[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47896-47897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19609]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-47-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 46--Cincinnati, Ohio; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity, Festo Corporation (Pneumatic/Electric 
Cylinders and Drives, Valve Manifolds, Electronic Control Systems), 
Mason, Ohio

    Festo Corporation (Festo), an operator of FTZ 46, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility located in Mason, Ohio. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on July 22, 2015.
    The Festo facility is located within Site 9 of FTZ 46. The facility 
is used for the production of pneumatic and electronic cylinders and 
drives, valve manifolds, and electronic control systems used for 
industrial automation applications. 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 Festo from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Festo would be able to choose the 
duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to pneumatic and 
electric cylinders and drives, valve manifolds, and electronic control 
systems (duty rates ranges from free to 2.7%) 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: Light oils/hydrocarbon 
mixtures; greases; aluminum oxides; petroleum lubricants; adhesives; 
pastes; epoxies; Loctite; Scotch Weld; Thermaglue; Araldite; simson; 
heat transfer pastes; polymer adhesives; polyacetals; acrylic and 
plastic rods/sticks/profiles shapes; plastic pipes/hoses (and with 
fittings)/tubes/sleeves/couplings/ plugs/adapters/unions/connectors/
connection sets; plastic adhesive tape/foil/strip/labels/stickers/
films/sheets/covers/boxes/packaging/bins/lids/cases/containers/bags/
sacks/caps/covers/ handles/knobs/o-rings/washers/belts/fasteners; 
polyvinyl chloride plates/sheets/film/foil/strip; rubber rods/tubes/
profiles/strips/sheets/plates/pipes/hoses/hose sets/conveyor belts/
gaskets/seals/o-rings/stops/rings/discs/plugs; cases; plywood; 
paperboard cartons/boxes/cases/containers; paper tape/labels/stickers/
manuals/printed materials/posters; felt (HTSUS Subheading 5602.21); 
transmission/conveyor belts; glass containers; stainless steel strips/
coils/bars/rods; steel tubes/pipes/profiles/bars/rods/pipe fittings/
sleeves/elbows/unions/bends/rings/grommets/gaskets/connectors/
couplings/adapters/bushings/nipples/elbows/plugs/ferrules/flanges/
bellows/inserts/glands/containers/grills/netting/fencing/stops/caps/
dowels/pins/leaf springs/plug seals/ring seals/straps/extensions; steel 
fasteners (screws, cotters and pins, washers, spacers, rivets, bolts, 
studs, nuts, inserts); copper nipples/couplings/unions/sleeves/banjos/
plugs/adapters/pillars/wires/bushings; copper fasteners (rivets, 
cotters, cotter pins, nuts, bolts, screws, plug screws); aluminum-
aluminum alloy profiles/strips/sheets/plates/tubes/unions/adapters/
flanges/banjos/containers for liquefied or compressed gases/couplings/
bushings/couplings/spacers/washers/rings/sleeves/supports/gaskets/
brackets/mountings/connectors/fittings/branch modules/ring pieces/sub-
bases); aluminum fasteners (screws, rivets, pins, nuts; nickel 
fittings); castors; latches; adjustor knobs; rails; handles; base metal 
hoses/pipes/tubes/bellows/unions; identification plates; hydraulic 
engines and motors; pneumatic engines/motors/cylinders/actuators; 
diaphragm pumps; air compressors; air dryers; membrane dryer service 
kit; air/water/gas filters and cartridges; filter gaskets; humidifiers; 
inlet units; vacuum units; solenoid blocks; clean air restrictors; 
purifying equipment; air manifold assemblies; filling/closing/sealing/
labeling/capsuling machines; lubricators; airgun nozzle/oiler bowls; 
data storage units; printed circuits; handling modules; grippers; 
valves (pressure-reducing, hydraulic/pneumatic, check, ball, solenoid, 
regular, ballcocks, angle, inline, gate, hand) and related parts; ball/
needle/housed/plain shaft bearings and related cups, bushings, discs, 
spacers, housings; camshafts; crankshafts; transmission shafts; gears; 
gear racks; gear boxes; ball screws; pulleys; free wheel units; axles 
kits; clamping sleeves; coupling housings; drive shafts; motor flanges; 
pinions; metal gaskets; synchronous electric motors; AC/DC motors and 
related parts; electrical transformers; power supplies; permanent 
magnets; electromagnetic couplings/lifting heads/work holders and 
related parts; clutches; brakes; lithium batteries; voltage regulators; 
cassettes; software on compacts disks; memory/smart cards; electrical 
items (resistors, capacitors, motor starters, controllers, circuit 
breakers, terminals, starters, overload protectors, splices, 
connectors, switches, fuses, relays, switches, plug sockets, terminal 
strips/sockets, cat5 couplers, boxes, bridges, grounding sets, 
manifolds, modules, multipoles); motor controllers; motor controls; 
interfaces; bus nodes; control blocks; operating units; sensor boxes; 
PLC boards; printed circuit board assemblies; flat electrical modules 
and related covers, housings, frames; electric modules (analogue, 
branch, flat, input, output, extension); mercury vapor lamps; diodes; 
light emitting diodes; electronic simulators; demonstration kits; 
ethernet cables; electric cables; connecting lines; insulated wires; 
wiring harnesses; electrical conductors; fiber optic cables; conduit 
tubing; insulating fittings; insulating fittings; prisms; mirrors; 
lenses; liquid crystal devices; lasers; optical appliances/instruments; 
disc calculators; slide rules; micrometers; calipers; gauges; rulers/
tape measures; measuring devices and related parts; demonstration 
instruments; barometers; thermometers; flow meters; sensors; pressure 
gauges/transmitters; oscilloscopes/graphs; optical instruments; testing 
devices; temposonics; pneumatic industrial process control instruments; 
and, time delay inserts (duty rate ranges from free

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to 20%). Inputs included in textile category 414 (classified within 
HTSUS subheading 5602.21) will be admitted to the zone under domestic 
(duty-paid) status (19 CFR 146.43(a)(2)) or 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 FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is September 21, 
2015.
    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: August 4, 2015.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-19609 Filed 8-7-15; 8:45 am]
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