[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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