[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69355-69356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27228]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-75-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 277--Western Maricopa County, Arizona; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Ball Metal Beverage 
Container Corporation (Aluminum Cans and Briquettes); Goodyear, Arizona

    Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation (Ball) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Goodyear, Arizona. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on December 5, 2019.
    The Ball facility is located within FTZ 277. The facility is used 
for the production of aluminum cans and briquettes. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status 
component and specific finished products described

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in the submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently 
authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Ball from customs duty 
payments on the foreign-status component used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, for the foreign-status component noted below, Ball 
would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures 
that apply to: Aluminum cans; can ends and lids; and, aluminum 
briquettes (duty rate ranges from duty free to 5.7%). Ball would be 
able to avoid duty on the foreign-status component which becomes scrap/
waste. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on 
foreign-status production equipment.
    The component/material sourced from abroad is coils of aluminum 
alloy sheets (duty rate 3%). The request indicates that the coils of 
aluminum alloy sheets 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 and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is January 27, 
2020.
    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 Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: December 6, 2019.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-27228 Filed 12-17-19; 8:45 am]
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