[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64167-64168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25636]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-74-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 283--Jackson, TN, Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity, MAT Industries, LLC, (Air Compressors), 
Jackson, TN

    MAT Industries, LLC (MAT), an operator of FTZ 283, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility located in Jackson, Tennessee within FTZ 283. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on October 14, 2014.
    The MAT facility is located within Site 11 of FTZ 283. The facility 
is used for the production of air compressors and related tanks. 
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ authority 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 MAT from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, MAT would be able to choose the duty rate during 
customs entry procedures that applies to air compressors and tanks 
(free) for the foreign status components noted below. Customs duties 
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production 
equipment.
    The components sourced from abroad include: Rubber gaskets; 
cardboard boxes; paper cards/manuals/labels; cloth bags; plastic tubes; 
ceramic nozzles; cast iron fittings/washers; zinc

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connectors; brass nut sleeves; copper nuts; nickel fittings; aluminum 
couplers; engines; air filters; spray guns; pressure switches; body/
check valves; regulators; bearing carriers; AC motors; capacitors; 
thermal overload wire kits; power cords and accessories; pressure 
gauges; stainless steel reducers/bushings/plugs/nipples; non-alloy 
steel weld flanges; cast iron nipples/bushings/reducers/plugs; copper 
washers/flywheels; brass fittings/reducers; compressor parts; barrel 
screws; hydraulic assemblies; filter regulators and assemblies; valve 
assemblies; relief valves; pulleys; flywheels; cylinder heads and 
plates; steel bushings/valves; iron/steel assemblies; inflators; PVC 
air hoses; plastic clamshells/handles/hubcaps/V-belts; rubber wheels; 
sandblasters; carry tanks; nailers; air drills; grinding stone sets; 
tool display bars; electrical pumps; pistons; impact sockets; chisel 
sets; ball bearings; crankshafts; sanders; and, pneumatic needle 
scalers (duty rate ranges from free to 6.5%).
    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 December 8, 
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] 
(202) 482-1378.

    Dated: October 20, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-25636 Filed 10-27-14; 8:45 am]
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