[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 29397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10450]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-27-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 143--West Sacramento, California; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity, LiCAP Technologies, Inc. 
(Electrodes), Sacramento, California

    The Port of Sacramento, grantee of FTZ 143, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of LiCAP Technologies, Inc. (LiCAP Technologies), located in 
Sacramento, California. The notification conforming to the requirements 
of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
April 21, 2020.
    The applicant has submitted a separate application for FTZ 
designation at the company's facility under FTZ 143. The facility is 
used for the production of electrodes. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), 
FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials 
and components and specific finished product described in the submitted 
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the 
FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt LiCAP Technologies 
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, LiCAP Technologies would be able to 
choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to 
electrodes (duty-free). LiCAP Technologies 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: Carbon 
powder; aluminum foil--coated aluminum foil; and, electrolytes (duty 
rate ranges from 4.8 to 5.3%). The request indicates that certain 
materials/components are subject to special duties under Section 232 of 
the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) and 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 June 24, 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: May 12, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-10450 Filed 5-14-20; 8:45 am]
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