[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 17635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06667]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-23-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 93--Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Southern Lithoplate, Inc. 
(Aluminum Printing Plates); Youngsville, North Carolina

    The Triangle J Council of Governments grantee of FTZ 93, submitted 
a notification of proposed production activity on behalf of Southern 
Lithoplate, Inc. (SLP), located in Youngsville, North Carolina. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on March 18, 2013.
    The SLP facility is located within Site 5 of FTZ 93. The facility 
is used for the production of aluminum offset printing plates for the 
printing industry. 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 SLP from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, SLP would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to aluminum printing plates (duty-
free) 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: aluminum 
coils (duty rate 3%).
    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 May 1, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: March 18, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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