[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 40427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16173]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-70-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 183--Austin, Texas; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC 
(Semiconductors); Austin, Texas

    Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC (Samsung), operator of Subzone 
183B, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the 
FTZ Board for its facility in Austin, Texas. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on June 26, 2013.
    Samsung currently has authority to produce semiconductor memory 
devices for export within Subzone 183B. The current request would add 
an imported component to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), additional FTZ authority 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.
    Export production under FTZ procedures could exempt Samsung from 
customs duty payments on the foreign status component included here as 
well as on the components included in the existing scope of authority 
for the company. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or 
reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    The additional component sourced from abroad is: acetic acid (duty 
rate 1.8%).
    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 August 14, 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: June 28, 2013.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-16173 Filed 7-3-13; 8:45 am]
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