[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 49178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23025]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-64-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 153--San Diego, California; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; Plantronics, Inc. (Electronics/
Telecommunications) San Diego, California

    Plantronics, Inc. (Plantronics), submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in San 
Diego, California. The notification conforming to the requirements of 
the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
October 13, 2017.
    Plantronics' facility is located within Site 8 of FTZ 153. The 
facility is used for manufacturing, assembling, programming, testing, 
packaging, final stage processing, warehousing, repairing, and 
distribution of audio communication devices.
    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 Plantronics 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, Plantronics would be able to choose the duty 
rates during customs entry procedures that apply to corded headsets, 
wireless headsets, telephonic apparatuses, telecommunication cables, 
and speakers (duty-free to 2.4%). Plantronics 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: Cables 
with connectors; microphones; plastic headbands, printed circuit 
boards; headset parts; speakers; printed circuit boards; lithium ion 
polymer batteries; power supplies; printed paperboard insert holders; 
bound user guides/manuals; labels with adhesive; labels non-self-
adhesive; printed paperboard boxes for packaging; corrugated cardboard 
master shipping boxes; corrugated cardboard shipping boxes; formed 
plastic packaging encapsulating the product; polyurethane bags for 
packaging, and plastic self-adhesive tape for sealing (duty rate ranges 
from duty-free to 5.8%).
    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 December 4, 2017.
    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 Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Christopher Wedderburn at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#45062d372c366b1220212120372730372b0531372421206b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3a08b918a90cdb486878786918196918da39791828786cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 482-1963.

    Dated: October 18, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-23025 Filed 10-23-17; 8:45 am]
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