[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 4286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00750]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-003-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 122--Corpus Christi, Texas, Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity, Superior Weighting Products LLC, 
(Barite/Calcium Carbonate/Bentonite), Corpus Christi, Texas

    The Port of Corpus Christi, grantee of FTZ 122, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of Superior Weighting Products LLC (Superior Weighting), located in 
Corpus Christi, Texas. The notification conforming to the requirements 
of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
January 3, 2017.
    A separate application for subzone designation at the Superior 
Weighting facility was submitted and will be processed under Section 
400.38 of the Board's regulations. The facility will be used to process 
raw barite into ground barite, and to further process calcium carbonate 
(limestone) and bentonite. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity 
would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials and 
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 Superior Weighting 
from customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in 
export production. On its domestic sales, Superior Weighting would be 
able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that 
applies to natural barium sulfate (barite) ground, processed calcium 
carbonate (limestone) and processed bentonite (duty rates 0.0%) for the 
foreign-status inputs noted below. Customs duties also could possibly 
be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: natural 
barium sulfate (raw barite) not ground (duty rate ranging from $0.00 to 
$1.25/t-CN); calcium carbonate (limestone) (duty rate 0.0%); bentonite 
(duty rate 0.0%).
    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 22, 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 Juanita H. Chen at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: January 6, 2017.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-00750 Filed 1-12-17; 8:45 am]
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