears; end yokes; sleeves; catches; end yokes; hubs); 
aluminum components (screw plugs; alloy marking plates; tube 
assemblies; bell housings; plates; cylinders); plates (type; centering; 
intermediate; guiding); pump covers; thermal bypass valves; valve 
housings; taper roller bearing outer rings; shaft seals; lamination 
stack assembly stators; assemblies (housing; oil guide ring; cooling 
connection); grounding rings; hydraulically actuated parking lock 
pistons; sensors (positions; speed); PEEK wires; wiring harnesses; 
hydraulic control unit adapters; bearing brackets; connecting bars; 
torque converters; disc carriers; gears (idler; input; output; parking 
interlock; ring; planetary); oil baffles; oil catchers; oil trays; oil 
pans; output housings; pinions; pistons; planet carriers; shafts 
(quill; splined); sensor rings; support shims; sun gear shafts; 
transmission counting discs; guide bushes; ring gear carriers; selector 
shafts; guiding plates; clamping sleeves; oil tubes; bearing rings; 
breathers; end discs; thrust washers; stators; open differentials; 
clutch disks; dog clutches; shift levers; and, sensor units (duty rate 
ranges from duty-free to 9.0%). The request indicates that certain 
materials/components are subject to duties under section 1702(a)(1)(B) 
of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (section 1702), 
section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (section 232), or 
section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (section 301), depending on the 
country of origin. The applicable section 1702, section 232 and section 
301 decisions require subject merchandise to be admitted to FTZs in 
privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41).
    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 June 2, 2025.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Online FTZ Information System'' section of the Board's 
website.
    For further information, contact Juanita Chen at 
juanita.chen@trade.gov.

    Dated: April 16, 2025.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-06792 Filed 4-18-25; 8:45 am]
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