[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8301-8302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04125]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-12-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 123--Denver, Colorado; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Lexmark International, Inc. (Organic 
Photoconductor Drums); Longmont, Colorado

    Lexmark International, Inc. (Lexmark) submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in 
Longmont, Colorado. The notification conforming to the requirements of 
the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
February 27, 2019.
    A separate application has been submitted for subzone designation 
for the Lexmark facility under FTZ 123. The facility will be used for 
production of organic photoconductor drums. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), FTZ activity 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 Lexmark from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status material/component used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status material/
component noted below, Lexmark would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to organic photoconductor 
drums and recycled aluminum cores (duty-free to 5.7%). Lexmark would be 
able to avoid duty on foreign-status material which becomes scrap/
waste. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on 
foreign-status production equipment.
    The material/component sourced from abroad would be aluminum cores 
(duty rate 5.7%). The request indicates that aluminum cores are subject 
to an antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order if imported from 
China. The FTZ Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.14(e)) require that 
merchandise subject to AD/CVD orders, or items which would be otherwise 
subject to

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suspension of liquidation under AD/CVD procedures if they entered U.S. 
customs territory, be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status 
(19 CFR 146.41). The request also indicates that aluminum cores are 
subject to special duties under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act 
of 1962 (Section 232), depending on the country of origin. The 
applicable Section 232 decision requires subject merchandise to be 
admitted to FTZs in privileged foreign status.
    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 April 16, 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 Juanita Chen at 
[email protected] or 202-482-1378.

    Dated: March 4, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-04125 Filed 3-6-19; 8:45 am]
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