[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 240 (Thursday, December 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 74289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24090]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket T-4-2005)


Foreign-Trade Zone 26 - Atlanta, Georgia, Application for 
Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority, Perkins Shibaura Engines 
LLC, (Compact Diesel Engines), Griffin, Georgia

    An application has been submitted to the Executive Secretary of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, 
Inc., grantee of FTZ 26, requesting temporary/interim manufacturing (T/
IM) authority within Site 6 of FTZ 26, at the facilities of Perkins 
Shibaura Engines LLC (Perkins) located in Griffin, Georgia. The 
application was filed on December 8, 2005.
    The Perkins facility (135 employees; annual capacity for 30,000 
engines) is located within Site 6 of FTZ 26 at 325 Green Valley Road, 
Griffin, Georgia. Under T/IM procedures, the company has requested 
authority to manufacture compact diesel engines (HTS 8408.90; these 
products enter the United States duty free). The company may source the 
following input items from abroad for manufacturing the finished 
products under T/IM authority, as delineated in Perkins' application: 
fuel pumps, injectors, and water pumps (HTS 8413.30); crankshafts and 
camshafts (8483.10); flywheels and pulleys (8483.50); oil/fuel filter 
(8421.23); starter motors (8511.40); glowplugs (8511.80); regulating 
valves (8481.80); rubber seals and O-rings (4016.93); fasteners 
(7318.15); and bearing housings/plain shaft bearings (8483.30). Duty 
rates on these inputs range from duty-free to 8.5%. T/IM authority 
could be granted for a period of up to two years. Perkins has also 
submitted a request for permanent FTZ manufacturing authority (for 
which Board filing is pending), which includes ten additional inputs.
    FTZ procedures would allow Perkins to elect the finished-product 
duty rates for the ten imported production inputs listed above. The 
company indicates that it would also realize logistical/paperwork 
savings, duty-deferral savings, and savings on exports under FTZ 
procedures. The company may realize duty deferral savings on the ten 
additional inputs mentioned above if they are stored in the FTZ until 
introduction into the manufacturing process.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at one of the 
following addresses:
    1. Submissions via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building - 
Suite 4100W, 1099 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20005; or
    2. Submissions via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB - Suite 4100W, 1401 
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is January 17, 2006.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at 
the first address listed above.

    Dated: December 8, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-24090 Filed 12-14-05; 8:45 am]
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