[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 160 (Thursday, August 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51349-51350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21143]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 54-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 72--Indianapolis, IN; Application for 
Manufacturing Authority, Brevini Wind USA, Inc., (Wind Turbine Gear 
Boxes), Yorktown, IN

    A request has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 
Board) by the Indianapolis Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 72, 
requesting manufacturing authority on behalf of Brevini Wind USA, Inc. 
(Brevini), to manufacture wind turbine gear boxes under FTZ procedures 
within FTZ 72. 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 
August 11, 2011.
    The Brevini facility (approximately 400 employees, 20 acres) is 
located at 2400 Priority Way, within the Muncie Delaware County Park 
One Industrial Park in Yorktown, Indiana. The facility is used to 
manufacture and repair wind turbine gear boxes and related winches (up 
to 2,000 units of each per year) for the U.S. market and export. 
Components and materials sourced from abroad (representing 25% of the 
value of the finished products) include: parts of gear boxes, seals 
(rubber, metal), fasteners, pumps, filters, valves, bearings, shafts, 
gears, parts of gear boxes, clutches, brakes, cooling units, covers, 
discs, flanges, housings, sprockets, heating units, hoses, hydraulic 
parts, lubrication units, pinions, planet carriers, reduction stages, 
rotor lock discs, and electric motors (duty rate ranges from free to 
5.8%).
    FTZ procedures could exempt Brevini from customs duty payments on 
the foreign materials and components used in export production. The 
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anticipates that some 30 percent of the plant's shipments will be 
exported. On its domestic sales, Brevini would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to wind turbine 
gear boxes and winches (duty rates--free, 2.5%) for the foreign-origin 
inputs noted above. FTZ designation would further allow Brevini to 
realize logistical benefits through the use of weekly customs entry 
procedures. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced 
on foreign status production equipment. Brevini would also be exempt 
from duty payments on foreign inputs that become scrap during the 
production process. The application indicates that the savings from FTZ 
procedures would help improve the facility's international 
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Pierre Duy 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 receipt of 
comments is October 17, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material 
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the 
subsequent 15-day period to November 1, 2011.
    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 Pierre Duy at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: August 11, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-21143 Filed 8-17-11; 8:45 am]
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