[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 215 (Thursday, November 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70580-70581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24570]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-64-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 106--Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Miraclon Corporation 
(Flexographic/Aluminum Printing Plates and Direct Imaging/Thermo 
Imaging Layer Film), Weatherford, Oklahoma

    Miraclon Corporation (Miraclon) submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in 
Weatherford, Oklahoma. The notification conforming to the requirements 
of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
October 27, 2020.
    Miraclon already has authority to produce flexographic printing 
plates, aluminum printing plates, direct imaging film, and thermo 
imaging layer film within Subzone 106F (originally approved as Eastman 
Kodak Company). The current request would add a foreign-status material 
to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ 
authority would be limited to the specific foreign-status

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material described in the submitted notification (as described below) 
and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Miraclon from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status material used in export production. 
On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status material noted, Miraclon 
would be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures 
that apply to flexographic printing plates, aluminum printing plates, 
direct imaging film, and thermo imaging layer film (duty-free to 3.7%). 
Miraclon would be able to avoid duty on foreign-status material which 
becomes scrap/waste. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or 
reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The material sourced from abroad is polyethylene terephthalate 
(PET) film (duty rate, 3.7%). The request indicates that PET film is 
subject to antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders and 
investigations if imported from certain countries. The FTZ Board's 
regulations (15 CFR 400.14(e)) require that merchandise subject to AD/
CVD orders, or items which would be otherwise subject to suspension of 
liquidation under AD/CVD procedures if they entered U.S. customs 
territory, be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 
146.41). The request also indicates that PET film is 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.
    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 December 15, 
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 Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: November 2, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-24570 Filed 11-4-20; 8:45 am]
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