[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 2311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00144]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-1-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 221--Mesa, Arizona; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Apple Inc. (Data Server Cabinets); Mesa, 
Arizona

    The City of Mesa Office of Economic Development, grantee of FTZ 
221, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the 
FTZ Board on behalf of Apple Inc. (Apple), located in Mesa, Arizona. 
The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of 
the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on December 27, 2016.
    Apple already has authority to produce certain components for 
consumer electronics within Subzone 221A. 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 Apple from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Apple would be able to choose the 
duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to finished 
server assembly cabinets (duty-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: Tape; plastic 
boxes; polyethylene bags; plastic bags; plastic packing; plastic 
washers; rubber washers; rubber spacers; steel screw hooks; steel 
screws; steel nuts; steel standoff; steel spring washers; steel 
washers, not spring/lock type; steel rivets; steel cotter pins; steel 
springs; steel springs, of wire; steel baffles; copper washers; copper 
boss; copper nuts; nickel fasteners; aluminum screws; aluminum hooks; 
metal hinges; metal brackets; fans; fan blades, fan unit housings; 
servers; input/output units; storage units; smart cables; card readers; 
server housing/enclosures; printed circuit board assemblies; electric 
motors; transformers; static converters; inductors; magnets; lithium 
batteries; lithium polymer batteries; routers and network switches; 
microphones; CDs, software; solid state drives; semiconductor media; 
monitors; capacitors; fuses; circuit breakers; power strips; relays; 
switches; electrical connectors; optical fiber cable connectors; 
terminals; power strips with rack mounts; diodes; transistors; 
thyristors; LEDs; electronic integrated circuits; infrared LED strips; 
data server cables; copper and power cables; cables; optical fiber 
cables; metal furniture; and, server rack rails (duty rate ranges from 
duty-free to 8.6%).
    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 February 21, 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 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: January 3, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-00144 Filed 1-6-17; 8:45 am]
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