[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16278-16279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06578]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-26-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 39--Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; 
Application for Production Authority; CSI Calendering, Inc. (Rubber 
Coated Textile Fabric); Arlington, Texas

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
by the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board, grantee of FTZ 
39, requesting production authority on behalf of CSI Calendering, Inc. 
(CSI), located in Arlington, Texas. The application conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.23) was 
docketed on March 18, 2014.
    The CSI facilities (56 employees) are located at 1119 Commercial 
Boulevard South and 1120 Commercial Boulevard North, Arlington (Tarrant 
County), Texas. A separate application for ``usage-driven'' site 
designation at the CSI facilities is planned and will be processed 
under Section 400.24 of the FTZ Board's regulations. The facilities are 
used for the calendering, slitting, and laminating of certain RFL

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(resorcinol formaldehyde latex) textile fabrics, as detailed in the 
application. Production under FTZ procedures could exempt CSI from 
customs duty payments on the foreign RFL fabrics used in export 
production. On its domestic sales (currently 100% of shipments), CSI 
would be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures 
that applies to rubber coated calendered fabrics (duty free) for the 
foreign RFL fabrics (duty rates: 12% and 13.6%). Customs duties also 
could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production 
equipment. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures 
would help improve the facilities' international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Pierre Duy of the 
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and 
information presented in the application and case record and to report 
findings and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
    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 May 27, 2014. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to June 9, 2014.
    A copy of the application 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: March 18, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-06578 Filed 3-24-14; 8:45 am]
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