[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 50 (Friday, March 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 14476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05665]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-21-2014]


Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Mercury Marine, 
Subzone 41H, (Marine Engine and Stern Drive Components), Fond du Lac, 
Wisconsin

    Mercury Marine, operator of Subzone 41H, submitted a notification 
of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facilities 
located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on February 19, 2014.
    Mercury Marine already has authority to produce marine inboard, 
outboard, and jet pump engines, stern drives, transom assemblies, and 
related components. The current request would add new finished products 
and foreign components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific 
foreign-status components and specific finished products described in 
the submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently 
authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Mercury Marine from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Mercury Marine would be able to 
choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to 
catalytic converters, bracket assemblies, hydraulic trim/steering 
cylinders, recoil starters, parts/subassemblies of hydro jet engines, 
fuel pumps, power steering pumps, turbochargers, air compressor 
assemblies, parts of pumps, heat exchanger assemblies, seawater filter 
assemblies, processors for global positioning systems, transom pumps, 
engine trim pumps, valve assemblies, throttle body assemblies, shaft 
assemblies, coupling assemblies, engine-transmission assemblies, 
propellers, electric motors, starter assemblies, ignition control 
module assemblies, ignition switch assemblies, control panel 
assemblies, wiring harnesses, position sensor assemblies, and engine 
calibration module assemblies (duty rate ranges from free to 7.5%) for 
the foreign status inputs noted below and in the existing scope of 
authority. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on 
foreign status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Sound 
proofing blankets; rubber hose assemblies; thrust boards; gaskets; heat 
wraps; fuel lines; timing chains; water tubes; fasteners (washers, 
pins, retaining rings, bolts, nuts); oil drain tube assemblies; 
aluminum washers/o-rings/bushings; primer bulbs-fuel; hydraulic pumps; 
turbochargers; oil coolers; seawater filters; processors for global 
positioning systems (GPS); transom pumps; parts of trim pumps; 
pressure-reduction/hydraulic valves; electric motors; GPS units; 
condensors; resistors; control panels; remote controllers; insulated 
wire; electrical connectors/fittings; and, voltage/rudder gauges (duty 
rate ranges from free to 5.7%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is April 23, 2014.
    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 
FTZ 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: March 6, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-05665 Filed 3-13-14; 8:45 am]
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