[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 66 (Friday, April 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 13632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06707]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-07-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 238--Dublin, Virginia; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; EBI, LLC (Mattresses and Sofas), 
Danville, Virginia

    The New River Valley Economic Development Alliance, grantee of FTZ 
238, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the 
FTZ Board on behalf of EBI, LLC (EBI), located in Danville, Virginia. 
The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of 
the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on April 1, 2019.
    EBI is located within Subzone 238C. The facility is used for 
production of mattresses and sofas. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ 
activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials and 
components 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 EBI 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, EBI would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry 
procedures that apply to mattresses, complete sofas, incomplete sofa 
sections, and sofa cushions (duty-free to 6.0%). EBI 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: Prepared 
glues and adhesives; polyethylene plastic film; cellular foam 
cushioning; high resilience polyurethane foam; polyamide/polyethylene 
sofa cushion bags; medium density fiber boards; non-woven polyester 
fiber wadding for cushion covers; felt (100% polyester), not 
impregnated, coated, covered, or laminated; non-woven (100% 
polypropylene) protective cover used as packing material for shipping; 
mattress handles (fastener fabric tape), woven, of synthetic fibers; 
sofa bed box pullout handles of woven polyester; cotton woven mattress 
covers; synthetic fiber woven mattress covers; non-woven polypropylene 
dust covers for mattresses; non-woven polypropylene bags; spring 
mattress cores (inner springs); sofa springs; zinc furniture hinges; 
zinc furniture clips; zinc furniture fittings; furniture staples of 
base metal in strips; sofa covers, cut and sewn, used for upholstery 
(leather; imitation leather; 100% polyester; and, 75% polyester/25% 
cotton); completed cotton mattress covers; and, upholstered foam seat 
cushions (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 9.3%). The request 
indicates that certain 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 May 15, 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: April 1, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-06707 Filed 4-4-19; 8:45 am]
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