[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 13857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04837]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-17-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 84--Houston, TX; Notification of Proposed 
Production Activity; Toshiba International Corporation (Hybrid Electric 
Vehicle Motors and Generators Production)

    The Port of Houston Authority, grantee of FTZ 84, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity on behalf of Toshiba 
International Corporation (Toshiba), located in Houston, Texas. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on February 11, 2013.
    The Toshiba facility is located at 13131 West Little York Road, 
Houston (Harris County), Texas. A separate application for subzone 
status at the Toshiba facility is planned and will be processed under 
Section 400.31 of the Board's regulations. The facility is used for the 
production of electric motors and generators for hybrid electric 
vehicles (HEV). Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status materials and components and 
specific finished products included in the submitted notification (as 
described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Toshiba from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Toshiba would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to electric 
motors and generators (duty rates range from free to 2.5%) for the 
foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties also could possibly 
be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Plastic 
film, strips and sheets, synthetic textile cord, cloth for technical 
uses, steel nuts and washers, parts of motors and generators, permanent 
magnets, variable resistors, electric terminals and couplings, electric 
synchros and transducers (duty rates range from free to 4.2%). Toshiba 
has indicated that the textile cord would be admitted to the proposed 
subzone in privileged foreign status.
    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 April 10, 2013.
    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 [email protected] or (202) 
482-1367.

    Dated: February 26, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-04837 Filed 2-28-13; 8:45 am]
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