[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 44859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19099]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-53-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 127--West Columbia, South Carolina; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Constantia Blythewood, 
LLC; (Flexible Packaging and Engineered Industrial Films); Blythewood, 
South Carolina

    The Richland-Lexington Airport District, Columbia Metropolitan 
Airport, grantee of FTZ 127, submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Constantia 
Blythewood, LLC (Constantia Blythewood), located in Blythewood, South 
Carolina. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on August 27, 
2018.
    The Constantia Blythewood facility is located within Subzone 127E. 
The facility is used for the production of flexible packaging, 
engineered industrial films and related items for the food, beverage 
and personal care industries. 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 Constantia Blythewood 
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, Constantia Blythewood would be able 
to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to: 
Paints and varnishes based on synthetic polymers; acrylic polymers; 
plastic films; self-adhesive paperboard; coated, impregnated, or 
covered printing paper and paperboard; foil-backed paperboard; backed 
and decorated aluminum foil; and, aluminum foil rolled with underlay 
(duty rate ranges from duty-free to 4.2%). Constantia Blythewood 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: Paints 
and varnishes based on polyester; paints and varnishes based on 
chemically modified natural polymers and dissolved in a non-aqueous 
medium; acrylic polymers; acrylic polymer plates; propylene polymer 
plates, sheets, films, foils and strips; polymers of vinyl chloride; 
plastic plates, sheets, films, foils and strips with textile 
components; plastic articles for decoration; paperboard; condenser 
paper; rolls of embossed paper; self-adhesive paper; paper covered with 
a substrate that will allow for lamination to another material; 
printing paper weighing over 30g; aluminum can body and lid stock; 
rolled aluminum foil of a thickness exceeding 0.01mm; embossed aluminum 
foil, not backed; etched capacitor foil; backed aluminum that has been 
covered or decorated; and, photographic films and dry plates (duty rate 
ranges from duty-free to 5.3%). The request indicates that certain 
materials/components are subject to special duties under Section 232 of 
the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) or Section 301 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (Section 301), depending on the country of origin. 
The applicable Section 232 and Section 301 decisions require subject 
merchandise to be admitted to FTZs in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 
146.41).
    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 October 15, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: August 28, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-19099 Filed 8-31-18; 8:45 am]
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