[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 31021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13861]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-40-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 100--Dayton, Ohio; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Whirlpool Corporation (Small Appliances), 
Greenville, Ohio

    Whirlpool Corporation (Whirlpool) submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in 
Greenville, Ohio. The notification conforming to the requirements of 
the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on June 
19, 2019.
    The applicant indicates that it will be submitting a separate 
application for FTZ designation at the company's facility under FTZ 
100. The Whirlpool facility is used for the production of small 
appliances. 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 Whirlpool 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, Whirlpool would be able to choose the duty 
rates during customs entry procedures that apply to: Blenders; hand 
blenders; stand mixers; blender jars; cabinet tops; domes and blades; 
lower housings and gearings; attachment packs; planetary gears and 
shafts; lower gearcases; and, seals and couplers (duty rate ranges from 
2.5 to 4.2%). Whirlpool 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: Plastic 
cases; plastic knobs; plastic seals; plastic grommets; plastic lids; 
cardboard boxes; literature (use and care guides); cotton cloth covers 
not knitted or crocheted; cotton cloth covers; cloth covers; non-woven 
cotton cloth bags; steel screws; slicer/blade attachments; steel wall 
brackets; scale and sifter attachments; bearing retainers; transmission 
shafts; pinion gears; worm gears; bevel gears; DC motors between 18.65W 
and 14.92kW; Universal AC/DC motors greater than 74.6W; single-phase AC 
gear motors; single-phase AC motors; electrical armatures; lithium-ion 
batteries; stand mixer attachments and bowls; heating resistors; 
heating elements; electronic switches; rotary switches; pushbutton 
switches; slide switches; control panels/user interfaces; power cords; 
carbon brushes; and, cleaning brushes (duty rate ranges from duty-free 
to 9.9%). The request indicates that cotton cloth covers not knitted or 
crocheted, cotton cloth covers, cloth covers, and lithium-ion batteries 
will be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 
146.41), thereby precluding inverted tariff benefits on such items. The 
request also 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.
    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 August 7, 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: June 25, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-13861 Filed 6-27-19; 8:45 am]
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