[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 123 (Thursday, June 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 36288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14998]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-44-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 20--Suffolk, Virginia, Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity, Becker Hydraulics USA, Inc. (Hydraulic 
Hose Lines), Chesapeake, Virginia

    The Virginia Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 20, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of Becker Hydraulics USA, Inc. (BHUI), located in Chesapeake, Virginia. 
The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of 
the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on June 4, 2014.
    The BHUI facility is located within Site 9 of FTZ 20. The facility 
is used for the production of hydraulic hose lines used in agricultural 
equipment, construction equipment, and marine engine applications. 
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the 
specific foreign-status 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 BHUI from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, BHUI would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to hydraulic hose lines (2.5%) for 
the foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties also could 
possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    The components sourced from abroad include: rubber hydraulic hoses-
wire reinforced; hose fittings and adapters; and, formed/molded rubber 
hoses (duty rate ranges 3.1 to 3.7%).
    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 August 5, 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: June 19, 2014.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-14998 Filed 6-25-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P