[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 52383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22584]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-62-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 294--Western Kentucky; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Mayfield Consumer Products (Candles); 
Mayfield and Hickory, Kentucky

    The Paducah McCracken County Riverport Authority, grantee of FTZ 
294, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the 
FTZ Board on behalf of Mayfield Consumer Products (MCP), located in 
Mayfield and Hickory, Kentucky. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on October 10, 2018.
    The applicant has submitted a separate application for FTZ 
designation at the MCP facility under FTZ 294. The MCP facility is used 
for the production of candles. 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 MCP 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, MCP would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry 
procedures that apply to filled jar candles (duty-free). MCP 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: Glass 
jars; tin lids; cardboard boxes; and, wood pulp inserts (duty rate 
ranges from duty-free to 6%). The request indicates that certain 
materials/components are subject to special duties under Section 301 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (Section 301), depending on the country of 
origin. The applicable 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 November 26, 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: October 11, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-22584 Filed 10-16-18; 8:45 am]
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