[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 240 (Thursday, December 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74170-74171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30133]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-88-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 84--Houston, TX; Notification of Proposed 
Production Activity; Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc.; 
(Forklift Trucks); Houston, TX

    The Port of Houston Authority, grantee of FTZ 84, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity on behalf of Mitsubishi 
Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. (MCFA), located in Houston, Texas. 
The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of 
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on November 
2, 2012.
    The MCFA facilities are located at: 1722, 1730, 1810, 1812 
Brittmoore Road; and, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2121 West Sam Houston 
Parkway North; Houston (Harris County), Texas. A separate application 
for subzone status at the MCFA facilities is planned and will be 
processed under Section 400.31 of the Board's regulations. The 
facilities are used for the production of forklift trucks (Class I 
through Class V) powered by gasoline, propane or electric motors. 
Production under FTZ procedures could exempt MCFA from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status components and materials used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, MCFA would be able to choose the 
duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to forklift 
trucks (free) for the foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties 
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production 
equipment.
    Components and materials sourced from abroad include: oils and 
greases, brake fluids, adhesives, silicones, plastic tubes/pipes/hoses/
fittings, articles of plastic (sheeting, cases, boxes, stoppers, lid, 
handles, knobs, fasteners, gaskets, washers, o-rings), sacks, bags, 
containers, builders ware, clips, belts, articles of rubber (seals, o-
rings, gaskets, mats, knobs, caps, lids, dampeners, tubes, pipes, 
hoses, tires, rods, containers, handles, belts), pallets, wood packing 
boxes, cases, other printed materials, brake linings, labels, adhesive 
tapes, safety glass, mirrors, parts of fiberglass, windshields, bars, 
pipe fittings, pipes and tubes of iron/steel/copper, chains, fasteners, 
steel cables and rods, articles of copper, articles of aluminum, locks 
and keys, articles of base metal, flanges, wrenches, hand tools, 
flexible tubing, engines, parts of engines, water boilers, control 
panels, control centers, switchgear assemblies, distribution boards, 
printed circuits, torque converters, parts of forklift trucks, electric 
motors, hydraulic pumps, crankshafts, camshafts, crank regulators, 
terminals, insulators, transmissions/speed changers and related parts, 
axles, CV joints, commutators, gears, shafts, relays, flywheels, 
pulleys, rubber tubes/pipes, harnesses, catalytic converters, filters, 
heat exchangers, hydraulic cylinders/fluid power components, 
accumulators, taps/cocks, valves and related parts, fuel injection 
pumps, flow meters, electromagnetic couplings/clutches, brake parts, 
wire, electric conductors/converters, exhaust parts, steering 
components, pumps, parts of pumps/compressors, turbochargers, fans and 
related parts, air-conditioners, filters, starters, bearings and 
related parts, floor coverings, electrical connectors and related 
assemblies, wiring harnesses, fasteners, couplings/u-joints, gaskets, 
generators, alternators, carbon brushes, electric motors, transformers, 
rotors, stators, power supplies, converters, spark plugs, batteries, 
ignition parts, coils, distributors, starters, relays,

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switches, horns, capacitors, resistors, fuses, diodes, transistors, 
thyristors, semiconductor devices, controllers, circuit breakers and 
protectors, conductors, junction boxes, lamps/lighting equipment, sound 
signaling devices, thermostats, seats and related parts, seat belts, 
windshield wipers, cameras, suspension parts, radiators, road wheels, 
measuring/metering instruments, speedometers, tachometers, shock 
absorbers, and optical lenses (duty rate range: free--12.5%, 36[cent] 
each/8[cent] per jewel + 5.6%). The request indicates that all foreign 
steel products subject to an antidumping/countervailing duty order will 
be admitted in domestic (duty-paid) status (19 CFR 146.43).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is January 22, 2013.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, 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 Pierre Duy at 
[email protected], or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: December 7, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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