[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49718-49719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20518]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-56-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 281--Miami, Florida; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; South Florida Lumber Company; (Steel 
Frames); Medley, Florida

    Miami-Dade County, grantee of FTZ 281, submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of South 
Florida Lumber Company (South Florida Lumber), located in Medley, 
Florida. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on September 
9, 2019.
    The South Florida Lumber facility is located within FTZ 281. The 
facility is used for the production of steel frames as structural 
support for building construction. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ 
activity 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 South Florida Lumber 
from customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components 
used in export production (estimated sixty percent of production). On 
its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/components noted 
below, South Florida Lumber would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to angles, shapes and 
sections of iron and nonalloy steel, metal studs, and steel frames 
(duty-free). South Florida Lumber 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 steel in 
primary form and flat rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel (duty-
free). The request indicates that steel is subject to an antidumping/
countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order 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 steel is 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 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 Christopher Wedderburn at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1963.


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    Dated: September 17, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-20518 Filed 9-20-19; 8:45 am]
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