Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 136-Brevard County, Florida; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Airbus OneWeb Satellites North America LLC (Satellites and Satellite Systems), Merritt Island, Florida

• Citation: 85 FR 51010
• Record Number: 2020-18165
• Published date: 19 August 2020
• Section: Notices
• Court: Foreign-trade Zones Board

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 161 (Wednesday, August 19, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 19, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 51010-51011]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-18165]
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                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                Foreign-Trade Zones Board
                [B-54-2020]
                Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 136--Brevard County, Florida;
                Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Airbus OneWeb Satellites
                North America LLC (Satellites and Satellite Systems), Merritt Island,
                Florida
                 Airbus OneWeb Satellites North America LLC (Airbus OneWeb)
                submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ
                Board for its facility in Merritt Island, Florida. The notification
                conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15
                CFR 400.22) was received on August 12, 2020.
                 Airbus OneWeb already has authority to produce satellites for
                commercial, private, and military applications within FTZ 136. The
                current request would add foreign status materials/components to the
                scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b),
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                additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific foreign-
                status materials/components described in the submitted notification (as
                described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
                 Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Airbus OneWeb from
                customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used
                in export production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status
                materials/components noted below, Airbus OneWeb would be able to choose
                the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to its
                already authorized finished products (duty-free). Airbus OneWeb 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 materials/components sourced from abroad include: xenon
                propellant; MAPSIL: Silicone based elastomer adhesive; heat shrink
                tubing, not rigid, not reinforced or combined with other materials,
                without fittings--of polyethylene and polyolefin; electrical adhesive
                tape; multi-layer insulation sheets, all flexible and over 0.152 mm in
                thickness and not in rolls, used for thermal protection from extreme
                heat or cold on spacecraft--layers include mylar, kevlar, dacron, and
                nomex; hot pressed boron nitrate, industrial ceramic disk; stainless
                steel tubes or pipe fittings--threaded elbows, bends or sleeves;
                stainless steel tubes or pipe fittings--not threaded or not bent;
                assorted stainless steel screws of various lengths that are 6mm or more
                in diameter, hexagonal heads; stainless steel nuts, not lugnuts; iron
                or steel rivets; and, RIVNUT--aluminum, threaded fasteners, long shape
                nut with rivet top (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 8.5%). The
                request indicates that certain materials/components are subject to
                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 September 28,
                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 Christopher Wedderburn at
                [email protected] or (202) 482-1963.
                 Dated: August 13, 2020.
                Andrew McGilvray,
                Executive Secretary.
                [FR Doc. 2020-18165 Filed 8-18-20; 8:45 am]
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