[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 180 (Monday, September 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 48101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23118]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket 51-95]


Foreign-Trade Zone 167--Green Bay, WI Application for Subzone 
Status Robin Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc., Plant (Internal-Combustion 
Engines) Hudson, WI

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by Brown County, Wisconsin, grantee of FTZ 167, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the small internal-combustion engine 
manufacturing plant of Robin Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc. (RMI) (a joint 
venture between Polaris Industries, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN), and Fuji 
Heavy Industries (Japan)), located in Hudson, Wisconsin. 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 September 5, 
1995.
    The RMI plant (2 acres/56,000 sq.ft.) is located at 1201 Industrial 
Road in Hudson (St. Croix County), Wisconsin, some 15 miles east of 
MinneapolisSt. Paul, Minnesota. The facility (19 employees) is used to 
produce spark-ignition internal combustion engines (up to 500 cc in 
size) for recreational vehicles such as golf carts and all-terrain 
vehicles (up to 100,000 units per year). The company also plans to 
manufacture industrial engines (up to 1,000 cc) for farm, lawn, and 
garden equipment (HTS# 8407.32.20, 8407.33.30). Currently all of the 
engines' components are sourced abroad including: crankcases, cylinder 
heads, manifolds, balancer shafts, connecting rods, pistons, rocker 
arms, intake/exhaust valves, bearings and housings, flywheels, pulleys, 
gaskets, magnetos, fasteners, housings, fuel pumps, electrical 
components, and spark plugs (1995 duty rate range: 0.29.3%). The 
application indicates that 50 percent of all parts (by value) will be 
purchased from U.S. suppliers within three years after approval of 
subzone status.
    Zone procedures would exempt RMI from Customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales, 
RMI would be able to choose the lower duty rates that apply to finished 
engines (duty free, 2.5%) for the foreign components noted above. The 
application indicates that the savings from zone procedures would help 
improve the plant's international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment on the application is invited from interested 
parties. Submissions (original and three copies) shall be addressed to 
the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing 
period for their receipt is November 17, 1995. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to December 4, 1995.
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce District Office, 108 Federal Building, 110 
South Fourth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: September 11, 1995.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary
[FR Doc. 95-23118 Filed 9-15-95; 8:45 am]
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