80 FR 30659 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 54-Clinton County, New York; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Swarovski Lighting, Ltd. (Lighting Fixtures and Parts); Plattsburgh, New York

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 103 (May 29, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-13035

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 103 (Friday, May 29, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-13035]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-35-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 54--Clinton County, New York; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Swarovski Lighting, Ltd. 
(Lighting Fixtures and Parts); Plattsburgh, New York

    The Clinton County Area Development Corporation, grantee of FTZ 54, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of Swarovski Lighting, Ltd. (Swarovski), located in 
Plattsburgh, New York. The notification conforming to the requirements 
of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on May 
15, 2015.
    The Swarovski facility is located within Site 1 of FTZ 54. The 
facility is used to make custom lighting fixtures and related parts. 
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 Swarovski from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Swarovski would be able to choose 
the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to wall 
sconces; chandeliers; suspended chandeliers; pendant lamps; electric 
household lamps; electric table lamps; electric candelabras; electric 
floor standing lamps; wall mount light fixtures; high intensity 
discharge lamp fixtures; halogen lamp fixtures; candle candelabras; 
candle lamp fixtures; light-emitting diode (LED) illuminated paneling; 
LED illuminated wall mounts; lamp illuminated paneling; lamp 
illuminated wall mounts; lighted signs; fixture extensions; and, parts 
of lamps--scrolls, arms, covers, extenders, sconce plates, brass 
bodies, bases, finials, bobeches, connectors, hangers, cups, rings, and 
shafts (duty rates range from 3.9% to 6%) for the foreign status inputs 
noted below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced 
on foreign-status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Lacquer; 
UV-curing glues; anaerobic sealants; plastic crates/cavity trays/bags/
o-rings/molded washers/labels; plywood insert packing materials; 
packing material boxes; brown paper; labels, brown kraft paper; 
corrugated cardboard strips; reinforced tape; gift bags; cardboard 
boxes; pocket folders; paperboard; marketing brochures; booklets; 
instruction manuals/sheets; decals; window stickers; printed cards; 
consumer brochures; product catalogs; advertising cards; pricelists; 
tags for color samples; netting; glass mirrors; amethyst balls and 
drops; fluorite balls and drops; rose quartz drops; rock crystal balls, 
bases, bobeches, cubes, cylinders, drops, kites, octagons, rosettes, 
sink bowls, spikes and square bases; smokey quartz pears; gold powder; 
steel flat bars; hex nuts; steel thumbnuts; brass ball nuts, brass hex 
nuts; brass hickeys; glass drills; instructional DVDs; dimmer switches; 
electrical plugs; protection caps; silicon sleeves; chrome connection 
jacks/connection rings; wire nuts; electrical harness assemblies; 
porcelain lampholders; lampholders with brackets; rivet sockets; 
ceramic sockets; stainless steel sockets; socket holders; lampholder 
connectors; monorail connectors; power adapters; terminal blocks; 
connection boxes; junction boxes; cable lug connectors; cable clutches; 
ring wire locking with screw; brackets for European arm sockets; 
halogen lamps; incandescent lamps;

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LED remote controls; wire; cord sets < 1000 volts; electrical wiring <= 
80 volts; quick connectors; electrical insulators; ring fittings; tube 
fittings; wall sconces; chandeliers; suspended chandeliers; pendant 
lamps; fixture wall sconces; electric household lamps; electric table 
lamps; electric candelabras; electric floor standing lamps; wall mount 
light fixtures; high intensity discharge lamp fixtures; halogen lamp 
fixtures; candle candelabras; candle lamp fixtures; LED illuminated 
paneling; LED illuminated wall mounts; lamp illuminated paneling; lamp 
illuminated wall mounts; lighted signs; lead crystals; glass globes; 
hurricane shades; glass; glass parts of chandeliers and wall sconces 
(beads, bobeches, ball sticks, drops, pendants, ovals, candle cups, 
bowls, bulb covers, columns, scallops, dishes, disks, finials, glass 
arms, rods, cubes, cylinders, scrolls, sickles, spikes, tulips, prisms, 
rosettes, lenses, leafs, and electrical housings); glass parts of 
table, floor and desk lamps (beads, trimsets, bobeches, ball sticks, 
drops, pendants, ovals, candle cups, bowls, bulb covers, columns, 
scallops, dishes and disks, finials, glass arms, rods, cubes, 
cylinders, scrolls, sickles, spikes, tulips, trumpets, prisms, 
rosettes, lenses, and leafs); plastic lamp parts (sleeves, trays, 
covers, trumpets, electrical housing, silicone shades, and silicone end 
caps); brass lamp parts (scrolls, arms, covers, extenders, sconce 
plates, bodies, bases, finials, bobeches, connectors, hangers, and 
cups); chrome ferrules and screw sets; other parts of lamps (scrolls, 
arms, covers, extenders, sconce plates, brass body, bases, finials, 
bobeches, connectors, hangers, cups, rings, and shafts); fixture 
extensions; d[eacute]cor disk rings; LED repair kits; and, aluminum 
reflectors (duty rates range from free to 14.9%). The request indicates 
that foreign textile material (including netting classified within 
HTSUS Subheading 5408.10) will be admitted to the zone in privileged 
foreign status (19 CFR 146.41), thereby precluding inverted tariff 
benefits on this material.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is July 8, 2015.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: May 22, 2015.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
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strategy for the ACS as described in the for telephone follow-up because we do Production under FTZ procedures
steps below. The testing has shown that not have a telephone number for the could exempt Swarovski from customs
the change increases response to the household. This postcard reminds these duty payments on the foreign-status
online questionnaire, and reduces the respondents to return their components used in export production.
total number of mailings sent to questionnaires and thanks them if they On its domestic sales, Swarovski would
households by eliminating one entire have already done so. be able to choose the duty rates during
mailing and replacing a postcard with a Affected Public: Individuals or customs entry procedures that apply to
letter. households. wall sconces; chandeliers; suspended
For households eligible to receive Frequency: Response to the ACS is on chandeliers; pendant lamps; electric
survey materials by mail, the first a one-time basis. household lamps; electric table lamps;
contact includes a letter and instruction Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. electric candelabras; electric floor
card explaining how to complete the Legal Authority: Title 13, United standing lamps; wall mount light
survey online. Also included are a States Code, Sections 141, 193, and 221. fixtures; high intensity discharge lamp
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Written comments and
fixtures; halogen lamp fixtures; candle
brochure and a brochure that provides recommendations for the proposed
candelabras; candle lamp fixtures; light-
basic information about the survey in information collection should be sent
emitting diode (LED) illuminated
English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, within 30 days of publication of this
paneling; LED illuminated wall mounts;
Vietnamese, and Korean, and provides a notice to OIRA_Submission@
lamp illuminated paneling; lamp
phone number to call for assistance in omb.eop.gov or fax to (202)395–5806.
Copies of the above information illuminated wall mounts; lighted signs;
each language. The instruction card fixture extensions; and, parts of lamps—
provides the information on how to collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, scrolls, arms, covers, extenders, sconce
respond in English and Spanish. The plates, brass bodies, bases, finials,
letter explains that if the respondent is Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of bobeches, connectors, hangers, cups,
unable to complete the survey online, a rings, and shafts (duty rates range from
paper questionnaire will be sent later. Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 3.9% to 6%) for the foreign status inputs
The Internet version of the noted below. Customs duties also could
questionnaire is available in English and DC 20230 (or via the Internet at jjessup@
doc.gov). possibly be deferred or reduced on
Spanish and includes questions about foreign-status production equipment.
the housing unit and the people living Dated: May 26, 2015.
in the housing unit. The Internet The components and materials
Sarah Brabson,
questionnaire has space to collect sourced from abroad include: Lacquer;
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer, submitting for UV-curing glues; anaerobic sealants;
detailed information for twenty people Department of Commerce.
in the household. plastic crates/cavity trays/bags/o-rings/
[FR Doc. 2015–13061 Filed 5–28–15; 8:45 am] molded washers/labels; plywood insert
The second mailing is a letter that BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
reminds respondents to complete the packing materials; packing material
survey online, thanks them if they have boxes; brown paper; labels, brown kraft
already done so, and informs them that paper; corrugated cardboard strips;
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE reinforced tape; gift bags; cardboard
a paper form will be sent later if we do
not receive their response. This letter Foreign-Trade Zones Board boxes; pocket folders; paperboard;
includes clear instructions to log in, marketing brochures; booklets;
[B–35–2015] instruction manuals/sheets; decals;
including an explicit reference to the
user identification number. window stickers; printed cards;
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 54—Clinton consumer brochures; product catalogs;
In a third mailing, the ACS housing County, New York; Notification of
unit questionnaire package is sent only advertising cards; pricelists; tags for
Proposed Production Activity; color samples; netting; glass mirrors;
to those sample addresses that have not Swarovski Lighting, Ltd. (Lighting
completed the online questionnaire amethyst balls and drops; fluorite balls
Fixtures and Parts); Plattsburgh, New and drops; rose quartz drops; rock
within two weeks. The content includes York
a follow up letter, a paper copy of the crystal balls, bases, bobeches, cubes,
questionnaire, an instruction guide for The Clinton County Area cylinders, drops, kites, octagons,
completing the paper form, an Development Corporation, grantee of rosettes, sink bowls, spikes and square
instruction card for completing the FTZ 54, submitted a notification of bases; smokey quartz pears; gold
survey online, a FAQ brochure, and a proposed production activity to the FTZ powder; steel flat bars; hex nuts; steel
return envelope. The cover letter with Board on behalf of Swarovski Lighting, thumbnuts; brass ball nuts, brass hex
this questionnaire package reminds the Ltd. (Swarovski), located in Plattsburgh, nuts; brass hickeys; glass drills;
household of the importance of the New York. The notification conforming instructional DVDs; dimmer switches;
ACS, and asks them to respond soon to the requirements of the regulations of electrical plugs; protection caps; silicon
either by completing the survey online the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was sleeves; chrome connection jacks/
or by returning a completed paper received on May 15, 2015. connection rings; wire nuts; electrical
questionnaire. The Swarovski facility is located harness assemblies; porcelain
The fourth mailing is a postcard that within Site 1 of FTZ 54. The facility is lampholders; lampholders with
reminds respondents that ‘‘now is the used to make custom lighting fixtures brackets; rivet sockets; ceramic sockets;
time to complete the survey,’’ informs and related parts. Pursuant to 15 CFR stainless steel sockets; socket holders;
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them that an interviewer may contact 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited lampholder connectors; monorail
them if they do not complete the survey, to the specific foreign-status materials connectors; power adapters; terminal
and reminds them of the importance of and components and specific finished blocks; connection boxes; junction
the ACS. products described in the submitted boxes; cable lug connectors; cable
A fifth mailing is sent to respondents notification (as described below) and clutches; ring wire locking with screw;
who have not completed the survey subsequently authorized by the FTZ brackets for European arm sockets;
within five weeks and are not eligible Board. halogen lamps; incandescent lamps;

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80 FR 30659 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 54-Clinton County, New York; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Swarovski Lighting, Ltd. (Lighting Fixtures and Parts); Plattsburgh, New York

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