Foreign-Trade Zone 38--Spartanburg County, South Carolina; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; ZF Transmissions Gray Court, LLC, (Automatic Transmissions), Gray Court, SC

Topics:  ZF

Elizabeth Whiteman
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
November 28, 2012

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70992-70993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28847]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-86-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 38--Spartanburg County, South Carolina; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; ZF Transmissions Gray 
Court, LLC, (Automatic Transmissions), Gray Court, SC

    The South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 38, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity on behalf of 
ZF Transmissions Gray Court, LLC (ZFTGC), located in Gray Court, South 
Carolina. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (15 CFR Sec.  400.22) was 
received on November 8, 2012.
    The ZFTGC facility is located within Site 20 of FTZ 38. The 
facility is used for the production of automatic transmissions for 
motor vehicles. Production under FTZ procedures could exempt ZFTGC from 
customs duty payments on the foreign status components and materials 
used in export production. On its domestic sales, ZFTGC would be able 
to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to 
automatic

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transmissions (2.5%) for the foreign status inputs noted below. The 
company would be exempt from customs duty payments on foreign 
components used in the production of automatic transmissions that would 
be shipped to auto assembly plants operating under FTZ authority. 
Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign 
status production equipment.
    Components and materials sourced from abroad include: control 
units, pumps, housings, parts of gear boxes and transmissions, valves, 
accumulators, lock discs, magnetic rings, gears, clutches, o-rings, 
seal rings, bushings, snap rings, and bearings (duty rate ranges from 
free to 3.8%).
    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 January 7, 2013.
    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 Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Pierre Duy at 
Pierre.Duy@trade.gov, or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: November 23, 2012.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-28847 Filed 11-27-12; 8:45 am]
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