[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25976]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 41-2001]


Foreign-Trade Zone 210--Port Huron, MI; Request for Manufacturing 
Authority, Cross Huller-North America (Machine Tools)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Economic Development Alliance of St. Clair County, 
grantee of FTZ 210, pursuant to Sec. 400.32(b)(1) of the Board's 
regulations (15 CFR Part 400), requesting authority on behalf of Cross 
Huller-North America (Cross Huller) (a subsidiary of Thyssen Krupp 
Industries AG, of Germany), to manufacture metal working machine tools 
under FTZ procedures within FTZ 210. It was formally filed on October 
5, 2001.
    Cross Huller operates a facility (144,000 sq.ft./12 acres/110 
employees) within FTZ 210-Site 2 located at 2555 20th Street, Port 
Huron Industrial Park, in Port Huron, Michigan. The plant is used to 
produce metal-working equipment and distribute foreign-made equipment, 
including modular transfer machines, computer-controlled machining 
centers (drilling, boring, broaching, milling), lathes, and flexible 
manufacturing systems for the U.S. market and export. The proposed 
manufacturing activity would involve the use of foreign-sourced 
components (on average, about 45% of finished equipment value), 
including: Hydraulic/gear oil, industrial paint and anti-rust coatings, 
caulking, antifreeze, pneumatic hoses and pipes, ID tags, shipping 
caps, skid rails and pallets, rulon, seals/rings, gaskets, belts, 
chain, brake rotors, couplings/fittings, fasteners, keys, rollers, 
brackets, pins, rings, cables, cylinders, pumps and related parts, 
electric motors, heat exchangers, filters, monitors, cutting tools 
(face/end mills, turning, drills, boring bars, deburing) guarding 
interlocks and keys, taps, fiber optic adapters, parts of machinery, 
castings, lead weights/tubes/pipes, zinc tubes, copper wire and tubes, 
elbows/fittings, bushings, spindles, gears and gear boxes, sprockets, 
pulleys, idler assemblies, inductors, electronic control units, air-
conditioners and compressors, fans/blowers, switches, spray guns, 
coolant pumps, batteries, lamps, fuses, circuit breakers, relays, 
transformers, lamps, switches, CPU/printed circuit/memory boards, 
integrated circuits, EPROM, numerical process controllers, automatic 
data processing equipment, linear amplifiers, conduits, gauges, paint 
pads/brushes, sensors, frequency inverter/converters, pulse coders, 
encoder, ball screws, and plasma displays, CRT monitors (duty rates: 
free--10%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt Cross Huller from Customs duty payments 
on the foreign components used in production for export to non-NAFTA 
countries. On shipments for U.S. consumption and to NAFTA markets, the 
company would be able to elect the finished metal-working equipment 
duty rates (3.3-4.4%) for the foreign components listed above that have 
higher individual rates. The application indicates that the savings 
from FTZ procedures would help improve the facility's international 
competitiveness.
    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 date 
for their receipt is December 17, 2001. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period December 31, 2001.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the following location: Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-
Trade Zones Board, Franklin Court Building--Suite 4100W, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1099 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005.

    Dated: October 5, 2001.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-25976 Filed 10-15-01; 8:45 am]
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