[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49717-49718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20517]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-57-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 145--Shreveport, Louisiana; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; Benteler Steel/Tube Manufacturing 
Corp.; (Seamless Quality Steel Tubes); Shreveport, Louisiana

    Benteler Steel/Tube Manufacturing Corp. (Benteler) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Shreveport, Louisiana. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on September 13, 2019.
    The Benteler facility is located within FTZ 145. The facility is 
used for production of seamless quality steel tubes. 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 Benteler 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, Benteler would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to: Line pipe; drill pipe; 
casing, tubing and drill pipe; boiler, heat exchanger and line pipe; 
tubing, casing and heat exchangers; hollow carriers for perforating 
guns; couplings; and, coupling blanks (duty

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rate: Duty-free). Benteler 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: Non-alloy 
billets; alloy billets; hollow carriers for perforating guns; drill 
pipe; casing, tubing and drill pipe; and, boiler, heat exchanger and 
line pipe (duty rate: Duty-free). The request indicates that certain 
materials/components are subject to special duties under Section 232 of 
the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) or Section 301 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (Section 301), depending on the country of origin. 
The applicable Section 232 and 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 and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is November 4, 
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 Juanita Chen at 
[email protected] or 202-482-1378.

    Dated: September 17, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-20517 Filed 9-20-19; 8:45 am]
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