FTZ 50: Sanyo Denki Seeks Zone Status for Fans and Motors in Torrance

FTZ News: Sanyo Denki America has asked to make cooling, servo and power equipment at its Torrance, Calif., sites inside Foreign-Trade Zone 50.

Docket B-128-2026 was filed Thursday, dated Oct. 6, for Friday’s Register. The notification came in Sept. 24. Duties on the finished goods run from zero to 5.7 percent. On the list: mounting and magnetic rails; axial and centrifugal fans; fan, circuit-board and motor assemblies; fan filter kits; stepper motors at or under 37.5 watts; alternating-current motors from 18.65 to 37.5 watts; motors up to 750 watts; amplifiers; static converters; lithium-ion batteries, packs and cases; distribution boards rated to 1,000 volts; circuit breakers; and insulated conductors.

Foreign parts, dutiable at up to 8.5 percent, include plastic housings and inverter cabinets, stainless screws, frames, manifolds, shafts and bearings, steel brackets, heat sinks and guards, copper coils and connectors, fans, aluminum blades, filters, servo and stepper motors, linear motors, magnets, sensors, controllers, fan-motor chips and carbon brushes. Section 232 and Section 301 merchandise has to be admitted in privileged-foreign status.

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