[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 35259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12422]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-36-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 82--Mobile, Alabama; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Airbus Americas, Inc. (Commercial 
Passenger Jet Aircraft); Mobile, Irvington and Theodore, Alabama

    Airbus Americas, Inc. (Airbus) submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facilities in Mobile, 
Irvington and Theodore, Alabama. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on June 2, 2020.
    Airbus already has authority to produce commercial passenger jet 
aircraft within FTZ 82. The current request would add 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 described in the submitted 
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the 
FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Airbus 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, Airbus would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to commercial passenger jet 
aircraft (duty-free). Airbus 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: Cetyl 
alcohol; biocides and fungicides; wash primers and adhesion promoters; 
epoxy fillers; plastic tubes; polyamide plastic sheet and strip; 
logbooks; carbon prepreg material; steel holding tank assemblies; steel 
non-threaded fasteners, pins and inserts; aluminum powder; mirrors; 
hand pumps for dispensing liquids; refrigerator and freezer units; air 
filter elements and parts; trash compactors; pressure regulators and 
bleed valves; AC generators not exceeding 75kVAs; fire detection units; 
resistors and overheat sensing elements; printed circuit modules; 
circuit breakers; relays and contactors; electrical backshells and 
contacts; temperature sensors; tachometers; tachometer accessories; 
and, voltmeters and multimeters without recording devices (duty rate 
ranges from duty-free to 6.5%). The request indicates that certain 
materials/components may be subject to 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 July 20, 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 Kemp at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: June 4, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-12422 Filed 6-8-20; 8:45 am]
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