[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47088-47089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19053]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-55-2014]


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

    The City of Mesa, grantee of FTZ 221, submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Apple Inc./
GTAT Corp. (Project Cascade), located in Mesa, Arizona, within Subzone 
221A. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on July 31, 
2014.
    Project Cascade already has authority to produce certain components 
for consumer electronics within Subzone 221A. The current request would 
add finished products and foreign status materials/components to the 
scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ 
authority would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials/
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 Project Cascade from 
customs duty payments on the foreign status materials/components used 
in export production. On its domestic sales, Project Cascade would be 
able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that 
apply to sapphire crackle and waste/scrap (duty rate

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ranges from duty-free to 3%) for the foreign status materials/
components noted below and in the existing scope of authority. Customs 
duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status 
production equipment.
    The materials/components sourced from abroad include: alumina, 
sapphire and sapphire crackle (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 
6.4%).
    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 September 22, 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: August 7, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-19053 Filed 8-11-14; 8:45 am]
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