[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 83 (Monday, May 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23343-23344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09229]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-34-2021]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 33--Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Swagelok Company 
(Finished Bar Stock), Koppel, Pennsylvania

    Swagelok Company (Swagelok) submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Koppel, 
Pennsylvania. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on April 22, 
2021.
    The Swagelok facility is located within Subzone 33F. The facility 
is used for production of finished bar stock from unprocessed bar 
stock, including annealing, drawing, and cutting-to-size. Pursuant to 
15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific 
foreign-status materials/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 Swagelok 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, Swagelok would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to: Forged non alloy steel 
bar; bars and rods of iron or non alloy steel; carbon steel bar stock, 
forged rods, and cold finished steel bar; circular hot rolled stainless 
steel; hot formed or extruded hot rolled stainless steel; cold formed 
stainless steel bar; stainless steel bar stock, circular bars or rods; 
circular or hex brass bar stock; square copper alloy bar stock; nickel 
alloy bar stock; and, aluminum bar stock more than 10 mm in diameter 
(duty rate ranges from duty-free to 5.0%). Swagelok 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: Unfinished 
forged non alloy steel bar; unfinished bars and rods of iron or non 
alloy steel; unfinished carbon steel bar stock, forged rods, and cold 
finished steel bar; unfinished circular hot rolled stainless steel; 
unfinished hot formed or extruded hot rolled stainless steel; 
unfinished cold formed stainless steel bar; unfinished stainless steel 
bar stock, circular bars or rods; unfinished circular or hex brass bar 
stock; unfinished square copper alloy bar stock; unfinished nickel 
alloy bar stock; and, unfinished aluminum bar stock more than 10 mm in 
diameter (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 5.0%). The request 
indicates that some components may be subject to an antidumping/
countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order 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 (PF) 
status (19 CFR 146.41). The request also 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 PF 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 June 14, 2021.
    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.

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    For further information, contact Juanita Chen at 
[email protected] or 202-482-1378.

    Dated: April 27, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-09229 Filed 4-30-21; 8:45 am]
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