[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50375-50376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20002]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-78-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 141--Monroe County, New York; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; American Tactical Imports 
(Deconstruction of Firearms); Rochester, New York

    American Tactical Imports submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Rochester, New 
York within FTZ 141. The notification conforming to the requirements of 
the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on July 
29, 2013.
    The American Tactical Imports facility is located within Site 13 of 
FTZ 141. The facility is used for the deconstruction of firearms 
through the removal of the barrel and receiver. 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 American Tactical 
Imports from customs duty payments on the foreign status components 
used in export production. On its domestic sales, American Tactical 
Imports would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry 
procedures that apply to sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifle 
kits (duty rate 3.1%) for the foreign status input noted below. Customs 
duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status 
production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: rifles 
(duty rate 4.7%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive

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Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
September 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: Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: August 12, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-20002 Filed 8-16-13; 8:45 am]
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