[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 6490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01209]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-06-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 20--Norfolk, Virginia; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; STIHL Incorporated (Outdoor Power 
Products Manufacturing); Virginia Beach, Virginia

    STIHL Incorporated (STIHL) submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facilities in Virginia 
Beach, Virginia within FTZ Subzone 20E. The notification conforming to 
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on December 23, 2016.
    STIHL already has authority to produce outdoor power products 
within Subzone 20E. The current request would add an additional foreign 
status component 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 STIHL from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, STIHL would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to the blowers, 
trimmers, sprayers, cutters, cultivators and chain saws (duty rate free 
to 4.7%) for the foreign-status component noted below and in the 
existing scope of authority. Customs duties also could possibly be 
deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment. The 
additional component sourced from abroad is lithium ion batteries (duty 
rate 3.4%).
    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 28, 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 Christopher Kemp at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: January 11, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-01209 Filed 1-18-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P