[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48127-48128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19806]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-53-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 20--Suffolk, VA; Notification of Proposed 
Production Activity, Usui International Corporation, (Diesel Engine 
Fuel Lines), Chesapeake, VA

    The Virginia Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 20, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity on behalf of Usui 
International Corporation (Usui), located in Chesapeake, Virginia. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on June 28, 2012.
    The Usui facility is located within Site 9 of FTZ 20. The facility 
is used for the production of diesel engine fuel lines. Production 
under FTZ procedures could exempt Usui from customs duty payments on 
foreign status components

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used in export production. On its domestic sales, Usui would be able to 
choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to 
diesel engine fuel lines (duty rate--2.5%) 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: Plastic caps 
and clips, rubber o-rings, paper labels, adhesive tape, tubes/pipes/
profiles, fasteners, springs, tags, brackets, engine parts, plates, 
fixtures, alarm tanks, and caps (duty rate ranges from free to 8.5%).
    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 September 24, 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: July 26, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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