[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61595-61596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24641]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-70-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 183--Austin, Texas; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Flextronics America, LLC; (Automated Data 
Processing Machines); Austin, Texas

    Flextronics America, LLC (Flextronics), submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in 
Austin, Texas. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on November 
3, 2019.
    Flextronics already has authority to produce automated data 
processing machines within FTZ 183. The current request would add 
foreign status components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific 
foreign-status components described in the submitted notification (as 
described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Flextronics from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used 
in export production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status 
components noted below, Flextronics would be able to choose the duty 
rates during customs entry procedures that apply to automated data 
processing machines (duty-free). Flextronics 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 sourced from abroad include: Labels; corrugated pack 
boxes; print bundles--instruction manuals and start-up directions; 
caster wheel assemblies; keyboards; computer mice; trackpads; graphics 
processing modules; main logic boards; graphics performance enhancers; 
basic input/output system (BIOS) printed circuit boards; structural 
frames for automatic data processing machines; structural enclosures 
for automatic data processing machines; main logic board stiffener 
assemblies; internal component support units; and, power supply units 
(duty rate ranges

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from duty-free to 5.8%). The request indicates that the following 
components are subject to an antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) 
order if imported from certain countries: labels; caster wheel 
assemblies; structural frames for automatic data processing machines; 
structural enclosures for automatic data processing machines; main 
logic board stiffener assemblies; and, internal component support 
units. 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 
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 December 23, 
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.

    Dated: November 6, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-24641 Filed 11-12-19; 8:45 am]
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