Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 127-West Columbia, South Carolina; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Constantia Blythewood, LLC; (Flexible Packaging and Engineered Industrial Films); Blythewood, South Carolina, 44859 [2018-19099]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–53–2018]
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Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 127—West
Columbia, South Carolina; Notification
of Proposed Production Activity;
Constantia Blythewood, LLC; (Flexible
Packaging and Engineered Industrial
Films); Blythewood, South Carolina
The Richland-Lexington Airport
District, Columbia Metropolitan Airport,
grantee of FTZ 127, submitted a
notification of proposed production
activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of
Constantia Blythewood, LLC (Constantia
Blythewood), located in Blythewood,
South Carolina. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR
400.22) was received on August 27,
2018.
The Constantia Blythewood facility is
located within Subzone 127E. The
facility is used for the production of
flexible packaging, engineered
industrial films and related items for the
food, beverage and personal care
industries. Pursuant to 15 CFR
400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited
to the specific foreign-status materials
and 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 Constantia Blythewood
from customs duty payments on the
foreign-status components used in
export production. On its domestic
sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components noted below, Constantia
Blythewood would be able to choose the
duty rates during customs entry
procedures that apply to: Paints and
varnishes based on synthetic polymers;
acrylic polymers; plastic films; selfadhesive paperboard; coated,
impregnated, or covered printing paper
and paperboard; foil-backed paperboard;
backed and decorated aluminum foil;
and, aluminum foil rolled with underlay
(duty rate ranges from duty-free to
4.2%). Constantia Blythewood 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 components and materials
sourced from abroad include: Paints and
varnishes based on polyester; paints and
varnishes based on chemically modified
natural polymers and dissolved in a
non-aqueous medium; acrylic polymers;
acrylic polymer plates; propylene
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polymer plates, sheets, films, foils and
strips; polymers of vinyl chloride;
plastic plates, sheets, films, foils and
strips with textile components; plastic
articles for decoration; paperboard;
condenser paper; rolls of embossed
paper; self-adhesive paper; paper
covered with a substrate that will allow
for lamination to another material;
printing paper weighing over 30g;
aluminum can body and lid stock;
rolled aluminum foil of a thickness
exceeding 0.01mm; embossed
aluminum foil, not backed; etched
capacitor foil; backed aluminum that
has been covered or decorated; and,
photographic films and dry plates (duty
rate ranges from duty-free to 5.3%). The
request indicates that certain materials/
components are subject to special duties
under Section 232 of the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) or
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 at the address below. The
closing period for their receipt is
October 15, 2018.
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
website, which is accessible via
www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact
Elizabeth Whiteman at
Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202)
482–0473.
Dated: August 28, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
44859
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–884]
Glycine From India: Preliminary
Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Alignment of Final
Determination With Final Antidumping
Duty Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers and exporters of
glycine from India. The period of
investigation (POI) is January 1, 2017,
through December 31, 2017. Interested
parties are invited to comment on this
preliminary determination.
DATES: Applicable September 4, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Davina Friedmann or Chelsey
Simonovich, AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0698 or
(202) 482–1979, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
This preliminary determination is
made in accordance with section 703(b)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). Commerce published the
notice of initiation of this investigation
on April 25, 2018.1 On June 7, 2018, in
accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of
the Act, Commerce postponed the
preliminary determination of this
investigation to August 27, 2018.2 For a
complete description of the events that
followed the initiation of this
investigation, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics
included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix
II to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
[FR Doc. 2018–19099 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am]
1 See Glycine from India, the People’s Republic of
China, and Thailand: Initiation of Countervailing
Duty Investigation, 83 FR 18002 (April 25, 2018)
(Initiation Notice).
2 See Glycine from India, the People’s Republic of
China, and Thailand: Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations of Countervailing Duty
Investigations, 83 FR 26415 (June 7, 2018).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Affirmative Determination:
Countervailing Duty Investigation of Glycine from
India,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-53-2018]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 127--West Columbia, South Carolina;
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Constantia Blythewood,
LLC; (Flexible Packaging and Engineered Industrial Films); Blythewood,
South Carolina
The Richland-Lexington Airport District, Columbia Metropolitan
Airport, grantee of FTZ 127, submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Constantia
Blythewood, LLC (Constantia Blythewood), located in Blythewood, South
Carolina. The notification conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on August 27,
2018.
The Constantia Blythewood facility is located within Subzone 127E.
The facility is used for the production of flexible packaging,
engineered industrial films and related items for the food, beverage
and personal care industries. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ
activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials and
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 Constantia Blythewood
from customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in
export production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status
materials/components noted below, Constantia Blythewood would be able
to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to:
Paints and varnishes based on synthetic polymers; acrylic polymers;
plastic films; self-adhesive paperboard; coated, impregnated, or
covered printing paper and paperboard; foil-backed paperboard; backed
and decorated aluminum foil; and, aluminum foil rolled with underlay
(duty rate ranges from duty-free to 4.2%). Constantia Blythewood 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 components and materials sourced from abroad include: Paints
and varnishes based on polyester; paints and varnishes based on
chemically modified natural polymers and dissolved in a non-aqueous
medium; acrylic polymers; acrylic polymer plates; propylene polymer
plates, sheets, films, foils and strips; polymers of vinyl chloride;
plastic plates, sheets, films, foils and strips with textile
components; plastic articles for decoration; paperboard; condenser
paper; rolls of embossed paper; self-adhesive paper; paper covered with
a substrate that will allow for lamination to another material;
printing paper weighing over 30g; aluminum can body and lid stock;
rolled aluminum foil of a thickness exceeding 0.01mm; embossed aluminum
foil, not backed; etched capacitor foil; backed aluminum that has been
covered or decorated; and, photographic films and dry plates (duty rate
ranges from duty-free to 5.3%). The request indicates that certain
materials/components are subject to special duties under Section 232 of
the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) or 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 at the address
below. The closing period for their receipt is October 15, 2018.
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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.
Dated: August 28, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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