[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 27953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11186]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-40-2013]


Notification of Proposed Production Activity, CNH America, LLC, 
Subzone 59B, (Agricultural Equipment Production); Grand Island, 
Nebraska

    The Lincoln Foreign-Trade Inc., grantee of FTZ 59, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of CNH America, LLC, located in Grand Island, Nebraska. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on April 17, 2013.
    The CNH facilities are located within Subzone 59B. The facility 
currently has authority to produce combines, haytools and related 
equipment using certain foreign-sourced components. The currently 
request involves additional combine subassemblies and other 
agricultural equipment. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity 
would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials and 
components and specific finished products listed in the submitted 
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the 
FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt CNH from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, CNH would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to combine and other agricultural 
equipment including: cab platforms; conveyors and mountings; cooler 
screens and mountings; grain separators; grain pan modules; grain 
elevator head strip-off plates; rotors, rotor cages, and variators; 
tail housings; vertical auger tubes; chopper drive gearbox accessories; 
cotton picker frames and cabs; and, non-motorized bale wagons (duty 
rates range from free to 2.8%) for the foreign status inputs noted 
below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on 
foreign status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: sealant; 
sealant paste; oil drain assemblies; rubber pads; flaps and seals; 
rubber adhesive strips; rubber hoses and elbows; transmission belts; 
floor mats; gaskets; instruction manuals; brake hose ferrules; 
lawnmower blades and parts; security keys; fuel pumps; fans and fan 
assemblies; heating ventilation air conditioners and parts; heater 
coils; hydraulic fluid filters; engine intake air filters; sprayer 
nozzles; conveyor belts; feeder clutch cylinders; crop spreaders; hose 
and air guns; valves and valve assemblies; bearings and bearing 
housings; converters; safety clutches; battery systems; ignition 
alternator; speakers; GPS navigational systems; AM/FM radios; antennas; 
headlights; harness wires and cable batteries; bale wagon chassis; 
flail blades for straw chopper; drive axles; radiators; temperature 
sensors; pressure gauges; and, seats (duty rates range from free to 
5%).
    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 June 24, 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 Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: May 3, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-11186 Filed 5-10-13; 8:45 am]
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