[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 101 (Thursday, May 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24084-24085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11136]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-32-2018]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230--Piedmont Triad Area, North
Carolina; Notification of Proposed Production Activity Deere-Hitachi
Construction Machinery Corp. (Forestry Machinery, and Forestry
Machinery and Hydraulic Excavator Frames/Booms/Arms) Kernersville,
North Carolina
Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corp. (DHCMC) submitted a
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its
facility in Kernersville, North Carolina. The notification conforming
to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22)
was received on May 11, 2018.
DHCMC already has authority to produce finished and unfinished
hydraulic excavators within Sites 30 and 32 of FTZ 230. The current
request would add forestry machinery, forestry machinery frames/booms/
arms, and hydraulic excavator frames/booms/arms to the scope of
authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would
be limited to the specific foreign-status materials/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 DHCMC from customs
duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components noted below and in the existing scope of authority, DHCMC
would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures
that apply to: Main frames for hydraulic excavators; track frames for
hydraulic excavators; booms for hydraulic excavators; arms for
hydraulic excavators; forestry machinery; main frames for forestry
machinery; track frames for forestry machinery; booms for forestry
machinery; and, arms for forestry machinery (duty-free). DHCMC would be
able to avoid duty on foreign-status components which become scrap/
waste.
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Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-
status production equipment.
The materials/components sourced from abroad include: Plastic
hoses; decals; plastic O-rings/seals; 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; endless
transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (V-belts), other than
V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding
180 cm; endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (V-
belts and belting); rubber floor mats; rubber O-rings/seals; rubber
bushings; rubber caps; rubber trim; rubber isolators; steel socket
bolts; steel eye bolts; steel SEMS bolts; steel U-bolts; steel screws;
steel SEMS screws; steel nuts; steel U-nuts; steel screws that act as
nuts; steel spring washers; retainer steel washers; disc steel washers;
spacer steel washers; steel washers; steel cotters; steel cotter pins;
steel pins; steel stoppers; steel track springs; steel rings; steel
holders; steel spacers; steel clamps; steel plugs; steel clips; steel
caps; steel bands; steel tool boxes; steel catches; steel latches;
steel locks; engines; steel hydraulic cylinders; steel hydraulic
motors; adapters for hydraulic cylinders and motors; steel hydraulic
cylinder and motor parts (couplings; elbows; pipes; reducers; and,
tees); hydraulic fluid power pumps; compressors; air conditioner hoses;
air conditioner condensers; fuel/oil filters; receiver-dryer used in
air conditioning systems; air filters; filter floats; filter screens;
steel forestry machinery parts (arms; booms; anchors; bands; shaped,
welded boss attachments; brackets; cabs; caps; cases; center joints;
coolers; covers; ducts; fuel coolers; guides; intercoolers; links;
manifolds; oil coolers; pins; exhaust pipes; air pipes; water pipes;
fuel pipes; plates; thrust plates; radiators; rings; upper rollers;
lower rollers; shrouds; shims; stays; stoppers; urea tanks; water
tanks; trays; and, shoes for the tracks); other forestry machinery
parts (decomposition tubes; floats of steel and rubber; handles of PC/
ABS alloy; iron levers; roll over protection service plates; textile
seat belts); control valves; ball valves; solenoid valves; manifold
blocks; plain metal bushings; steel bushings; pulleys; swing bearings;
gaskets made of metal sheeting; horns/alarms; sensors, such as
thermistors; battery relays; electrical switches; sockets; controllers;
wire harness; temperature sensors; pressure sensors; and, electric
lighters (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 8.5%).
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 July 3, 2018.
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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Juanita Chen at
[email protected] or 202-482-1378.
Dated: May 18, 2018.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-11136 Filed 5-23-18; 8:45 am]
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