[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 68662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27294]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-81-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 114--Peoria, Illinois: Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Bell Sports, Inc. (Football Helmets), 
Rantoul, Illinois

    Bell Sports, Inc. (Bell Sports) submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in 
Rantoul, Illinois within FTZ Subzone 114F. The notification conforming 
to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on November 7, 2014.
    Bell Sports already has authority to produce certain sports 
equipment within Subzone 114F. 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 Bell Sports from 
customs duty payments on the foreign status materials/components used 
in export production. On its domestic sales, Bell Sports would be able 
to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to 
collectible football helmets (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: Decals; puff 
decals; mini- bows; clip-on ponytails; iron screws; 6mm screws; snap 
screws; t-nuts; and, hang tags (duty rate ranges from 0 to 7%). The 
request indicates that inputs classified under HTSUS Chapter 6307.90 
will be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 
146.41), thereby precluding inverted tariff benefits on such items.
    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 December 29, 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] or (202) 482-0862.

     Dated: November 12, 2014.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-27294 Filed 11-17-14; 8:45 am]
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