[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60369-60370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27406]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-78-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 41--Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; AFE, Inc. (Monitors/Displays/
Televisions); Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

    The Port of Milwaukee, grantee of FTZ 41, submitted a notification 
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proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of AFE, Inc., 
located in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The notification conforming to 
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on November 30, 2017.
    The applicant has submitted a separate application for subzone 
designation at AFE, Inc.'s facility under 15 CFR 400.38. The facility 
would be used to produce whiteboard monitors/interactive displays and 
televisions with and without tuners. 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 AFE, Inc., from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components noted below, the company would be able to choose the duty 
rates during customs entry procedures that apply to whiteboard 
monitors/interactive displays, tuner-free televisions, and televisions 
with tuners (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 3.9%). The company 
would be able to avoid duty on foreign-status components which become 
scrap/waste. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced 
on foreign-status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Printed 
wire boards (PWBs) for monitors; PWBs for keyboards; infrared light 
detecting units for remote controllers; open cell liquid crystal 
displays (LCDs); monitor chassis components and assemblies of plastic 
and metal; stainless steel screws; reflector sheets; lens sheets; 
diffusion sheets; light emitting diode (LED) wires; PWBs for LEDs; 
plastic tapes; bezels; LCD modules; rear cover cable assemblies; power 
supply and drive units; power cables; LCD control cables; Wi-Fi cables; 
keyboard cables; speakers; A/C cords; remote controls; flexible flat 
cable for printed wire boards; AAA batteries; Wi-Fi units; plastic 
labels; TV stands and stand support brackets; plastic bags; printed 
setup guides; plastic cable clamps; molded paper packaging; paper 
packaging; cardboard cartons; plastic packaging; printed instructions; 
self-tapping screws; wire holders of plastic; plastic spacers; plastic 
insulator for coolers; keyboard cover assemblies; wooden pallets; PWBs 
for tuner TV keyboards; infrared light detecting units for tuner TV 
remote controllers; open cell LCDs for tuner TVs; monitor chassis 
components and assemblies of plastic and metal for tuner TVs; reflector 
sheets for tuner TVs; lens sheets for tuner TVs; diffusion sheets for 
tuner TVs; bezels for tuner TVs; LCD modules for tuner TVs; rear cover 
cable assemblies for tuner TVs; and, stands for tuner TVs (duty rate 
ranges from duty-free to 10.7%).
    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 January 29, 2018.
    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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Christopher Wedderburn at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1963.

    Dated: December 14, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-27406 Filed 12-19-17; 8:45 am]
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