Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 183, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Flextronics America, LLC; (Automatic Data Processing Machines); Austin, Texas, 50833 [2023-16458]

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• Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 50833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16458]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-47-2023]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 183, Notification of Proposed Production 
Activity; Flextronics America, LLC; (Automatic Data Processing 
Machines); Austin, Texas

    Flextronics America, LLC submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for its facility in 
Austin, Texas within Subzone 183C. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
July 28, 2023.
    Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ production activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status material(s)/component(s) and 
specific finished product(s) described in the submitted notification 
(summarized below) and subsequently authorized by the Board. The 
benefits that may stem from conducting production activity under FTZ 
procedures are explained in the background section of the Board's 
website--accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. The proposed finished 
product(s) and material(s)/component(s) would be added to the 
production authority that the Board previously approved for the 
operation, as reflected on the Board's website.
    The proposed finished products include: mass data storage units; 
various boards (logic; midplane; backplane); riser cards; structural 
frames and structural enclosures for mass data storage units; internal 
component support units; network switches; network adapters; network 
switch chassis; firewalls; IoT network security appliances; and, 
centralized network and firewall management appliances (duty rates are 
duty-free).
    The proposed foreign-status materials and components include: clay 
desiccants; plastic components (labels; packaging; dust covers; 
insulators; bags for packaging); die cut polyurethane foams; pallet 
strap protectors; electrostatic discharge antistatic bags; cord 
organizers; kraft tape; pack boxes (cardboard; corrugated cardboard); 
paper components (labels; non-corrugated boxes; printed labels); 
printed instruction sheets; stainless steel metal components (screws; 
bolts; socket screws; hex screws; nuts; standoffs; washers; brackets; 
structural frames and structural enclosures for mass data storage 
units; contacts); steel components (springs; buttons); cooling fans for 
multiple disk drive storage units; various drives (hard disk; serial 
advanced technology attachment (SATA) solid state; flash storage); dual 
controller base arrays; dual in-line memory modules; various boards 
(logic (finished; unfinished); midplane; backplane; bare); riser cards; 
internal component support units; transformers; power supply units; 
power inductors; ferrite beads and bead filters; switches (network; 
push button); optical transceivers; adapters (fabric; ethernet); 
network interface cards; network switch chassis; loudspeakers for 
automatic data processing machines; software; capacitors (tantalum; 
aluminum electrolytic; multilayer ceramic chip; polymer); 
supercapacitors; flat chip resistors; fuses; resettable fuses; 
switches; connectors (printed circuit board; jumper wire); ethernet 
jacks; pin guides; Zener diodes; diodes; transistors; transistor chips; 
light-emitting diodes; mounted piezoelectric crystal oscillators; 
integrated circuits (microprocessor; dynamic random access memory 
(DRAM); static random access memory (SRAM); electrically erasable 
programmable read-only memory (EEPROM); flash memory; power management; 
programable logic; clock; switch; multiplexer; microprocessor); 
firewall or network security appliance components (printed circuit 
boards; chassis assemblies); and, cables (coaxial; ethernet; passive 
SFP+; power) (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 8.5%). The request 
indicates that certain materials/components are subject to duties under 
section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (section 301), depending on the 
country of origin. The applicable 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 11, 
2023.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Online FTZ Information System'' section of the Board's 
website.
    For further information, contact Juanita Chen at 
[email protected].

    Dated: July 28, 2023.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-16458 Filed 8-1-23; 8:45 am]
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