[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 8506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01708]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-007-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 29--Shelbyville, Kentucky, Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity, Amcor Flexibles L.L.C., (Flexible 
Packaging Production, Warehousing, and Distribution), Shelbyville, 
Kentucky

    The Louisville and Jefferson County Riverport Authority, grantee of 
FTZ 29, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the 
FTZ Board on behalf of Amcor Flexibles L.L.C. (Amcor), located in 
Shelbyville, Kentucky. The notification conforming to the requirements 
of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
January 11, 2017.
    A separate application for subzone designation at the Amcor 
facility was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.31 of 
the Board's regulations. The facility will be used to produce, 
warehouse, and distribute flexible packaging used in pharma, food, 
home, and personal care products. 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 Amcor from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Amcor would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to: Printed and 
non-printed, non-laminated aluminum foil packaging (duty rate 3.0%); 
printed, laminated aluminum foil packaging (duty rate 3.7%); non-
printed aluminum foil laminated packaging (duty rate 0.0%); aluminum/
plastic packaging (duty rate 4.2%); aluminum/plastic pouches (duty rate 
4.2%); aluminum/plastic tear strip (duty rate 4.2%); and, aluminum foil 
(not laminated) (duty rate 3.0%) 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 polyvinyl 
chloride film, nylon film, aluminum foil, aluminum/plastic tear strip, 
and aluminum foil (not laminated) (duty rate ranges from 3.0% to 5.8%).
    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 March 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 
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 17, 2017.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-01708 Filed 1-25-17; 8:45 am]
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