[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 7394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02196]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-9-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 41--Milwaukee, WI; Notification of Proposed 
Production Activity; CNH America, LLC, Subzone 41I (Tractors and 
Tractor/Combine Components), Racine, WI

    The Port of Milwaukee, grantee of FTZ 41, submitted a notification 
of proposed production activity on behalf of CNH America, LLC (CNH), 
operator of Subzone 41I, at its facilities in Racine, Wisconsin. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
Foreign Trade-Zones Board (the Board) (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
January 18, 2013.
    The CNH facilities are located within Subzone 41I. The facilities 
are used for the production of tractors and tractor/combine components. 
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b)4 of the regulations, 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 CNH from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, CNH would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to valves and valve assemblies; 
differential axles; transmissions for combines and agricultural 
tractors; track-laying agricultural tractors; cab units for special 
purpose vehicles, including sprayer, floater, tractor and deluxe cabs; 
gear boxes for combines; final drives for combines; and drive axles 
(duty rates range from free to 4%). Customs duties also could possibly 
be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Rubber 
hoses, copper alloy adapters, aluminum plates, feed filters, GPS kits 
including electrical connections, and LED's (duty rates range from free 
to 4%).
    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 March 13, 2013.
    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 Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: January 25, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-02196 Filed 1-31-13; 8:45 am]
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