[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 48149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16911]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-33-2022]


Foreign-Trade Zone 186--Waterville, Maine; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity, Flemish Master Weavers (Machine-Made 
Woven Area Rugs), Sanford, Maine

    The City of Waterville, Maine, grantee of FTZ 186, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board (the 
Board) on behalf of Flemish Master Weavers (FMW), located in Sanford, 
Maine, within Subzone 186A. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
August 2, 2022.
    Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ production activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status materials/components and 
specific finished product described in the submitted notification 
(summarized below) and subsequently authorized by the Board. The 
benefits that may stem from conducting production activity under FTZ 
procedures are explained in the background section of the Board's 
website--accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    In 2016, FMW received limited FTZ authority to produce machine-made 
woven area rugs using polypropylene and polyester yarns in privileged 
foreign (PF) status (19 CFR 146.41), which precludes inverted tariff 
benefits on those inputs (see 81 FR 51850, August 5, 2016).
    In 2017, FMW requested authority to admit continuous filament 
polypropylene (CFPP) yarn in nonprivileged foreign (NPF) status (19 CFR 
146.42) (B-28-2017, 82 FR 26434, 6/7/2017). That request was approved 
subject to the following restrictions: (1) the annual quantitative 
volume of CFPP yarn that FMW may admit into Subzone 186A under NPF 
status was limited to 3 million kilograms; and, (2) approval was 
limited to an initial period of five years, subject to extension upon 
review (Board Order 2071, 83 FR 54709, 10/31/2018).
    The pending notification requests to remove the restriction 
requiring admission in PF status for CFPP yarn--to which FMW's 
operation would otherwise be subject beginning on October 25, 2023 
(upon expiration of the time-limited authority approved in Board Order 
2071).
    The finished product is machine-made woven area rugs (duty-free). 
The proposed foreign-status materials and components include single-ply 
and two-ply continuous filament polypropylene textured yarn (duty rates 
8.8% and 8% respectively). The request indicates that the materials/
components are 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 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 September 19, 
2022.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Online FTZ Information System'' section of the Board's 
website.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 2, 2022.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-16911 Filed 8-5-22; 8:45 am]
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