Notice2021-11830
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
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June 7, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentForeign-Trade Zones Board
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 107 (Monday, June 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11830]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-44-2021]
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 May 26, 2021.
Airbus OneWeb already has authority to produce satellites for
commercial, private, and military applications within FTZ 136. The
current request would add a finished product and foreign status
materials/components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR
400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific
foreign-status materials/components and specific finished product
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 and in the existing scope of
authority, Airbus OneWeb would be able to choose the duty rate during
customs entry procedures that applies to unfinished satellites--modules
of communication satellites (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: Adhesives of
silicone; propulsion piping of nickel alloy steel; assorted steel
fasteners--shanks (less than 6mm diameter); threaded articles of bronze
or brass; support stands of hall effect thrusters; magnetotorquers;
thermistors; cylindrical electrical plugs, sockets, or connectors for
cables or wires; electrical sockets or connectors; star tracker
connection boxes; and, solar array panels (duty rate ranges from duty-
free to 6.2%). The request indicates that certain materials/components
are subject to 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 and sent to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4422303e0430362520216a232b32"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3452404e7440465550511a535b42">[email protected]</span></a>. The closing period for their receipt is July 19, 2021.
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 <a href="http://www.trade.gov/ftz">www.trade.gov/ftz</a>.
For further information, contact Christopher Wedderburn at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53103b213a207d0436373736213126213d1327213237367d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7132190318025f2614151514031304031f3105031015145f161e07">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: June 1, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-11830 Filed 6-4-21; 8:45 am]
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