[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 10093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03898]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-13-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 21--Charleston, South Carolina; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity, MAHLE Behr Charleston, 
Inc., (Automotive Engine Components), Charleston, South Carolina

    The South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 21, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of MAHLE Behr Charleston, Inc. (MBCI), located in 
Charleston, South Carolina. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on February 6, 2014.
    The MBCI facility is located within Site 26 of FTZ 21. The facility 
is used for the production of engine cooling modules, exhaust gas 
recirculation (EGR) valves and temperature sensors, and charge air 
coolers. 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 MBCI from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, MBCI would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to engine cooling modules and 
charge air coolers (2.5%) and exhaust gas recirculation valves and 
temperature sensors (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: plastic 
seals; rubber o-rings/seals/gaskets; compressors; metal brackets; fans/
blowers and related parts; parts of condensers and evaporators; parts 
of EGR valve coolers; receiver/dryers; clutches; blower motors; 
resistors; wiring harnesses; body ducts; radiators and related parts; 
parts of air coolers and heater cores; thermostats; blower regulators; 
aluminum strip stock; aluminum tubes; and, air inlet/outlet casings 
(duty rate ranges from free to 5.3%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is April 7, 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 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pierre Duy at [email protected] or 
(202) 482-1378.

    Dated: February 14, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-03898 Filed 2-21-14; 8:45 am]
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