[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 4661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01727]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-4-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 221--Mesa, Arizona; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Apple Inc./GT Advanced Technologies Inc. 
(Components for Consumer Electronics), Mesa, Arizona

    Apple Inc./GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (Apple/GT) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Mesa, Arizona. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on January 23, 2014.
    A separate application for subzone designation at the Apple/GT 
facility is being processed under Section 400.31 of the Board's 
regulations (Doc. S-5-2014). Apple/GT requested authority to 
manufacture intermediate components for consumer electronics for 
export. 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 Apple/GT from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status components listed below used in the 
export production of sapphire material (duty rate 6.4%). Customs duties 
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production 
equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include white 
alumina block, forged metal industrial heat-treating equipment and 
diamond cutting wire (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 1.3%).
    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 March 10, 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: January 23, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-01727 Filed 1-28-14; 8:45 am]
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