[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 57785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24451]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-64-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230--Piedmont Triad Area, North 
Carolina, Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Deere-Hitachi 
Construction Machinery Corporation, (Hydraulic Excavators), 
Kernersville, North Carolina

    The Piedmont Triad Partnership, grantee of FTZ 230, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corporation (Deere-Hitachi), 
located in Kernersville, North Carolina. The notification conforming to 
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on September 8, 2015.
    The Deere-Hitachi facility is located within Site 30 of FTZ 230. 
The facility is used for the production of hydraulic excavators. 
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the 
specific foreign-status materials and 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 Deere-Hitachi from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Deere-Hitachi would be able to 
choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to 
finished and unfinished hydraulic excavators (duty-free) 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: Plastic 
hoses/o-rings/seals; decals; rubber hoses not reinforced or otherwise 
combined with other materials with fittings; rubber hoses reinforced or 
otherwise combined only with textile materials; rubber hoses reinforced 
or otherwise combined with other material; v-belts; rubber floor mats/
o-rings/seals/fittings; steel bolts/screws/nuts/spring washers/other 
washers/cotters/cotter pins/pins/stoppers/springs/tracks; steel parts 
comprised of pipe clamps, hose clamps, clips, caps and plugs and 
similar fasteners; steel catches; steel locks; engines; hydraulic 
cylinders; hydraulic motors; parts for cylinders and motors; pumps; 
compressors; air conditioner parts; fuel/oil filters; receiver-dryers 
used in air conditioning systems; air filters; parts of filters; 
excavator parts comprised of covers, shoes, booms, cabs, 
counterweights, side frames, brackets, large pins, links, and pipes; 
control valves; other valves; parts of valves; bushings; pulleys; swing 
bearings; gaskets made of metal sheeting; horns; alarms; sensors; 
battery relays; electrical switches; sockets; controllers; wire 
harnesses; and lighters (duty rates range from duty-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 November 4, 
2015.
    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: Diane Finver at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: September 18, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-24451 Filed 9-24-15; 8:45 am]
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