[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 8652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3883]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 11-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 59--Lincoln, NE Application for Subzone CNH 
America, LLC (Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing) Grand Island, NE

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Lincoln Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 59, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the agricultural combine 
and hay tools manufacturing facilities of CNH America, LLC (CNH), 
located in Grand Island, Nebraska. 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 February 16, 2010.
    The CNH facilities (1,274 employees) consist of two sites in Grand 
Island, Nebraska on approximately 171.5 acres: Site 1 (132.52 acres)--
main plant located at 3445 W. Stolley Park Road; and Site 2 (38.93 
acres)--warehouse located at 1011 Claude Road. The facilities are used 
for the manufacture, testing, warehousing and distribution of combines 
and hay tools. The CNH facilities annually can produce up to 5,960 
combines and 4,600 hay tools. Components and materials sourced from 
abroad (representing 10% of the value of the finished product) include: 
Articles of plastic (incl. tubes, hoses, fittings, stoppers and lids); 
articles of rubber (incl. belts, tubes, hoses, grommets, plugs, 
mountings, sheets, strips); tires; gaskets; washers; safety glass; iron 
tubes; pipes and fittings; cable; fasteners; springs; articles of 
steel; sign plates; internal-combustion engines and parts; pumps; 
filters; parts for agricultural equipment; valves; bearings; 
transmission shafts; electric motors; generators; clutches; brakes; 
ignitions; electromagnetic couplings; gears; flywheels; pulleys; 
electrical lighting or signaling equipment; loudspeakers; heaters; 
defrosters; resistors; switches; relays; lamps; wires; cables; locks 
and keys; thermostats and measuring instruments (duty rates range from 
free to 9%).
    FTZ procedures could exempt CNH from customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export production. The company 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 combines and hay tools (duty-
free) for the foreign inputs noted above. FTZ designation would further 
allow CNH to realize logistical benefits through the use of certain 
customs entry procedures. The request indicates that the savings from 
FTZ procedures would help improve the plant's 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 
April 26, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to May 11, 2010.
    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 www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: February 16, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-3883 Filed 2-24-10; 8:45 am]
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