[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 213 (Friday, November 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55142-55143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24014]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-67-2018]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 158--Jackson, Mississippi; Notification
of Proposed Production Activity; Calsonic Kansei North America
(Automotive Parts), Canton, Mississippi
Calsonic Kansei North America (CKNA) submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in
Canton, Mississippi. The notification conforming to the requirements of
the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on
October 25, 2018.
The applicant indicates that it will be submitting a separate
application for FTZ designation at the CKNA facility under FTZ 158. The
facility will be used to produce a variety of automotive parts and
subassemblies for use in the automotive industry. 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 CKNA 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, CKNA would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry
procedures that apply to: Safety, warning, and identification labels;
glove box dampers; rubber grommets, mounts and seals; air filters;
steel hex screws; polypropylene+talc plastic fuse covers; steel
brackets; air vents; motor fan housings; air conditioner (a/c) blower
fans; a/c evaporators with seals; a/c heater cores with seals;
catalytic converters; evaporator expansion valves; electronic body
control modules; plastic switch retaining brackets; airbag electronic
control units; bumper brackets; center console boxes; plastic switch
brackets; plastic covers; cover instruments; air duct center vents;
dashboard speaker covers; cup holders; plastic lids; hinge plastic
covers; console removable liners; air filter covers; windshield defrost
ducts;
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dashboard pads; instrument panels; plastic center console pockets;
motor fan splash guards; plastic radiator mount supports; radiator tank
reserves; center console trays; air vents; plastic air intake doors;
mechanical links and levers for intake doors; radiator with seals;
steel mufflers end plates; steel exhaust tubes; steering column covers;
steering members; radiator caps; air intake ducts; transmission oil
coolers with seals; instrument cluster control switches, and instrument
cluster finishers (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 6%). CKNA 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:
Polypropylene+talc; blank labels; aluminum condensor seals; rubber
radiator seals; vibration control rubber bumpers, mounting, and
stoppers; steel flanges; zinc plated screw-taps; zinc plated bolts;
steel screws; steel clips; steel brackets; flux cored wires; steel
tubes; a/c blower fans; aluminum fan inserts; a/c blower fans with
motors; air conditioner units; a/c amplifiers; connector liquid-tanks;
heater cores with seals; evaporators; aluminum condensor pipe flanges;
aluminum condensor header plates; condensor aluminum pipes; air
filters; catalytic converters; steel catalytic converter housings;
injection molds; muffler valves; evaporator expansion valves; electric
fan motors; warning buzzers and speakers; radio units; antenna digital
control modules; smart keyless antennae; air bag cut off indicators;
capacitor-chips; resistors; printed circuit boards; instrument cluster
switches; battery charging status warning indicators; audio control
switches; manual a/c control units; automatic a/c control units; manual
a/c controls; vehicle area network bridge controls; diodes; electronic
frequency crystal-quartz; a/c controllers; body control module unit
circuits; advanced driver assistance systems; electronic control unit
occupant detection systems; integrated circuit-central processing
units; airbag occupant electronic control units; sensors and diagnosis
air bag service kits; air bag unit sensors; steering wire harnesses; a/
c unit insulators; rear console finishers; instrument panel finishers;
lid-fuse blocks; plastic instrument panel covers; door vents; a/c slide
doors; steel radiator caps; aluminum radiator header plates; aluminum
radiator core reinforcements; radiator with transmission oil coolers;
aluminum radiator tubes; steel inlets and outlet diffuser exhaust
tubes; flanges; steel insulators; steel exhaust pipes; aluminum
condenser adapters; polypropulene+talc center duct adapters; steel boss
oxygen exhaust manifolds; steel exhaust cap convertors;
polypropulene+talc front cases; plastic air conditioner unit clips;
stainless steel motor fan clips; zinc plated steel radiator support
mounting collars; body control module connectors; ignition switch
covers; connector covers; low density polyethylene duct aspirators; fan
control modules; urethane foam grommet heater pipes; polyacetal hinge
pins; nylon antenna holders; acrylonitrile ethylene styrene glove box
lamp housings; automatic transmission controls; exhaust manifold steel
joints; polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene and polyvinyl
chloride instrument cluster skin lids; glove box lids; a/c motor/
actuators; polypropulene+talc connector covers; acrylonitrile butadiene
styrene switch covers; instrument clusters; polycarbonate/acrylonitrile
butadiene styrene dashboard finishers; acrylonitrile butadiene
styrene+polyethylene furanoate+polyvinyl chloride console panel covers;
thermistor type power temperature coefficient circuit breakers;
instrument cluster pointer supports; a/c unit soft vinyl drain tubes;
transmission oil cooler adapters; transmission oil coolers; intake
sensor with clips; ambient in car sensors; sun sensors, and electronic
a/c fan controls (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 7%). The request
indicates that certain materials/components are subject to special
duties under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section
232) and 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 December 12, 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: October 29, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-24014 Filed 11-1-18; 8:45 am]
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