[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 75331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29595]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-105-2013]


Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Crosman Corporation 
(Airguns), Bloomfield and Farmington, New York

    Crosman Corporation (Crosman) submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) FTZ Board for its 
facilities in Bloomfield and Farmington, New York within a proposed 
foreign-trade zone in Ontario County, New York (FTZ Docket B-80-2013, 
78 FR 53127-53128, 8/28/2013). The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on December 4, 2013.
    The Crosman facilities would be located within a subzone of the 
proposed Ontario County zone. The facilities are used for the 
inspection, assembly, kitting, testing and packaging of airguns. 
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the 
specific foreign-status materials/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 Crosman from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status materials/components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Crosman would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to airguns, break 
barrel airguns, variable pump airguns, CO2 airguns, and 
airsoft guns (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 3.9%) for the foreign 
status materials/components noted below. Customs duties also could 
possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    The materials/components sourced from abroad include: Liquid 
crystal and laser optical sights and mounts; gun cases and holsters 
with outer surface of plastic or textile material; telescopic sights 
for rifles; portable electrical lamps and flashlights; pistols, rifles 
and other guns which eject missiles by release of compressed air or 
gas, or by release of a spring mechanism or rubber held under tension; 
stocks and other parts for airgun rifles and pistols; imitation 
jewelry, such as dog tags; protective eyewear; nickel-cadmium storage 
batteries; fiber optic sights; spectacle lenses; and, electrical 
transformers with a power output not exceeding 50W (duty rate ranges 
from 1.5 to 17.6%). The request indicates that gun cases and holsters 
classified under HTSUS Subheading 4202.92 will be admitted to the zone 
in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41), thereby precluding 
inverted tariff benefits on such items.
    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 January 21, 2014.
    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: December 6, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-29595 Filed 12-10-13; 8:45 am]
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