[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 17350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06554]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-22-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 262--Southaven (Desoto County), Mississippi; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Milwaukee Electric Tool 
Corporation (Power and Hand Tools); Olive Branch, Greenwood, and 
Jackson, Mississippi

    Northern Mississippi FTZ, Inc., grantee of FTZ 262, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity on behalf of Milwaukee 
Electric Tool Corporation (METC), located in Olive Branch, Greenwood, 
and Jackson, Mississippi. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on February 28, 2013.
    A separate application for subzone status at the METC facilities 
was submitted and will be evaluated under Sections 400.12 and 400.31 of 
the Board's regulations. The facilities are used for the production and 
kitting of power and hand tools and related accessories. Pursuant to 15 
CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-
status materials and components and specific finished products 
described in the submitted notification (as described below) and 
subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt METC from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, METC would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to power and hand tools (duty rate 
ranges from free to 12.5%) 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 oil and 
grease, articles of plastic (tubing, hoses, fittings, fasteners, 
stoppers, lids), articles of rubber (caps, tubes, hoses, gaskets, 
seals, guards, boots, covers), articles of leather, felt seals, paper 
and paperboard labels/seals/gaskets/boxes/containers, printed 
materials, textile carrying cases, sweatshirts, jackets, gloves and 
hand warmers of textile materials, articles of fiberglass, fasteners, 
springs, wire, pins, spacers, guides, copper wire/tubing/fasteners, 
shovels, axes, pruners, shears, saws and related parts, hand tools, 
metal brackets/stoppers/sign plates, pumps and related parts, heat 
guns, filters, machines, presses and related tools, bearings and 
related parts, parts of transmissions, flywheels, gear boxes, electric 
motors and generators, batteries, lamps, radios and related equipment, 
electrical components, printed circuit boards/assemblies, controllers, 
cameras, coaxial cable, insulated fittings, wheel assemblies, 
rangefinders, levels, calculating/measuring instruments and related 
parts, micrometers, gauges, calipers, tape measures, thermometers, 
pyrometers, barometers and related parts, multi-meters, fork meters, 
laser levels, test benches, displays, and LED lights (duty rate ranges 
from free to 28.2%). Inputs included in certain textile categories 
(classified within HTSUS Subheadings 4202.92, 6101.20, 6101.30, 
6201.93, 6201.99, 6202.93, 6202.99, 6216.00, 6217.10 and 6307.90) will 
be admitted to the proposed subzone under privileged foreign status (19 
CFR 146.41) or 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 April 30, 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 Pierre Duy at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: March 15, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-06554 Filed 3-20-13; 8:45 am]
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