[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58596-58597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29068]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 74-95]


Foreign-Trade Zone 83--Huntsville, AL; Request for Manufacturing 
Authority, Cummins/Onan Engine Company, Inc. (Internal-Combustion 
Engines)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority, grantee 
of FTZ 83, pursuant to Sec. 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations (15 
CFR Part 400), requesting authority on behalf of Cummins/Onan Engine 
Company, Inc. (COECI), to manufacture small internal combustion engines 
under zone procedures for the U.S. market and export within FTZ 83. It 
was formally filed on November 13, 1995.
    COECI operates a facility within FTZ 83 that manufactures gasoline 
spark-ignition engines (up to 1,000 cc in size) and diesel engines (up 
to 2,800 cc) for golf carts, all-terrain vehicles, portable generators; 
and, farm, lawn, and garden equipment (HTS #8407.32.10-.33.30, 
8408.20.10, 8408.90.90). Certain components are sourced from abroad (up 
to 95% of finished product value at the outset), including: crankcases, 
cylinder heads, manifolds, crankshafts, carburetors, connecting rods, 
pumps, valves, bearings, fasteners, speed changers, ignition coils, 
inductors, magnetos and other ignition components, hoses, and other 
related parts (1995 duty rate range: duty free-12.5%). The application 
indicates that 60 percent of all parts (by value) will be purchased 
from U.S. suppliers within three years of approval of subzone status.
    Zone procedures would exempt COECI from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. On its domestic 
sales, COECI would be able to choose the duty rates that apply to 
finished engines (duty free, 3.0%) 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 December 28, 1995. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to January 12, 1996).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the following location: Office of 
the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room 

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3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: November 20, 1995.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-29068 Filed 11-27-95; 8:45 am]
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