[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 11755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04640]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-17-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 50--Long Beach, California; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; Forged Metals Inc. (Aerospace and 
Industrial Turbine Engine Parts, Forgings); Fontana, California

    The Board of Harbor Commissioners of the Port of Long Beach, 
grantee of FTZ 50, submitted a notification of proposed production 
activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Forged Metals Inc. (FMI), 
located in Fontana, California. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on February 4, 2014.
    The FMI facility is located within Site 23 of FTZ 50. The facility 
is used for the production of nickel, aluminum, and titanium-based 
forgings and parts of turbine engines (e.g., rings and discs) used in 
aerospace and industrial gas turbine applications. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status 
materials and specific finished products described in the submitted 
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the 
FTZ Board. The proposed scope of FTZ production authority would not 
involve inverted tariff benefits on foreign titanium inputs (all 
foreign titanium will be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign 
status (19 CFR 146.41)).
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt FMI from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status material inputs used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, FMI would be able to defer payment 
of customs duties on the foreign titanium inputs (duty rate--15%). 
Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign 
status production equipment.
    The materials sourced from abroad include: titanium alloy, aluminum 
alloy, and nickel alloy (duty rate ranges from free to 15%).
    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 14, 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 20, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-04640 Filed 2-28-14; 8:45 am]
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