[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 62760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26217]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket T-5-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 277--Western Maricopa County, AZ; Application 
for Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority; Sub-Zero, Inc.; 
(Refrigerators); Goodyear, AZ

    An application has been submitted to the Executive Secretary of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Greater Maricopa County 
Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 277, requesting temporary/
interim manufacturing (T/IM) authority within FTZ 277 at the Sub-Zero, 
Inc. (Sub-Zero), facility, located in Goodyear, Arizona. The 
application was filed on October 3, 2011.
    The Sub-Zero facility (260 employees, 10 acres, 150,000 units/year) 
is located at 4295 N. Cotton Lane within the Palm Valley 303 Industrial 
Park in Goodyear, Arizona (Site 3). Under T/IM procedures, Sub-Zero has 
requested authority to produce refrigerators (HTSUS 8418.10 and 
8418.21, duty rate: free). Foreign components that would be used in 
production (representing 45% of the value of the finished 
refrigerators) include: ABS resin (HTSUS 3903.30), fittings (3917.40), 
rubber gaskets (4016.93), articles of rubber (4016.99), fasteners 
(7318.14, 7318.15, 7318.29), hinges (8302.10), brackets (8302.50), 
plates (8310.00), compressors (8414.30, 8414.90), parts of 
refrigerators (8418.99), filters (8421.21), filter/dryer (8421.29), 
valves (8481.80), motors (8501.10, 8501.40), inverters (8504.40), 
wiring harnesses (8516.80), switches (8536.50), plugs and sockets 
(8536.61), controllers (8537.10), lamps (8539.22), and conductors 
(8544.42) (duty rate range: free-8.6%). T/IM authority could be granted 
for a period of up to two years.
    FTZ procedures could exempt Sub-Zero from customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. The company 
anticipates that some 10 percent of the plant's shipments will be 
exported. On its domestic sales, Sub-Zero would be able to choose the 
duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to refrigerators 
(duty rate: free) for the foreign inputs noted above.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ 
Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and 
information presented in the application and case record and to report 
findings and recommendations pursuant to Board Orders 1347 and 1480.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the following address: Office of the Executive Secretary, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 2111, 1401 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230. The closing period for 
their receipt is November 10, 2011.
    Sub-Zero has also submitted a request to the FTZ Board for FTZ 
manufacturing authority beyond a two-year period, which may include 
additional products and components. It should be noted that the request 
for extended authority would be docketed separately and would be 
processed as a distinct proceeding. Any party wishing to submit 
comments for consideration regarding the request for extended authority 
would need to submit such comments pursuant to the separate notice that 
would be published for that request.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at 
the address listed above, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pierre Duy at [email protected] or 
(202) 482-1378.

    Dated: October 4, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-26217 Filed 10-7-11; 8:45 am]
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