[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 95961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31617]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-86-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 38--Spartanburg County, South Carolina; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Black & Decker (U.S.) 
Inc.; Subzone 38E, (Power Tools), Fort Mill, South Carolina

    Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. (Black & Decker) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Fort Mill, South Carolina, within Subzone 38E. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on December 15, 2016.
    Black & Decker already has authority to produce power tools and 
their parts and components, the packaging and kitting of power tools, 
and the repair and rework of power tools, parts and accessories within 
Subzone 38E. 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 Black & Decker from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used 
in export production. On its domestic sales, Black and Decker would be 
able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that 
apply to: tube expander tools; pavement breakers; crimping tools; cable 
cutters; caulk guns; grease guns; sink augers--cordless; drain snakes; 
impact wrenches; anvil subassemblies; front end mechanisms/
subassemblies; nose cone subassemblies; housing subassemblies; 
transmission assemblies for power tools; electronic control and motor 
subassemblies; bulk packed motors; lasers; and, laser detectors (duty 
rates range from free to 3.3%) 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 hoses 
and couplers; steel pipe plugs; copper washers; machined pump housings; 
sink augers; grease guns; cordless crimping tools; cordless cable 
cutters; cordless caulk guns; steel thrust rings; impactors; expansion 
heads; drum covers (steel, aluminum or plastic); subassemblies--outer 
drum; inner drums (steel, aluminum or plastic); pump housing 
assemblies; purge valves; valve bodies; valve plungers; cam carriers; 
motors; bulk packed motors; modules for drain augers/snakes--
electronic; LED housings with LED lights; safety glasses; rotary 
lasers, lasers; and, laser detectors (duty rates range from free to 
3.3%).
    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 February 7, 
2017.
    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 Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: December 22, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-31617 Filed 12-28-16; 8:45 am]
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