[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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