[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 51 (Monday, March 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14882-14883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05317]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-14-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230--Piedmont Triad Area, North Carolina 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; LLFlex, LLC (Aluminum 
Foil Paper Laminate, Foil-Backed Paperboard, Coated Paper, Coated 
Paperboard, and Cable Wrap), High Point, North Carolina

    The Piedmont Triad Partnership, grantee of FTZ 230, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of LLFlex, LLC (LLFlex), located in High Point, North Carolina. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on March 6, 2020.
    The applicant has submitted a separate application for FTZ 
designation at the company's facility under FTZ 230. The facility is 
used for the production of aluminum foil paper laminate, foil backed 
paperboard, coated paper, coated paperboard, and aluminum and steel 
cable wrap. 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 LLFlex from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export 
production (an estimated 20 percent of production). On its domestic 
sales, for the foreign-status materials/components noted below, LLFlex 
would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures 
that apply to: Coated paper/paperboard; foil backed paperboard; bare 
cable wrap; polymer/plastic coated cable wrap; bare aluminum cable 
wrap; aluminum paper foil laminate; and, backed aluminum cable wrap 
(duty rate ranges from duty-free to 5.8%). LLFlex 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: Plastic film; 
carbon and alloy flat steel; aluminum foil not backed; converter foil; 
and, backed aluminum foil (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 5.8%). 
The request indicates that certain components are 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 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.
    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 27, 2020.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
in the

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``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: March 10, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-05317 Filed 3-13-20; 8:45 am]
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