[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 241 (Monday, December 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64517-64518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27245]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-77-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 168--Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Gulfstream Aerospace 
Corporation (Disassembly of Aircraft); Dallas, Texas

    The Metroplex International Trade Development Corporation, grantee 
of FTZ 168, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to 
the FTZ Board on behalf of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation 
(Gulfstream), located in Dallas, Texas. The notification conforming to 
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on December 7, 2018.
    Gulfstream already has authority to produce passenger jet aircraft 
within Subzone 168E. The current request involves the removal of items 
from finished aircraft and would add finished products and a foreign 
status material/component to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific 
foreign-status material/component 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 Gulfstream from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used 
in export production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status 
materials/components noted below and in the existing scope of 
authority, Gulfstream would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to: Accumulators; actuators; 
adapters; amplifiers; arm assemblies; armrests; attenuators; auxiliary 
power units; avionics media; crash axes; baffles;

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ballast; lithium, lead-acid and nickel-metal hydride batteries; 
bearings; bell assemblies; bellcranks; bellows; transmission belts; fan 
blades; thermal insulation blankets; bolts; technical- flight manual 
books; boost pump cartridges; turbine boots; bootstrap reservoirs; 
brackets; brake assemblies; bushings; cabin air distribution kits; 
cables; engine cams; interlock cams; cameras; caps; capacitors; cargo 
straps; cockpit carpet; turbine chambers; circlips; circuit breakers; 
integrated circuits; clamps; clevis; clutches; coils; collars; 
combustors; commutators; compensators; compressors; computers; oil 
level conditioners; conduits; wheel cones; connectors; electrical 
contacts; ferry containers; grip controls; control panels; control 
units; static converters; oil coolers; ferrite cores; couplings; 
covers; partition curtains; pneumatic cylinders; cowl dampers; 
deflectors; turbine engine valve diaphragms; diodes; satcom diplexers; 
LED, LCD and analog displays; LED, LCD and analog display components; 
hot air distributors; ditching lifelines and pouches; doors; drains; 
ducts; elbows; elevator assemblies; gas turbine engines; equipment 
stands; heat exchangers; ignition exciters; external compensation 
units; faceplates; fairings; engine and avionics fans; filters; engine 
fire bottles; fire extinguishers; first-aid kits; fittings; flanges; 
flaps; flashlights; flight data recorders; floor boards; fuses; 
gaskets; gears; gear motors; gear shafts; generators; handles; handrail 
assemblies; wire and cable harnesses; headsets; heat shields; heat 
sinks; heating elements; hoses; housings; impellers; indicators; 
inductors; fuel injectors; inlet assemblies; rubber inner tubes; nickel 
inserts; insulators; interface units; interlock rollers; inverters; 
knobs; landing gear assemblies; latches; lavatories; ignitor leads; 
leading edges; lens assemblies; life jackets; life rafts; light 
assemblies; hydraulic lines; magnetometers; bleed air manifolds; 
microphones; control modules; waste tank modules; AC motors; mounts; 
nipples; switching nodes; nuts; rubber O-rings; structural overhead 
strips; instrument panel overlays; oxygen cylinders and full face 
masks; panels; rudder pedal assemblies; piccolo tubes; pins; pipes; 
nameplates and placards; plates; plugs; port kits; potentiometers; 
static pressure ports; printed circuits; oil probes; pumps; radar; 
radio racks; radio receiver and transmitter; radomes; spring reels; 
voltage regulators; relays; resistors; restraint systems; rig pin 
assemblies; rollers; rotors; screws; seals; seats; security wedges; 
sensors; servos; shafts; aluminum sheets; shock absorbers; slider 
assemblies; spacers; springs; stators; strut assemblies; studs; sun 
visors; support assemblies; switches; tail cones; T-fittings; 
thermocouples; thermostats; throttle quadrants; tie rod assemblies; 
rubber tires; traffic surveillance systems; transceivers; transducers; 
transformers; transistors; transponders; trim assemblies; tubes; 
valves; vibration isolators; washers; wheel assemblies; window 
assemblies; and, winglets (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 12.5%). 
Gulfstream 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 material/component sourced from abroad is: Aircraft (duty-
free).
    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 28, 2019.
    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: December 11, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-27245 Filed 12-14-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P