Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 38-Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Electrolux Home Products, Inc. (Appliances), Anderson, South Carolina, 15580-15581 [2019-07546]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15580-15581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07546]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-23-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 38--Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Electrolux Home Products, 
Inc. (Appliances), Anderson, South Carolina

    The South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 38, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of Electrolux Home Products, Inc. (Electrolux), located 
in Anderson, South Carolina. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on March 28, 2019.
    Electrolux's facility is located within Subzone 38N. The facility 
is used for the production of refrigerators and freezers. Pursuant to 
15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity 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 Electrolux from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used 
in export production (estimated 12 percent of production). On its 
domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/components noted 
below, Electrolux would be able to choose the duty rates during customs 
entry procedures that apply to all refrigerators-less than 900 liters 
side by side, chest freezers-less than 800 liters, and upright 
freezers-less than 900 liters for residential use (duty-free). 
Electrolux 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: Cyclopentane 
blowing agent--polyurethane foam; catalyst polycat insulation; 
surfactant insulation; compressor oil; polyol; isocycanate insulation; 
ice maker tubes and water lines; diffuser tops; plug-rubber suction 
tubes made of neoprene; glass shelves; glass crispers; crisper covers, 
freezer shelves made of clear flat tempered glass; stainless steel 
reversible, right hand refrigerator and freezer doors; steel, stainless 
steel, and serrated steel screws with zinc finish; steel screws with 
black phosphate; cold rolled steel screws, pan heavy duty steel screws, 
gray steel screws, hex heavy duty screws with zinc finish; rivets made 
of carbon steel; aluminum tape; label nameplates made of acrylonitrile 
butadiene styrene (ABS) with adhesive; label nameplates made of 
aluminum, stainless steel, and chrome with spaces made of ABS and 
adhesives; compressors and compressors with grommets; sub-assembly 
compressors and grommets; top mount refrigerators for residential use; 
side by side refrigerators less than 900 liters for residential use; 
chest freezers less than 800 liters for residential use; upright 
freezers less than 900 liters for residential use; high efficiency and 
standard condensers made of steel wire tubes--one coat baked enamel or 
black epoxy powder finish; stainless steel door handles; ice maker 
kits; stainless steel handle kits; ice makers; freezer door stops; air 
diverters, large ice bucket containers, ice maker covers, and duct 
cross-overs made of high impact polystyrene; half width deli drawers 
made of crystal polystyrene; suction tube connectors with copper 
tubing; User Interface Carriers; housings for ice-maker doors made of 
acetyl; fan front direct current evaporators; frames and trims of 
crispers; outer panels for door of freezers and fresh food compartments 
made of cold-rolled sheet steel; housings made of ABS for control 
boxes; housings made of high impact polystyrene for user interfaces; 
ice maker brackets, tube drain ferrule tops made of high impact 
polystyrene; outer door panels; cross-over ducts made of high impact 
polystyrene; roller adjustable subassemblies; tapping plates for upper 
hinges made of steel; right hand and left hand fresh food cantilever 
shelf supports made of cold-rolled sheet steel; fresh food door stops; 
bracket center hinges made of coiled steel and hot rolled steel; handle 
kits; control box light shields made of transparent polycarbonate; ring 
locks made of cold rolled steel; lower hinge brackets; right-hand and 
left-hand sub-assemblies and roller assemblies; Z-pan assemblies; sub-
assemblies of ice makers; dryers; refrigerator door stops; evaporator 
shelves; right hand lower hinge brackets; rear cover panels; rear panel 
mechanical controls; pan-crispers made of crystal polystyrene; housing 
control boxes made of high impact polystyrene; knob-controls e-star 
made of ABS adhesive; deli-pans made of crystal polystyrene; right-hand 
and left-hand pan-crispers; flange inner endcaps made with high impact 
polystyrene; hidden right and left hand door stops; panel bottoms; 
right-hand and left-hand bottom reinforcements made of galvanized 
steel; endcap pocket doors and hidden doors made of ABS; front bottom 
plates made of galvanized steel; bottom harness housings made of ABS; 
humidity control housing assemblies comprised of membrane automatic 
humidity controls, inferior frame humidity controls, and superior frame 
humidity control silkscreens; evaporator assemblies with components, 
including evaporator coils, defrost heaters, expanded polystyrene caps 
right and left hand, heat shields left hand and aluminum straps; 
housings for ice-maker connector covers made of ABS; center hinges and 
washer assemblies, including hinge pins, and washers; upper hinge 
brackets made of hot rolled steel; right hand lower hinge brackets; 
spacer hinges made of polyethylene; block-light switches made of high 
impact polystyrene; fresh food cantilever shelf supports and foldable 
shelves made of cold rolled steel; humidity control dampers made of 
high impact polystyrene; LED housings made of ABS and high impact 
polystyrene; snow flake anchors made of high impact polystyrene; high 
efficiency blower motors; condenser fan motors; blower motors; run 
capacitors; compressor controllers; starters--positive temperature 
coefficient; starter-time starting devices; light sockets; sliding user 
interfaces; main boards; LED light bulbs; wire harnesses for freezer 
lights, freezers, machine compartments, short mechanical controls, 
main, fresh food, and main board housings; harnesses and labels; sub-
assembly control boxes and

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assemblies including box controls, light bulbs, light sockets, cold 
controls, light switches, cold control knobs, timer defrost/adaptive 
defrost controls, screws (#6-9 20 x \7/16\), diffuser bottoms, diffuser 
tops, wire harnesses, plastic tubes, and foil tapes; sub-assemblies--
electronic control boxes and components, including housing controls, 
knob controls, potentiometer boards, ERF 1500 boards, light switches, 
light sockets, light bulbs, temperature sensors, housing covers, 
housing gaskets, diffuser expanded polystyrene housings, heat shields, 
wire harnesses and labels; sub-assemblies--electronic control boxes and 
mechanical components, including box controls, diffuser bottoms, 
diffuser tops, seals, aluminum tapes, wire sleeves, cold controls, 
timer defrosts, light switches, knob controls, screws (# 6-20 x \7/
16\), light bulbs, light bulb sockets and wire harnesses; and, defrost 
timers (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 8.6%). The request indicates 
that suction tube connectors with copper tubing is subject to 
antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders if imported from 
certain countries. The FTZ Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.14(e)) 
require that merchandise subject to AD/CVD orders, or items which would 
be otherwise subject to suspension of liquidation under AD/CVD 
procedures if they entered U.S. customs territory, be admitted to the 
zone in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41). The request also 
indicates that certain materials/components 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.
    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 May 28, 2019.
    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 Christopher Wedderburn at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1963.

    Dated: April 10, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-07546 Filed 4-15-19; 8:45 am]
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