[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 128 (Thursday, July 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39880-39881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14335]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-42-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 219--San Luis, Arizona; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Barco Stamping Co., Inc. (Stamped 
Lighting Fixture Components); Yuma, Arizona

    The Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation, grantee of FTZ 
219, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the 
FTZ Board on behalf of Barco Stamping Co., Inc. (Barco), located in 
Yuma, Arizona. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on June 24, 
2020.
    The grantee has submitted a separate application for FTZ 
designation at the company's facility under FTZ 219. The facility is 
used for the production of stamped metal products. 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 Barco 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, Barco would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to the following stamped 
lighting fixture components: Plates (driver mounting; top; back; wall 
mounting); pipe clamps; latches; end caps; trays (lighting; power); 
bird guards; brackets (Romex[supreg]; wall pole mount; for aluminum 
frame (hinge; latch); emergency battery; hanger bar; heat sink 
interface; socket; torsion spring); can blanks; covers (arm; driver); 
heatsink base mounting surfaces; heatsinks; bracket junction boxes; can

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tops; doubler panels; hanger bars; hanger bar carriers; housings; 
junction boxes and related components (assemblies; covers; supports; 
voltage dividers); plaster frames; collars; and, trim rings (duty 
rate--6%). Barco 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 flat 
rolled aluminum alloy coil, zinc coated flat rolled galvanized steel 
coil, flat rolled cold rolled steel coil, and galvanized steel roll 
(duty rate ranges from duty-free to 3%). The request indicates that 
certain materials/components are subject to 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 (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 August 11, 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: June 29, 2020.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-14335 Filed 7-1-20; 8:45 am]
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