[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 210 (Monday, October 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67132-67133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28084]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 68-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 177--Evansville, IN; Application for 
Manufacturing Authority; Hoosier Stamping & Mfg. Corp. (Wheel 
Assemblies and Accessories), Chandler, IN

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Ports of Indiana, grantee of FTZ 177, requesting 
manufacturing authority on behalf of Hoosier Stamping & Mfg. Corp. d/b/
a Hoosier Wheel (Hoosier Stamping), located in Chandler, Indiana. The 
application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-
Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of 
the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on October 25, 2011.
    The Hoosier Stamping facility (25 employees, 9.44 acres, 9,500,000 
unit capacity) is located within Site 8 of FTZ 177. The facility is 
used for the manufacturing, testing, warehousing, packaging, 
processing, inspecting, repairing and distributing of wheel assemblies 
and accessories. Components and materials sourced from abroad 
(representing up to 60% of the value of the finished product) include: 
pneumatic tires, tubes, rolled rim rings, semi-pneumatic tires, 
herring-bone tires, welding wires and bolts (duty rate ranges from 
duty-free to 3.7%). The application also requests authority to include 
a broad range of inputs and finished wheel assemblies that Hoosier 
Stamping may produce under FTZ procedures in the future. New major 
activity involving these inputs/products would require review by the 
FTZ Board.
    FTZ procedures could exempt Hoosier Stamping from customs duty 
payments on the foreign components used in export production. The 
company anticipates that approximately one percent of the plant's 
shipments will be exported. On its domestic sales, Hoosier Stamping 
would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures 
that apply to finished wheel assemblies (duty-free) for the foreign 
inputs noted above. FTZ designation would further allow Hoosier 
Stamping to realize logistical benefits through the use of weekly 
customs entry procedures. Customs duties also could possibly be 
deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment. The request 
indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the 
plant's international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman of 
the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts 
and information presented in the application and case record and to 
report findings and recommendations to the Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
December 30, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to January 17, 2012.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 2111, 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 http://www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.


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    Dated: October 25, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-28084 Filed 10-28-11; 8:45 am]
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