[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 58354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23141]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-70-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 265--Conroe, TX; Notification of Proposed 
Production Activity, Bauer Manufacturing Inc. (Pile Drivers and Boring 
Machinery); Conroe, TX

    The City of Conroe, Texas, grantee of FTZ 265, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity on behalf of Bauer 
Manufacturing Inc. (Bauer), located in Conroe, Texas. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on September 12, 2012.
    The Bauer facility is located within Site 1 of FTZ 265. The 
facility is used for the production of pile drivers and leads, boring 
machinery, foundation construction equipment, and related parts and 
sub-assemblies. Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Bauer from 
customs duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Bauer would be able to choose the 
duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to pile drivers 
and leads, boring machinery, foundation construction equipment, and 
related parts and sub-assemblies (duty 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: Petroleum 
oils and lubricants, paints/varnishes, glues/adhesives, ethylene 
monofilaments, propylene tubes/pipes/hoses, plastic tubes/pipes/hoses/
fittings, self-adhesive plates/sheet/film/tape, stoppers/lids/caps, 
articles of plastic, rubber plates/sheets/tubes/hoses/pipes/gaskets/
seals, leather goods, packing crates, decals, textile straps, mirrors, 
insulation, articles of steel (shapes, angles, bars, rods, sections, 
tubes, pipes, profiles, fittings, flanges, brackets, plate, wire, 
cable, hinges), chain, fasteners, springs, forged goods of steel, 
copper tubes/pipes/fittings/fasteners/profiles/cloth/netting, aluminum 
plates/sheets/strips, hand tools, drilling/boring components, pneumatic 
cylinders, flexible tubing, diesel engines and related parts, hydraulic 
engines/motors, pumps, compressors, turbochargers, air-conditioner 
components, heat exchangers, filters, fire extinguishers, hydraulic 
jacks/hoists, parts of boring/sinking machines, controllers, 
processors, electromechanical devices, valves, bearings, housings, 
electrical components, panels/boards, switches, transmissions and 
related parts, generators/alternators, gears, gearboxes, torque 
converters, flywheels, clutches, electronic components, lamps/lamp 
holders, wiring harnesses, magnets, batteries, lighting equipment, 
reception devices, horns, cameras/video equipment, radiators, exhaust 
systems and mufflers, measuring/testing instruments, seats, and paint/
varnish brushes (duty rates range from free to 10.7%; 10.5[cent]/bbl; 
1[cent] ea. + 2.8%). The request indicates that all foreign steel 
products subject to an antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order 
will be admitted to the zone in domestic (duty-paid) status (19 CFR 
146.43).
    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 October 30, 2012.
    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 Pierre Duy at 
[email protected], or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: September 13, 2012.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-23141 Filed 9-19-12; 8:45 am]
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