[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 57785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24451]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-64-2015]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230--Piedmont Triad Area, North
Carolina, Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Deere-Hitachi
Construction Machinery Corporation, (Hydraulic Excavators),
Kernersville, North Carolina
The Piedmont Triad Partnership, grantee of FTZ 230, submitted a
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf
of Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corporation (Deere-Hitachi),
located in Kernersville, North Carolina. The notification conforming to
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22)
was received on September 8, 2015.
The Deere-Hitachi facility is located within Site 30 of FTZ 230.
The facility is used for the production of hydraulic excavators.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), 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 Deere-Hitachi from
customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, Deere-Hitachi would be able to
choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to
finished and unfinished hydraulic excavators (duty-free) 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: Plastic
hoses/o-rings/seals; decals; rubber hoses not reinforced or otherwise
combined with other materials with fittings; rubber hoses reinforced or
otherwise combined only with textile materials; rubber hoses reinforced
or otherwise combined with other material; v-belts; rubber floor mats/
o-rings/seals/fittings; steel bolts/screws/nuts/spring washers/other
washers/cotters/cotter pins/pins/stoppers/springs/tracks; steel parts
comprised of pipe clamps, hose clamps, clips, caps and plugs and
similar fasteners; steel catches; steel locks; engines; hydraulic
cylinders; hydraulic motors; parts for cylinders and motors; pumps;
compressors; air conditioner parts; fuel/oil filters; receiver-dryers
used in air conditioning systems; air filters; parts of filters;
excavator parts comprised of covers, shoes, booms, cabs,
counterweights, side frames, brackets, large pins, links, and pipes;
control valves; other valves; parts of valves; bushings; pulleys; swing
bearings; gaskets made of metal sheeting; horns; alarms; sensors;
battery relays; electrical switches; sockets; controllers; wire
harnesses; and lighters (duty rates range from duty-free to 5.7%).
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 November 4,
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: Diane Finver at [email protected]
or (202) 482-1367.
Dated: September 18, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-24451 Filed 9-24-15; 8:45 am]
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