[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4195-4196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01543]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-02-2022]


Foreign-Trade Zone 26--Atlanta, Georgia Application for 
Production Authority OFS Fitel, LLC (Optical Fiber Products) 
Carrollton, Georgia

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 26, 
requesting production authority on behalf of OFS Fitel, LLC (OFS 
Fitel), located in

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Carrollton, Georgia. The application conforming to the requirements of 
the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.23) was docketed on 
January 20, 2022. The benefits that may stem from conducting production 
activity under FTZ procedures are explained in the background section 
of the FTZ Board's website--accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    The OFS Fitel facility (518 employees, 44.49 acres) is located 
within Site 40 of FTZ 26. The facility is used for the production of 
optical fiber products. In 2020, OFS Fitel requested production 
authority in a notification proceeding (15 CFR 400.22 and 400.37). 
After an initial review, the requested production authority was 
approved subject to restrictions that included a requirement that 
optical fiber and optical bundles be admitted to the zone in privileged 
foreign (PF) status (19 CFR 146.41), precluding inverted tariff 
benefits on those inputs (see B-59-2020, 85 FR 61719-61720, September 
30, 2020). The pending application proposes to remove that 
restriction--which would allow OFS Fitel to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to optical fiber cable 
(duty-free) and optical fibers/bundles/ribbon (duty rate, 6.7%) for the 
following foreign-status materials/components (representing an average 
27% of the value of the finished product): Drawn optical fiber and 
drawn optical fiber bundles (duty rate, 6.7%). The request indicates 
that those materials/components are subject to special 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.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Diane Finver of the 
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and 
information presented in the application and case record and to report 
findings and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is March 28, 2022. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to April 12, 2022.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Online FTZ Information Section'' section of the FTZ Board's 
website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.

    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
[email protected].
    Dated: January 21, 2022.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-01543 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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