[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 4842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00867]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-04-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 277--Western Maricopa County, Arizona 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; IRIS USA, Inc. (Plastic 
Household Storage/Organizational Containers), Surprise, Arizona

    IRIS USA, Inc. (IRIS) submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Surprise, 
Arizona, within FTZ 277. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on December 23, 2016.
    IRIS has a pending production notification to produce plastic 
household storage/organizational containers and pet carriers/pens 
within Site 12 of FTZ 277 (B-68-2016, 81 FR 71045-71046, October 14, 
2016). The current request would add a foreign-status component (steel 
wire dividers) to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), 
additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific foreign-
status component described in the submitted notification (as described 
below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt IRIS from customs duty 
payments on the foreign-status component used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, IRIS would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to finished products--plastic 
household storage/organizational containers and pet carriers/pens (duty 
rates range from free to 5.3%)--authorized by the FTZ Board for the 
foreign-status steel wire dividers (duty rate, 3.4%). Customs duties 
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production 
equipment.
    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 27, 
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: January 9, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-00867 Filed 1-13-17; 8:45 am]
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