[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19725-19726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07395]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-20-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 32--Miami, Florida, Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity, BLU Products, Inc. (Cellular Phones, 
Accessories, and Components), Doral, Florida

    BLU Products, Inc. (BLU) submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Doral, 
Florida. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on April 1, 
2020.
    The BLU facility is located within FTZ 32. The facility will used 
for the assembly, disassembly, and kitting of cellular (cell) phones, 
and their accessories and components. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ 
activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials and 
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 BLU from customs duty 
payments on the foreign-status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/components noted 
below, BLU would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry 
procedures that apply to cell phones, and their accessories and 
components (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 5.0%). BLU 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 and materials sourced from abroad include: Cell 
phones; paper labels; plastic components (SIM card; blister package; 
audio adapter; screen insert; back housing battery cover; flash cover; 
front cover housing; SIM card tray; flex power cable for power and 
volume keys; internal speaker housing; phone vibrator; volume key 
button; internal cell phone earpiece net; battery cooling film; housing 
net; keypad dome; phone power key); hands-free headphones; polyurethane 
and copper data cables; lithium-ion batteries; tempered glass; 
paperboard gift/retail boxes; master

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cartons; cell phone chargers; iron components (Universal Serial Bus 
(USB) connector; flash shield; front camera motor support clamp, front 
camera thumb screw; phone vibrator); back cover foam protectors; 
acrylic plastic components (camera housing; rear camera ornament or 
decoration; front camera housing; rear camera flash cover); ethylene 
vinyl acetate adhesives; cell phone camera lenses; zinc alloy 
components (fingerprint reader; front camera motor lift mechanism; 
front camera guide pillar; internal cell phone microphone; SIM card 
tray cap; phone housing mesh); front camera components (acrylic and 
zinc alloy front camera; poly resin mesh; insulation tape; lens; rubber 
stop; magnet); PVC resin components (front camera guide pillar shaft 
sleeve; sub-printed circuit board (also with radio frequency, radio 
frequency antenna, or with microphone and USB connector); flex power 
cable (also for volume key, and power key); sub-power cable; plastic 
for housing; GPS system antenna; radio frequency antenna); copper 
components (front camera spring; coaxial line; screws); glass film 
liquid crystal display (LCD) units; LCD units with polyvinyl touch 
panel and resin front housing with power volume flex power cable; rear 
camera lenses; aluminum components (SIM card tray; battery cover); 
audio jack connectors; internal cell phone receivers (earpieces); 
mobile cellular communication receivers; internal cell phone speakers; 
glass tactile phone panels; acrylic face proximity sensors; and, 
aluminum alloy speaker mesh (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 3.4%). 
The request indicates that the materials/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 (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 May 18, 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: April 2, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-07395 Filed 4-7-20; 8:45 am]
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