[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 44 (Thursday, March 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 12892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04509]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-11-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 119, Minneapolis, Minnesota; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; SICK Product & Competence 
Center Americas, LLC (Safety and Tracking Systems, Safety Light 
Curtains, and Connector Assemblies), Savage, Minnesota

    The Greater Metropolitan Area FTZ Commission, grantee of FTZ 119, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of SICK Product & Competence Center Americas, LLC (SICK 
Product), located in Savage, Minnesota. The notification conforming to 
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on February 20, 2020.
    Sick Product already has authority (approved as SICK, Inc.) to 
produce photo-electronic industrial sensors, encoders, optical readers, 
and monitoring systems within FTZ 119. The current request would add 
four finished products and additional 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 SICK Product from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used 
in export production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status 
materials/components noted below and in the existing scope of 
authority, SICK Product would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to: Track and trace, safety 
monitoring, and quality control systems; system connector assemblies; 
safety light curtains; and, safety light curtain connector assemblies 
(duty-free). SICK Product 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 
brackets, aluminum housings, aluminum shafts, safety relays, safety 
controllers, cables and connectors, and image capturing systems (duty 
rate ranges from 2.5 to 5.0%). 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 April 14, 2020.
    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: February 27, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-04509 Filed 3-4-20; 8:45 am]
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