[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 209 (Monday, October 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63283-63284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18179]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Docket T-4-2006


Foreign-Trade Zone 222 Montgomery, AL

Application for Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority

Arvin Meritor, Inc.

(Automotive Parts)

    An application has been submitted to the Executive Secretary of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Montgomery Area Chamber of 
Commerce, grantee of FTZ 222, requesting temporary/interim 
manufacturing (T/IM) authority within FTZ 222 at the Arvin Meritor, 
Inc. (Arvin Meritor) automotive parts manufacturing facility located in 
Montgomery, Alabama. The application was filed on October 20, 2006.
    The Arvin Meritor facility (150 employees, annual capacity for up 
to 1.5 million door modules) is located at 139 Folmar Parkway, within 
the Interstate Industrial Park (FTZ 222 - Site 1). Under T/IM 
procedures, Arvin Meritor would assemble door modules (HTSUS 8708.29) 
for the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC plant (SZ 222A) using 
foreign-sourced latch assemblies (HTSUS 8301.20). T/IM authority could 
be granted for a period of up to two years. Arvin Meritor has also 
submitted a request for permanent FTZ manufacturing authority (for 
which Board filing is pending), which includes a range of additional 
inputs.
    FTZ procedures would exempt Arvin Meritor from Customs duty 
payments on the foreign components used in production for export to 
non-NAFTA countries. On domestic shipments transferred in-bond to U.S. 
automobile assembly plants with subzone status, no duties would be paid 
on the foreign origin latch assemblies used in automobile and light 
truck production until the finished vehicles are formally entered for 
consumption, at which time the finished automobile duty rate (2.5%) 
would be applied to the foreign-origin components. For the individual 
door modules withdrawn directly by Arvin Meritor for Customs entry, the 
finished automotive part rate (2.5%) could be applied to the foreign 
origin latch assemblies (5.7%). The company indicates that it would 
also realize savings under FTZ procedures for the following reasons: 
duty deferral, duty exemption on scrap/waste, and logistical/paperwork 
efficiencies.

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    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the following 
address: Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 1115, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230. The closing period for their receipt is November 
29, 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 address listed above.

    Dated: October 20, 2006.
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary
[FR Doc. E6-18179 Filed 10-27-06; 8:45 am]
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