[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32507-32508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8761]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board


Scope Clarification Request Foreign-Trade Subzone 234B(Loading 
Equipment and Parts and Components Thereof), LeTourneau, Inc., 
Longview, Texas

    An request for clarification of scope has been submitted to the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by LeTourneau, Inc., operator of 
Foreign-Trade Subzone 234B. A grant of authority for LeTourneau's 
subzone was

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issued on February 22, 2005, for certain activity involving loading 
equipment, components of offshore drilling rigs, log handling 
equipment, cranes, drive systems, and parts and components thereof. In 
its original application, LeTourneau had indicated that one of its 
foreign-sourced inputs would be a driver assembly, imported duty free 
under subheading 8483.90.5000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS), to be used in the production of loaders.
    LeTourneau now seeks clarification whether its scope includes 
authority to import two subcomponents of the driver assembly and then 
assemble the drive assembly at LeTourneau's Texas facility (rather than 
importing the completed driver assembly). The driver-assembly 
components would be a pre-machined hub (HTSUS 7326.90.8587 - 2.9% duty 
rate) and a spindle 7326.19.0000 (HTSUS 7326.19.0000 - 2.9% duty rate).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is July 6, 2006. A copy of 
the request is available for public inspection at the Office of the 
Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room 1115, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: May 31, 2006.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-8761 Filed 6-5-06; 8:45 am]
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