[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 60807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24088]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-71-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 32--Miami, Florida; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Brightstar Corporation (Cell Phone 
Kitting); Miami, Florida

    Greater Miami Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 32, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of Brightstar Corporation (Brightstar), located in 
Miami, Florida. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on October 1, 
2014.
    Brightstar already has authority to produce cell phones and cell 
phone accessories within Site 6 of FTZ 32. The current request would 
add 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 Brightstar from 
customs duty payments on the foreign status materials/components used 
in export production. On its domestic sales, Brightstar would be able 
to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to 
cell phones (duty rate 0%) 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: Plastic 
bubble wrap; plastic carrying cases; packaging trays and inserts; 
plastic bags and sacks; corrugated and non-corrugated paper boxes; 
paper packaging trays and inserts; paper labels; instruction manuals; 
nickel-cadmium batteries; nickel-iron batteries; nickel-metal 
batteries; lithium-ion batteries; lithium-metal batteries; cell phone 
parts; and, memory cards (duty rate ranges from 0 to 6.5%).
    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 November 17, 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 Christopher Kemp at 
[email protected] (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: October 1, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-24088 Filed 10-7-14; 8:45 am]
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