Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 134--Chattanooga, Tennessee; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC; (Passenger Motor Vehicles); Chattanooga, Tennessee

Topics:  Volkswagen

Andrew McGilvray
Department of Commerce
19 November 2019

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63842-63843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25040]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-71-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 134--Chattanooga, Tennessee; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Volkswagen Group of 
America Chattanooga Operations, LLC; (Passenger Motor Vehicles); 
Chattanooga, Tennessee

    Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC 
(Volkswagen), submitted a notification of proposed production activity 
to the FTZ Board for its facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on November 6, 2019.
    Volkswagen already has authority to produce passenger motor 
vehicles within within FTZ 134. The current request would add a foreign 
status component to the scope of authority.

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Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited 
to the specific foreign-status component described in the submitted 
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the 
FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Volkswagen from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status component 
noted below, Volkswagen would be able to choose the duty rate during 
customs entry procedures that applies to passenger motor vehicles (duty 
rate--2.5%). Volkswagen 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 component sourced from abroad is gas springs (duty rate--3.9%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary and sent to: 
ftz@trade.gov. The closing period for their receipt is December 30, 
2019.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
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: November 13, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-25040 Filed 11-18-19; 8:45 am]
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