[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 40833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14369]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 24-2007]


Foreign-Trade Zone 26--Atlanta, GA; Request for Manufacturing 
Authority; Perkins Shibaura Engines LLC (Diesel Engines)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 26, 
pursuant to Section 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 
part 400), requesting authority on behalf of Perkins Shibaura Engines 
LLC (Perkins Shibaura) to manufacture diesel engines under FTZ 
procedures within FTZ 26. It was formally filed on July 19, 2007.
    The Perkins Shibaura facility (150 employees) is located at 325 
Green Valley Road within the Green Valley Industrial Park (Site 6) in 
Griffin, Georgia. Under FTZ procedures, Perkins Shibaura would assemble 
up to 50,000 compact diesel engines (HTSUS 8408.90; 10-60 horsepower) 
for the U.S. market and export. Foreign components that would be used 
in the FTZ assembly activity include: Fuel/water pumps, injectors, 
crankshafts, camshafts, flywheels, pulleys, filters, motors, glowplugs, 
seals and o-rings, bearings and housings, tubes/pipes/hoses of rubber, 
belts, flanges, spring/lock washers, fasteners, fittings, cylinder 
heads, pumps, actuator motors, compressors, cooling fans, holders, air 
filters, gears, gearboxes, speed changers, torque converters, ball/
roller screws, generators, ignition parts, electrical switches and 
connectors, process control instruments, paints, gaskets, sealants, 
stoppers/lids, labels, decals, articles of graphite or carbon, 
adaptors, tubes, pipes, plugs, heat exchangers, brake rotors, 
governors, brackets, solenoids and actuators, electrical converters/
transformers/inductors, printed circuit boards, sensors, senders, 
meters and gauges, instruments; and signaling equipment (duty rates: 
free--9.0%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt Perkins Shibaura from Customs duty 
payments on the foreign components used in export production. On 
shipments to the U.S. market, Perkins Shibaura could elect the finished 
engine duty rate (free) for the foreign components used in production 
when the finished engines are entered for U.S. consumption from the 
zone. The application indicates that the company would also realize 
duty deferral and certain logistical/supply chain savings.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the following address: Office of the Executive Secretary, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 
NW.,Washington, DC 20230-0002. The closing period for receipt of 
comments is August 24, 2007.
    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. For further information, contact Pierre Duy, 
examiner, at: [email protected], or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: July 19, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-14369 Filed 7-24-07; 8:45 am]
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