[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 55087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23082]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-60-2015]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 84--Houston, Texas; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity; Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America
Inc. (Forklift Trucks); Houston, Texas
Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. (MCFA), an operator of
FTZ 84, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the
FTZ Board for its facility in Houston, Texas. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15
CFR 400.22) was received on August 13, 2015.
MCFA already has authority to produce forklift trucks (Class I
through Class V) powered by gasoline, propane or electric motors within
Site 27 of FTZ 84. The current request would add certain foreign-status
components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b),
additional FTZ authority 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 MCFA from customs duty
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On
its domestic sales, MCFA would be able to choose the duty rates during
customs entry procedures that apply to forklift trucks (free) for the
foreign status materials and components noted below and in the existing
scope of authority. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or
reduced on foreign status production equipment.
The components sourced from abroad include: Acrylonitrile-butadiene
rubber sheets; alloy/non-alloy steel angles/shapes/sections/pipes/
tubes; steel liquid/compressed petroleum gas tanks and cylinders; steel
wires; and, liquid crystal display video monitors (duty rate ranges
from free to 5.0%).
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the
address below. The closing period for their receipt is October 26,
2015.
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
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Pierre Duy at [email protected]
or (202) 482-1378.
Dated: September 2, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-23082 Filed 9-11-15; 8:45 am]
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