[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69780-69782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24359]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-67-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 82--Mobile, Alabama; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Airbus Americas, Inc. (Commercial 
Passenger Jet Aircraft); Mobile, Alabama

    The City of Mobile, Alabama, grantee of FTZ 82, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of Airbus Americas, Inc. (Airbus), located in Mobile, Alabama. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on September 29, 2016.
    Airbus already has authority to produce commercial passenger jet 
aircraft within Site 1 of FTZ 82. The current request would add 
additional 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 Airbus from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Airbus would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to commercial 
passenger jet aircraft (duty rate free) 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: Talcum 
powder; oil-based preservatives; engine, turbine and gear box oils; 
petroleum jelly; glycerol; non-aqueous paints and

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lacquers; paints and coatings in non-aqueous dispersions; paints and 
coatings in aqueous dispersions; epoxy top coat lacquers; adhesives and 
sealants; greases and anti-corrosion preparations; lubricants and 
anticorrosion preparations; glues and adhesives; transfer tape and 
adhesives; cartridge detonators for fire extinguishing systems; paint 
thinners and activators; hydraulic fluids; wash primers and adhesion 
promoters; epoxy resins; HDI chemical compound hardeners; foam profile 
shapes; plastic tubes and sleeves; plastic flexible hoses; plastic hose 
fittings and unions; plastic self-adhesive tape and strip; plastic 
self-adhesive tape, labels, placards and plate; plastic sheet and strip 
for insulation; plastic plate and non-adhesive tape; plastic non-
adhesive tape for packing electrical connectors; foam plate; plastic 
panels; plastic bobbins; plastic caps and plugs; plastic brackets 
covers, caps and other fittings; plastic spacers, clips, fasteners and 
other aircraft parts; cellular rubber sheet and tape; rubber tape and 
foam; rubber shims; rubber profile shapes; rubber hoses; rubber landing 
gear tires; rubber O-rings, seals and gaskets; rubber bushings, 
spacers, grommets and other aircraft parts; Prepreg Nomex rigid flight 
accessory cases; plywood stowage trunks for maintenance equipment; 
leather cases and pouches for equipment storage; textile pouches for 
airline demonstration equipment; plastic cases for equipment; leather 
pockets; thermal transfer paper; aircraft marking decals; unlighted 
placards and signs; twill tape for aircraft carpet; linen sewing yarn 
for aircraft carpet installation; synthetic sewing yarn for threading 
insulation blankets; water absorbent felt for cabin bracket 
installation; synthetic braided cordage; synthetic emergency escape 
rope and retaining cords; finished aircraft carpet assemblies; 
rubberized fabric aircraft carpet tape; shim plates and insulating 
washers; synthetic fireproof gloves; finished aircraft curtain and 
class divider assemblies; life vests; probe and sensor covers and 
protection sleeves; glass cords for aircraft insulation installation; 
fiberglass batting assemblies; flexible fiberglass sheets; fiberglass 
hook and loop strip, pressure-sensitive adhesive strip and heat 
protection webbing; fiberglass gaskets and shims; fiberglass door caps 
and other aircraft parts; stainless steel sheet; stainless steel 
layered foil; stainless steel round bars; stainless steel rods; 
stainless steel wire; stainless steel pipe connections and flanges; 
stainless steel unions, couplings and sleeves; stainless steel elbows; 
stainless steel tees; threaded and non-threaded steel pipe unions; 
steel pipe fittings; oxygen cylinder assemblies; steel self-tapping 
screws; steel bolts, machine screws and studs; steel screws, steel 
nuts; steel blind bolts, hi-lok fasteners and threaded pins and 
inserts; steel washers; steel rivets; steel helical springs; steel wire 
springs, spring plates and spring retainers; steel rings and clips; 
steel repair bushings, shims, clamps, stops and other aircraft parts; 
refined copper wire; copper tube fittings; copper round and flat braid 
assemblies; copper washers; copper and brass cotter pins and circlips; 
copper screws; copper bushings and couplings; nickel alloy fasteners 
and clamps; aluminum profiles and shims; aluminum rods, bars and 
shafts; aluminum plates and sheets; aluminum foils; aluminum tubes; 
aluminum pipe fittings; aluminum oxygen and gas cylinders; aluminum 
clamps, shims, spacers, bushings and other aircraft parts; zinc stud 
receptacles; titanium bolts, rivets, screws, pins and other fasteners; 
titanium pipe and tube for fluid and gasses; crash axes; opening tools; 
door lock assemblies; steel and aluminum hinges and hinge components; 
steel flexible tubing; aluminum blanking caps; unlighted metal 
placards; hydraulic actuators and servo controls; RAM air turbines; 
horizontal stabilizer actuators; hydraulic pumps; fuel pumps; jet pump 
eductors; pump components; circulation and cooling fans; air chillers; 
beverage maker and food preparation equipment parts; fluid and fuel 
filter assemblies; air filter elements and assemblies; inert gas 
generators; fire extinguisher parts and rain repellant cans; data 
printers; hydraulic accumulators and wiper blade assemblies; pressure 
regulators and bleed valves; tire fill valves; flow control, solenoid, 
regulator, fuel, suction and other valve assemblies; levers, caps, 
plugs and other valve parts; spherical roller bearings; bushings; gear 
boxes; travel limiters and actuators; generators; auxiliary power units 
and generators; lamp ballasts; static inverters, power supplies and 
adapters; power supply and static inverter parts; door lock magnets; 
spare batteries; NICAD storage batteries; flashlights; inner line 
heaters; heater bridges and heating elements; communication handsets; 
megaphones; cockpit voice recorders; floppy disks; CD-ROMS; flash 
memory cards; VHF radios and transceivers; air traffic control 
equipment and weather radar; directional receivers, emergency locator 
transmitters, traffic management computers and other avionics; LCD 
monitors; antennas for avionics equipment; waveguides; static 
discharger wicks; LED/LCD indicator and information panels; warning 
lights, indicators, strobes and intercommunication directors; lens 
plates, indicators, housings, detection units, decoders/encoders and 
passenger service information units; dimmer units; relays and 
contactors; electrical connectors and sockets; solder sleeves, 
terminals and splices; junction modules; control panels and units, 
circuit breaker panels and keypad assemblies; receptacles, back shells, 
contacts and other electrical parts; incandescent lamps; fluorescent 
lamps; flight data recorders and transducer units; control boxes, 
interface units and mixing units; coaxial cable and cable harnesses; 
cable splices and insulators; landing gear and landing gear parts, 
wheels hubcaps and other parts; life raft assemblies; standby 
compasses; data concentrators, slat/flap control computers and air data 
inertial reference units; multipurpose control display units/parts and 
other navigational equipment; stencils for painting; oxygen masks, 
container assemblies and protective breathing equipment; 
demonstrational safety equipment; temperature sensors; fuel level 
probes and indicators; pitot probes and pressure indicators; electronic 
smoke detectors; vibration monitoring units, accelerometers, control 
units, sensors and interface/management units; display management 
computers and other parts of measuring/checking equipment; pressure 
controllers; system controllers and control units, ventilation and 
heating computers; aircraft clocks; lighting fixtures for cabins; 
exterior lighting assemblies; lighted placards and signs; lamp lenses 
and housings; light assembly components; and, snap fasteners (duty rate 
ranges from duty free to 20%).
    The applicant has elected to admit the following components into 
the zone site in privileged foreign status: Textile pouches (4202.92); 
twill tape (5208.39); synthetic sewing yarn (5401.10); water absorbent 
felt (5602.10); synthetic braided cordage (5607.50); synthetic 
emergency escape rope and retaining cords (5609.00); synthetic 
fireproof gloves (6116.93); and, finished aircraft curtain and class 
divider assemblies (6303.92).
    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 16, 2016.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the

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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: October 3, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-24359 Filed 10-6-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P