[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 198 (Friday, October 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 60237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23889]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket T-4-2008]


Foreign-Trade Zone 267-Fargo, ND; Application for Temporary/
Interim Manufacturing Authority; CNH America, LLC (Construction 
Equipment)

    An application has been submitted to the Executive Secretary of the 
Foreign Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Fargo Municipal Airport 
Authority, grantee of FTZ 267, requesting temporary/interim 
manufacturing (T/IM) authority within FTZ 267 at the CNH America, LLC 
(CNH) construction equipment manufacturing facility located in Fargo, 
North Dakota. The application was filed on September 30, 2008.
    The CNH facilities (about 800 employees) consist of a manufacturing 
plant located at 3401 1st Avenue N. and a warehouse located at 3000 
Avenue N., within the Midtown Industrial Complex (FTZ 267-Site 2). 
Under T/IM procedures, CNH could produce up to 4,000 wheel loaders 
annually (HTSUS 8429.51). Foreign-sourced components (representing 
about 30% of material value) that would be used in production include: 
Vehicle glass (HTSUS 7007.11), motor controls (8537.10), switches 
(8536.50), and transmissions (8483.40). T/IM authority could be granted 
for a period of up to two years. CNH has also submitted a request for 
permanent FTZ manufacturing authority (for which Board filing is 
pending), which also includes the assembly of farm tractors using 
similar foreign-sourced inputs.
    FTZ procedures would exempt CNH from customs duty payments on 
foreign components used in export production (estimated to be some 30 
percent of the plant's shipments). On its domestic shipments, CNH could 
defer duty until the products are entered for consumption, and choose 
the duty-free rate that applies to the finished product for the foreign 
components used in production (duty rates ranging from 2.5% to 5.5%). 
The company may also realize certain logistical/procedural savings as 
well as savings on materials that become scrap/waste during 
manufacturing.
    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 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002. The closing period for their receipt is 
November 10, 2008. 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: September 30, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-23889 Filed 10-9-08; 8:45 am]
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