[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 66 (Friday, April 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13631-13632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06705]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-20-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 168--Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Samsung Electronics 
America, Inc. (Packaging for Mobiles and Tablets), Coppell, Texas

    Metroplex International Trade Development Corporation, grantee of 
FTZ 168, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to 
the FTZ Board on behalf of Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (Samsung), 
located in Coppell, Texas. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on March 29, 2019.
    Samsung already has authority for kitting of mobile phones and 
tablet computers within Subzone 168D. The current request would add 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 described in the submitted 
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the 
FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Samsung 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, Samsung would be able to choose the duty rate 
during customs entry procedures that apply to mobile phones and tablet 
computers (duty-free). Samsung 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 retail packaging 
trays consisting of bamboo and sugar cane pulp (duty-free). The request 
indicates that the material/component is 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 decision requires 
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 May 15, 2019.

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    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: April 1, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-06705 Filed 4-4-19; 8:45 am]
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