[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2156-2157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01278]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-02-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 106--Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Xerox Corporation 
(Polyester Latex for Printer/Copier Toner); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    The Port Authority of Greater Oklahoma City, grantee of FTZ 106, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of Xerox Corporation (Xerox), located in Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on December 
17, 2018.
    Xerox already has authority to produce bulk toner and toner 
cartridges within Subzone 106D. Xerox has changed its production 
process and is no longer producing bulk toner and toner cartridges at 
its Oklahoma City facility. The facility is currently used for the 
production of polyester latex for printer/copier toner. The current 
request would add a finished product and foreign status materials/
components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), 
additional FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status 
materials and components and specific finished product described in the 
submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized 
by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Xerox 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, Xerox would be able to choose the duty rate 
during customs entry procedures that apply to polyester latex (duty 
rate 5.1%). Xerox 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 
dodecanedioic acid, nonanediol, and dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid sodium 
salt (duty rates range from 4% to 6.5%). The request indicates that 
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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 March 18, 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 Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: January 31, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-01278 Filed 2-5-19; 8:45 am]
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