[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 21326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09906]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-34-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 29--Louisville, Kentucky; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; LLFlex, LLC (Aluminum and Steel Cable 
Wraps), Louisville, Kentucky

    LLFlex, LLC (LLFlex) submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Louisville, 
Kentucky. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on May 1, 
2019.
    LLFlex already has authority to produce aluminum foil liner stock 
and foil backed paperboard within Subzone 29J. The current request 
would add finished products and foreign status materials/components to 
the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ 
authority would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials/
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 LLFlex from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export 
production (estimated 20 percent of production). On its domestic sales, 
for the foreign-status materials/components noted below and in the 
existing scope of authority, LLFlex would be able to choose the duty 
rates during customs entry procedures that apply to: Bare cable wrap; 
polymer/plastic coated cable wrap; bare aluminum cable wrap--width 
<0.2mm; and, backed aluminum cable wrap (duty rate ranges from duty-
free to 5.8%). LLFlex 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 materials/components sourced from abroad include: Carbon and 
alloy flat steel; and, flat rolled aluminum in coils (duty rate ranges 
from duty-free to 5.3%). The request indicates that components are 
subject to antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders if imported 
from certain countries. 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 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 certain materials/components 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 
decisions require 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 and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is June 24, 2019.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Reading Room'' section of the Board's website, which is 
accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: May 8, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-09906 Filed 5-13-19; 8:45 am]
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