Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 38--Spartanburg County, South Carolina; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; ZF Transmissions Gray Court, LLC; (Automatic Transmission and Powertrain Subassemblies and Parts, Transmission Shafts and Cranks); Gray Court, South Carolina

Topics:  ZF

Andrew McGilvray
Department of Commerce
22 November 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 83798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28111]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-79-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 38--Spartanburg County, South Carolina; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; ZF Transmissions Gray 
Court, LLC; (Automatic Transmission and Powertrain Subassemblies and 
Parts, Transmission Shafts and Cranks); Gray Court, South Carolina

    ZF Transmissions Gray Court, LLC (ZF Transmissions) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facilities in Gray Court, South Carolina within FTZ 38. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on November 10, 2016.
    ZF Transmissions already has authority to produce automatic 
transmissions for motor vehicles within Sites 20 and 25 of FTZ 38. The 
current request would add finished products and foreign status 
materials/components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific 
foreign-status materials/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 ZF Transmissions from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used 
in export production. On its domestic sales, ZF Transmissions would be 
able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that 
apply to automatic transmissions and powertrain subassemblies and 
parts, transmission shafts and cranks (duty rate ranges from free to 
2.5%) for the foreign-status materials/components noted below and in 
the existing scope of authority. Customs duties also could possibly be 
deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The materials/components sourced from abroad include: Adhesive 
labels; steel chains; steel torx screws; steel hexagon screws; steel 
hexalobular driving screws; steel hexalobular and hexalobular screws; 
snap rings; studs; split rings; wire rings; supporting rings; retaining 
clamps; cylindrical pins; retaining rings; USIT rings; stop rings; pole 
rings; U-rings; crescent rings; damper rings; slot pins; grooved pins; 
splash rings; support rings; pressure pins; differential shafts; plugs; 
retaining clips; detent disks; cable terminals; sockets; retaining 
rings; circlips; balls; clips; closing caps; shackles; oil coolers; 
tapered-roller bearings; roller bearings; axial needle bearings; needle 
cages; needle sleeves; combination bearings; needle bearings; axial 
bearings; axial plain bearings; plain bearings; metal gaskets; metal 
pressure seals; metal gaskets; front axle shafts; axle drives; stator 
shafts; input shafts; output shafts; differential and bearing brackets; 
differential covers; silencers; gear shift systems; guide discs; rear 
axle outputs; spur gears and differentials; spur gear drives and 
differentials; differential cases; holding fixtures; frames; front axle 
outputs; and, front axle differentials (duty rate ranges from free to 
8.5%).
    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 3, 2017.
    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 Christopher Kemp at 
Christopher.Kemp@trade.gov or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: November 16, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-28111 Filed 11-21-16; 8:45 am]
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