[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52455-52456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24602]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 42-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 41--Milwaukee, WI; Application for Subzone; 
CNH America, LLC (Agricultural Tractors and Component Parts 
Manufacturing) Racine, WI

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Foreign Trade Zone of Wisconsin, Ltd., grantee of 
FTZ 41, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the agricultural 
tractor and tractor components manufacturing facilities of CNH America, 
LLC (CNH), located in Racine, Wisconsin. The application was submitted 
pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended 
(19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 
400). It was formally filed on October 6, 2009.
    The CNH facilities (620 employees) consist of four sites in Racine, 
Wisconsin: Site 1 (76.18 acres) main manufacturing plant, located at 
7000 Durand Avenue; Site 2 (300,750 enclosed square feet) warehouse 
space, located at 7100 Durand Avenue; Site 3 (38,400 enclosed square 
feet) warehouse space, located at 7505 Durand Avenue; and; Site 4 
(150,000 sq. ft. enclosed square feet) warehouse space, located at 3535 
S. Oakes Road. The facilities are used for the manufacturing, 
warehousing and distribution of agricultural tractors and tractor 
components, with the capacity to produce up to some 10,600 tractors, 
600 cabs, 560 transmissions, 5,280 axles, and 11,250 valves annually. 
Components and materials sourced from abroad (representing 10% of the 
value of the finished products) include: Glues; adhesives; anti-knock 
preparations; articles of plastic--tubes, tape, boxes, bags, stoppers, 
bottles, buckets, and handles; articles of rubber, incl. those 
reinforced with textile materials--tubes, conveyor belts, transmission 
belts, belting tires, floor coverings and mats, hoses, and hose 
assemblies; gaskets; washers; seals; safety glass; mirrors; pipe 
fittings; chain; fasteners; hand tools; vises; locks; hinges; pneumatic 
cylinders; steel tubing; engines; cast iron parts; fuel pumps; pump 
parts; air compressors; fans; air conditioners; filters; agricultural 
machinery parts; starter motors; generators; ignition components; 
horns; windshield wipers; heater parts; loudspeakers; microphones; 
radios; video displays; switches; circuit breakers; fuses; lighting; 
lamps; electrical machinery; valves; ball bearings; transmission 
components; gear boxes; gears; flywheels; pulleys; clutches; gaskets; 
electric motors; ballasts; power supplies; couplings; spark plugs; 
distributors; copper wire; ignition wiring; conductors; cabs for 
tractors; bumpers; seat belts; drive axles; wheels; radiators; 
mufflers; steering wheels; optical lenses; thermometers; speedometers; 
voltage testers; and lighters. Duty rates range between free and 8.6%.
    FTZ procedures could exempt CNH from customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export production. CNH anticipates that some 
30 percent of the plant's shipments will be exported. On its domestic 
sales, CNH would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry 
procedures that apply to the finished products--tractors, cabs, 
transmissions, axles, and valves (duty rate ranges from free to 4%)--
for the foreign inputs noted above. FTZ

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designation would further allow CNH to realize savings on materials 
that become scrap/waste during manufacturing. The request indicates 
that the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the facilities' 
international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Diane Finver of the FTZ 
Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and 
information presented in the application and case record and to report 
findings and recommendations to the Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
December 14, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to December 28, 2009.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at [email protected] or at (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: October 6, 2009.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-24602 Filed 10-9-09; 8:45 am]
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