[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 28569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11754]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-36-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 92--Gulfport, MS Notification of Proposed 
Production Activity; Gulf Ship, LLC, (Shipbuilding), Gulfport, MS

    The Mississippi Coast Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 92, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity on behalf of 
Gulf Ship, LLC (Gulf Ship), located in Gulfport, Mississippi. The Gulf 
Ship facility is located within Site 3 of FTZ 92. The facility is used 
for the construction and repair of oceangoing vessels.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Gulf Ship from customs 
duty payments on foreign status components used in export production. 
On its domestic sales, Gulf Ship would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to oceangoing vessels (duty 
rate--free) for the foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties 
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production 
equipment.
    Components and materials sourced from abroad include: marine 
engines, winches, steering gears, electric motors, generators, 
raceways, doors, tefrotex, floor coatings, rock wool, couplings, 
universal joints, bobbins, rubber seals, valves, man-holes, ladders, 
handrails, vibration control dampeners, oil booms, lighting equipment, 
controllers, electrical cabinets, bearings, heaters, transmission 
shafts, blades, and thruster parts (duty rate ranges from free to 
7.0%).
    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 June 25, 2012.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 2111, 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 Pierre Duy at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: May 10, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-11754 Filed 5-14-12; 8:45 am]
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