[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 56 (Monday, March 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 16326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06056]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-18-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 158--Jackson, Mississippi, Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity, Traxys Cometals USA, LLC (Manganese 
and Aluminum Alloying Agents), Burnsville, Mississippi

    Traxys Cometals USA, LLC (Traxys Cometals) submitted a notification 
of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in 
Burnsville, Mississippi. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on March 11, 2020.
    Traxys Cometals already has authority to produce high-grade 
manganese and aluminum alloying agents within FTZ 158. The current 
request would add a finished product and a foreign status material/
component to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), 
additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific foreign-
status material/component and the specific finished product described 
in the submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently 
authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Traxys Cometals from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used 
in export production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status 
material/component noted below and in the existing scope of authority, 
Traxys Cometals would be able to choose the duty rate during customs 
entry procedures that applies to low-carbon ferromanganese powder (duty 
rate 2.3%). Traxys Cometals 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 material/component sourced from abroad is manganese powder 
(duty rate 14%).
    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 May 4, 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 Christopher Wedderburn at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1963.

    Dated: March 17, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-06056 Filed 3-20-20; 8:45 am]
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