[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 28190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11315]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-42-2013]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 134--Chattanooga, Tennessee;
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Komatsu America
Corporation (Construction and Forestry Equipment Production);
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, grantee of FTZ 134,
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ
Board on behalf of Komatsu America Corporation (Komatsu), for its
facility located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The notification conforming
to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22)
was received on May 6, 2013.
The Komatsu facility is located within Site 14 of FTZ 134 (S-38-
2013, 4-2-2013). The facility is used for the production of
construction and forestry equipment. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ
activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials and
components and specific finished products listed in the submitted
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the
FTZ Board.
Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Komatsu from customs
duty payments on the foreign status components used in export
production (an estimated five percent of production). On its domestic
sales, Komatsu would be able to choose the duty rates during customs
entry procedures that apply to hydraulic excavators; bulldozers; wheel
loaders; dump trucks; forklifts; forestry harvesters, feller bunchers
and forwarders; and, parts of excavators and forestry equipment (duty
rates range from duty-free to 25%) for the foreign status inputs noted
below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on
foreign status production equipment.
The components and materials sourced from abroad include: cleaning
agents; glues; adhesives; adhesive plates; O-rings; rubber bolts/rods;
hoses/tubes (including reinforced); floor mats; gaskets/washers/seals;
rubber caps; glass; mirrors; insulating covers; tubes/pipes; elbows;
nipples; fuel tanks; joints; nuts; washers; rivets; cotter pins;
indicators; springs; supports; clamps; pipes; brackets; engines; engine
blocks; engine plugs; engine cylinders; motors; pump assemblies; parts
of pumps; fan parts; bands; filter assemblies; air cleaner assemblies;
connectors; arm assemblies; plastic shrouds; accumulators; accumulator
parts; valves; breathers; ball bearings; bearings; bearing flanges;
bushings; swing circles; pulleys; idlers and parts; gaskets; washers;
alternators; cameras; monitors; horns; fuses; electrical connectors;
switch sensors; lamps; wiring harnesses; electrical cables; bumpers and
parts; supports; exhaust tubes; steering wheels; guides; sensors;
plugs; and timer switches (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 8.6%).
The request indicates that certain bearings and bearing flanges may be
subject to antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders. The FTZ
Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.14(e)) require that merchandise subject
to AD/CVD actions be admitted to the zone 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 at the address
below. The closing period for their receipt is June 24, 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] (202) 482-1367.
Dated: May 7, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-11315 Filed 5-13-13; 8:45 am]
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