[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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