83 FR 54710 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 78-Nashville, Tennessee; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Calsonic Kansei North America; (Automotive Parts); Shelbyville and Lewisburg, Tennessee
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 211 (October 31, 2018)
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 211 (October 31, 2018)
| Page Range | 54710-54711 | |
| FR Document | 2018-23801 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 54710-54711] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-23801] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B-65-2018] Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 78--Nashville, Tennessee; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Calsonic Kansei North America; (Automotive Parts); Shelbyville and Lewisburg, Tennessee Calsonic Kansei North America (CKNA) submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facilities in Shelbyville and Lewisburg, Tennessee. The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on October 23, 2018. The applicant indicates that it will be submitting a separate application for FTZ designation at the CKNA facilities under FTZ 78. The facilities will be used to produce a variety of automotive parts and subassemblies for use in the automotive industry. 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 CKNA from customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/components noted below, CKNA would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to: Safety, warning, and identification labels; glove box dampers; rubber grommets, mounts and seals; air filters; steel hex screws; polypropylene+talc plastic fuse covers; [[Page 54711]] steel brackets; air vents; motor fan housings; air conditioner (a/c) blower fans; a/c evaporators with seals; a/c heater cores with seals; catalytic converters; evaporator expansion valves; electronic body control modules; plastic switch retaining brackets; airbag electronic control units; bumper brackets; center console boxes; plastic switch brackets; plastic covers; cover instruments; air duct center vents; dashboard speaker covers; cup holders; plastic lids; hinge plastic covers; console removable liners; air filter covers; windshield defrost ducts; dashboard pads; instrument panels; plastic center console pockets; motor fan splash guards; plastic radiator mount supports; radiator tank reserves; center console trays; air vents; plastic air intake doors; mechanical links and levers for intake doors; radiator with seals; steel mufflers end plates; steel exhaust tubes; steering column covers; steering members; radiator caps; air intake ducts; transmission oil coolers with seals; instrument cluster control switches; and, instrument cluster finishers (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 6%). CKNA 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 components and materials sourced from abroad include: Polypropylene+talc; blank labels; aluminum condensor seals; rubber radiator seals; vibration control rubber bumpers, mounting, and stoppers; steel flanges; zinc plated screw-taps; zinc plated bolts; steel screws; steel clips; steel brackets; flux cored wires; steel tubes; a/c blower fans; aluminum fan inserts; a/c blower fans with motors; air conditioner units; a/c amplifiers; connector liquid-tanks; heater cores with seals; evaporators; aluminum condensor pipe flanges; aluminum condensor header plates; condensor aluminum pipes; air filters; catalytic converters; steel catalytic converter housings; injection molds; muffler valves; evaporator expansion valves; electric fan motors; warning buzzers and speakers; radio units; antenna digital control modules; smart keyless antennae; air bag cut off indicators; capacitor-chips; resistors; printed circuit boards; instrument cluster switches; battery charging status warning indicators; audio control switches; manual a/c control units; automatic a/c control units; manual a/c controls; vehicle area network bridge controls; diodes; electronic frequency crystal-quartz; a/c controllers; body control module unit circuits; advanced driver assistance systems; electronic control unit occupant detection systems; integrated circuit-central processing units; airbag occupant electronic control units; sensors and diagnosis air bag service kits; air bag unit sensors; steering wire harnesses; a/ c unit insulators; rear console finishers; instrument panel finishers; lid-fuse blocks; plastic instrument panel covers; door vents; a/c slide doors; steel radiator caps; aluminum radiator header plates; aluminum radiator core reinforcements; radiator with transmission oil coolers; aluminum radiator tubes; steel inlets and outlet diffuser exhaust tubes; flanges; steel insulators; steel exhaust pipes; aluminum condenser adapters; polypropulene+talc center duct adapters; steel boss oxygen exhaust manifolds; steel exhaust cap convertors; polypropulene+talc front cases; plastic air conditioner unit clips; stainless steel motor fan clips; zinc plated steel radiator support mounting collars; body control module connectors; ignition switch covers; connector covers; low density polyethylene duct aspirators; fan control modules; urethane foam grommet heater pipes; polyacetal hinge pins; nylon antenna holders; acrylonitrile ethylene styrene glove box lamp housings; automatic transmission controls; exhaust manifold steel joints; polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene and polyvinyl chloride instrument cluster skin lids; glove box lids; a/c motor/ actuators; polypropulene+talc connector covers; acrylonitrile butadiene styrene switch covers; instrument clusters; polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene dashboard finishers; acrylonitrile butadiene styrene + polyethylene furanoate +polyvinyl chloride console panel covers; thermistor-type power temperature coefficient circuit breakers; instrument cluster pointer supports; a/c unit soft vinyl drain tubes; transmission oil cooler adapters; transmission oil coolers; intake sensor with clips; ambient in-car sensors; sun sensors; and, electronic a/c fan controls (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 7. The request indicates that certain materials/components are subject to special duties under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) and 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 privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41). Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is December 10, 2018. 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 Board's website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Christopher Wedderburn at Chris.Wedderburn@trade.gov or (202) 482-1963. Dated: October 25, 2018. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-23801 Filed 10-30-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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Trade Zones Board to grant to qualified Dated: October 25, 2018. Now, therefore, the Board hereby
corporations the privilege of Gary Taverman, orders:
establishing foreign-trade zones in or Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping The application to reorganize and
adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border and Countervailing Duty Operations, expand FTZ 198 under the ASF is
Protection ports of entry; performing the non-exclusive functions and approved, subject to the FTZ Act and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for the Board’s regulations, including
Whereas, the Board adopted the Enforcement and Compliance Alternate Section 400.13, and to the Board’s
alternative site framework (ASF) (15 Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. standard 2,000-acre activation limit for
CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the [FR Doc. 2018–23795 Filed 10–30–18; 8:45 am] the zone.
establishment or reorganization of BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
Dated: October 25, 2018.
zones;
Gary Taverman,
Whereas, the Louisville & Jefferson Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
County Riverport Authority, grantee of DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
and Countervailing Duty Operations,
Foreign-Trade Zone 29, submitted an Foreign-Trade Zones Board performing the non-exclusive functions and
application to the Board (FTZ Docket B– duties of the Assistant Secretary for
23–2018, docketed April 11, 2018, [Order No. 2064] Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate
amended June 15, 2018) for authority to Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Reorganization and Expansion of [FR Doc. 2018–23797 Filed 10–30–18; 8:45 am]
reorganize under the ASF with a service
Foreign-Trade Zone 198 Under
area of Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Alternative Site Framework, Volusia
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
Butler, Carroll, Crittenden, Daviess, and Flagler Counties, Florida
Franklin, Hancock, Henderson, Henry,
Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Hopkins, Jefferson, McLean, Meade,
Muhlenberg, Nelson, Ohio, Oldham, Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign-
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, Union,
Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the [B–65–2018]
Webster, and Woodford Counties, in following Order:
and adjacent to the Louisville, Kentucky Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 78—
and Evansville, Indiana Customs and Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones
(FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘. . . the Nashville, Tennessee; Notification of
Border Protection ports of entry, FTZ Proposed Production Activity;
29’s existing Sites 1, 4, 7, 9, 11 and 15 establishment . . . of foreign-trade
zones in ports of entry of the United Calsonic Kansei North America;
would be categorized as magnet sites, (Automotive Parts); Shelbyville and
States, to expedite and encourage
and existing Sites 5, 6, 8, 13 and 14 as Lewisburg, Tennessee
foreign commerce, and for other
usage-driven sites;
purposes,’’ and authorizes the Foreign- Calsonic Kansei North America
Whereas, notice inviting public Trade Zones Board to grant to qualified (CKNA) submitted a notification of
comment was given in the Federal corporations the privilege of proposed production activity to the FTZ
Register (83 FR 17142–17143, April 18, establishing foreign-trade zones in or Board for its facilities in Shelbyville and
2018) and the application has been adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Lewisburg, Tennessee. The notification
processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and Protection ports of entry; conforming to the requirements of the
the Board’s regulations; and, Whereas, the Board adopted the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR
Whereas, the Board adopts the alternative site framework (ASF) (15 400.22) was received on October 23,
findings and recommendations of the CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the 2018.
examiner’s report, and finds that the establishment or reorganization of The applicant indicates that it will be
zones; submitting a separate application for
requirements of the FTZ Act and the
Whereas, Volusia County, grantee of FTZ designation at the CKNA facilities
Board’s regulations are satisfied;
Foreign-Trade Zone 198, submitted an under FTZ 78. The facilities will be
Now, therefore, the Board hereby application to the Board (FTZ Docket used to produce a variety of automotive
orders: B–29–2018, docketed May 7, 2018) for parts and subassemblies for use in the
The application to reorganize FTZ 29 authority to reorganize and expand automotive industry. Pursuant to 15
under the ASF is approved, subject to under the ASF with a service area of CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be
the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, Volusia County, Florida, in and adjacent limited to the specific foreign-status
including Section 400.13, to the Board’s to the Daytona Beach International materials and components and specific
standard 2,000-acre activation limit for Airport Customs and Border Protection finished products described in the
the zone, to an ASF sunset provision for user-fee airport, and FTZ 198’s existing submitted notification (as described
Site 1 (as modified) would be below) and subsequently authorized by
magnet sites that would terminate
categorized as a magnet site and Sites 2, the FTZ Board.
authority for Sites 4, 7, 9, 11 and 15 if
3, 4 and 5 would be removed from the Production under FTZ procedures
not activated within five years from the could exempt CKNA from customs duty
zone;
month of approval, and to an ASF Whereas, notice inviting public payments on the foreign-status
sunset provision for usage-driven sites comment was given in the Federal components used in export production.
that would terminate authority for Sites Register (83 FR 22005, May 11, 2018) On its domestic sales, for the foreign-
5, 6, 8, 13 and 14 if no foreign-status and the application has been processed status materials/components noted
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merchandise is admitted for a bona fide pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s below, CKNA would be able to choose
customs purpose within three years regulations; and, the duty rates during customs entry
from the month of approval. Whereas, the Board adopts the procedures that apply to: Safety,
findings and recommendations of the warning, and identification labels; glove
examiner’s report, and finds that the box dampers; rubber grommets, mounts
requirements of the FTZ Act and the and seals; air filters; steel hex screws;
Board’s regulations are satisfied; polypropylene+talc plastic fuse covers;
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steel brackets; air vents; motor fan module unit circuits; advanced driver Public comment is invited from
housings; air conditioner (a/c) blower assistance systems; electronic control interested parties. Submissions shall be
fans; a/c evaporators with seals; a/c unit occupant detection systems; addressed to the Board’s Executive
heater cores with seals; catalytic integrated circuit-central processing Secretary at the address below. The
converters; evaporator expansion valves; units; airbag occupant electronic control closing period for their receipt is
electronic body control modules; plastic units; sensors and diagnosis air bag December 10, 2018.
switch retaining brackets; airbag service kits; air bag unit sensors; A copy of the notification will be
electronic control units; bumper steering wire harnesses; a/c unit available for public inspection at the
brackets; center console boxes; plastic insulators; rear console finishers; Office of the Executive Secretary,
switch brackets; plastic covers; cover instrument panel finishers; lid-fuse Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
instruments; air duct center vents; blocks; plastic instrument panel covers; 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
dashboard speaker covers; cup holders; door vents; a/c slide doors; steel radiator 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
plastic lids; hinge plastic covers; caps; aluminum radiator header plates; Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
console removable liners; air filter ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s
aluminum radiator core reinforcements;
covers; windshield defrost ducts; website, which is accessible via
radiator with transmission oil coolers;
dashboard pads; instrument panels; www.trade.gov/ftz.
aluminum radiator tubes; steel inlets For further information, contact
plastic center console pockets; motor and outlet diffuser exhaust tubes;
fan splash guards; plastic radiator Christopher Wedderburn at
flanges; steel insulators; steel exhaust Chris.Wedderburn@trade.gov or (202)
mount supports; radiator tank reserves; pipes; aluminum condenser adapters;
center console trays; air vents; plastic 482–1963.
polypropulene+talc center duct
air intake doors; mechanical links and adapters; steel boss oxygen exhaust Dated: October 25, 2018.
levers for intake doors; radiator with manifolds; steel exhaust cap convertors; Andrew McGilvray,
seals; steel mufflers end plates; steel polypropulene+talc front cases; plastic Executive Secretary.
exhaust tubes; steering column covers; air conditioner unit clips; stainless steel [FR Doc. 2018–23801 Filed 10–30–18; 8:45 am]
steering members; radiator caps; air
motor fan clips; zinc plated steel BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
intake ducts; transmission oil coolers
radiator support mounting collars; body
with seals; instrument cluster control
control module connectors; ignition
switches; and, instrument cluster DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
switch covers; connector covers; low
finishers (duty rate ranges from duty-
density polyethylene duct aspirators; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
free to 6%). CKNA would be able to
avoid duty on foreign-status fan control modules; urethane foam
grommet heater pipes; polyacetal hinge [Order No. 2069]
components which become scrap/waste.
Customs duties also could possibly be pins; nylon antenna holders;
Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 15;
deferred or reduced on foreign-status acrylonitrile ethylene styrene glove box
Under Alternative Site Framework
production equipment. lamp housings; automatic transmission Kansas City, Missouri
controls; exhaust manifold steel joints;
The components and materials
polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-
sourced from abroad include: Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
styrene and polyvinyl chloride
Polypropylene+talc; blank labels; amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign-
instrument cluster skin lids; glove box
aluminum condensor seals; rubber Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the
lids; a/c motor/actuators;
radiator seals; vibration control rubber following Order:
bumpers, mounting, and stoppers; steel polypropulene+talc connector covers;
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene switch Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones
flanges; zinc plated screw-taps; zinc (FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘. . . the
plated bolts; steel screws; steel clips; covers; instrument clusters;
polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene establishment . . . of foreign-trade
steel brackets; flux cored wires; steel zones in ports of entry of the United
tubes; a/c blower fans; aluminum fan styrene dashboard finishers;
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene + States, to expedite and encourage
inserts; a/c blower fans with motors; air foreign commerce, and for other
conditioner units; a/c amplifiers; polyethylene furanoate +polyvinyl
purposes,’’ and authorizes the Foreign-
connector liquid-tanks; heater cores chloride console panel covers;
Trade Zones Board to grant to qualified
with seals; evaporators; aluminum thermistor-type power temperature
corporations the privilege of
condensor pipe flanges; aluminum coefficient circuit breakers; instrument
establishing foreign-trade zones in or
condensor header plates; condensor cluster pointer supports; a/c unit soft adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border
aluminum pipes; air filters; catalytic vinyl drain tubes; transmission oil Protection ports of entry;
converters; steel catalytic converter cooler adapters; transmission oil Whereas, the Board adopted the
housings; injection molds; muffler coolers; intake sensor with clips; alternative site framework (ASF) (15
valves; evaporator expansion valves; ambient in-car sensors; sun sensors; CFR S. 400.2(c)) as an option for the
electric fan motors; warning buzzers and and, electronic a/c fan controls (duty establishment or reorganization of
speakers; radio units; antenna digital rate ranges from duty-free to 7. The zones;
control modules; smart keyless request indicates that certain materials/ Whereas, the Greater Kansas City
antennae; air bag cut off indicators; components are subject to special duties Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of
capacitor-chips; resistors; printed circuit under Section 232 of the Trade Foreign-Trade Zone 15, submitted an
boards; instrument cluster switches; Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) application to the Board (FTZ Docket B–
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battery charging status warning and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 70–2017, docketed November 8, 2017)
indicators; audio control switches; 1974 (Section 301), depending on the for authority to modify the boundaries
manual a/c control units; automatic a/c country of origin. The applicable of existing Site 3 at the Kansas City
control units; manual a/c controls; Section 232 and Section 301 decisions International Airport facility by
vehicle area network bridge controls; require subject merchandise to be removing and adding acreage under the
diodes; electronic frequency crystal- admitted to FTZs in privileged foreign ASF, in the Kansas City Customs and
quartz; a/c controllers; body control status (19 CFR 146.41). Border Protection port of entry;
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