[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 101 (Thursday, May 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24084-24085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11136]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-32-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230--Piedmont Triad Area, North 
Carolina; Notification of Proposed Production Activity Deere-Hitachi 
Construction Machinery Corp. (Forestry Machinery, and Forestry 
Machinery and Hydraulic Excavator Frames/Booms/Arms) Kernersville, 
North Carolina

    Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corp. (DHCMC) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Kernersville, North Carolina. The notification conforming 
to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on May 11, 2018.
    DHCMC already has authority to produce finished and unfinished 
hydraulic excavators within Sites 30 and 32 of FTZ 230. The current 
request would add forestry machinery, forestry machinery frames/booms/
arms, and hydraulic excavator frames/booms/arms to the scope of 
authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would 
be limited to the specific foreign-status materials/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 DHCMC from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components noted below and in the existing scope of authority, DHCMC 
would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures 
that apply to: Main frames for hydraulic excavators; track frames for 
hydraulic excavators; booms for hydraulic excavators; arms for 
hydraulic excavators; forestry machinery; main frames for forestry 
machinery; track frames for forestry machinery; booms for forestry 
machinery; and, arms for forestry machinery (duty-free). DHCMC would be 
able to avoid duty on foreign-status components which become scrap/
waste.

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Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-
status production equipment.
    The materials/components sourced from abroad include: Plastic 
hoses; decals; plastic O-rings/seals; 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; endless 
transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (V-belts), other than 
V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 
180 cm; endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (V-
belts and belting); rubber floor mats; rubber O-rings/seals; rubber 
bushings; rubber caps; rubber trim; rubber isolators; steel socket 
bolts; steel eye bolts; steel SEMS bolts; steel U-bolts; steel screws; 
steel SEMS screws; steel nuts; steel U-nuts; steel screws that act as 
nuts; steel spring washers; retainer steel washers; disc steel washers; 
spacer steel washers; steel washers; steel cotters; steel cotter pins; 
steel pins; steel stoppers; steel track springs; steel rings; steel 
holders; steel spacers; steel clamps; steel plugs; steel clips; steel 
caps; steel bands; steel tool boxes; steel catches; steel latches; 
steel locks; engines; steel hydraulic cylinders; steel hydraulic 
motors; adapters for hydraulic cylinders and motors; steel hydraulic 
cylinder and motor parts (couplings; elbows; pipes; reducers; and, 
tees); hydraulic fluid power pumps; compressors; air conditioner hoses; 
air conditioner condensers; fuel/oil filters; receiver-dryer used in 
air conditioning systems; air filters; filter floats; filter screens; 
steel forestry machinery parts (arms; booms; anchors; bands; shaped, 
welded boss attachments; brackets; cabs; caps; cases; center joints; 
coolers; covers; ducts; fuel coolers; guides; intercoolers; links; 
manifolds; oil coolers; pins; exhaust pipes; air pipes; water pipes; 
fuel pipes; plates; thrust plates; radiators; rings; upper rollers; 
lower rollers; shrouds; shims; stays; stoppers; urea tanks; water 
tanks; trays; and, shoes for the tracks); other forestry machinery 
parts (decomposition tubes; floats of steel and rubber; handles of PC/
ABS alloy; iron levers; roll over protection service plates; textile 
seat belts); control valves; ball valves; solenoid valves; manifold 
blocks; plain metal bushings; steel bushings; pulleys; swing bearings; 
gaskets made of metal sheeting; horns/alarms; sensors, such as 
thermistors; battery relays; electrical switches; sockets; controllers; 
wire harness; temperature sensors; pressure sensors; and, electric 
lighters (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 8.5%).
    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 July 3, 2018.
    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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Juanita Chen at 
[email protected] or 202-482-1378.

    Dated: May 18, 2018.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-11136 Filed 5-23-18; 8:45 am]
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