[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8262]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket 16-97]
Foreign-Trade Zone 70; Detroit, MI; Application for Subzone
Status MascoTech, Inc., Plant (Forged Steel Automotive Products)
Detroit, Michigan
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Greater Detroit Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of
FTZ 70, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the automotive
parts forging facility of MascoTech, Inc. (MTI), located in Detroit,
Michigan. The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of
the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the
regulations of the Board (15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed on
March 12, 1997.
The MTI plant, known as the ``MascoTech Forming Technologies-
Braun'' facility (12 acres, 270,000 sq. ft.) is located at 19001
Glendale Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. The facility (241 employees) is
used to produce various forged automotive components, including clutch
housings, pinion and differential gears, combustion plates, brake
parts, bumper tubes, parts of air conditioners, constant velocity
joints, piston pins, and axle arms for the U.S. market and export. The
production process involves warm and cold forging using coiled and
straight bar alloy and carbon steel (grades 1018, 1019, 4615; HTSUS
Headings 7213, 7214, 7215, 7227, 7228; duty rate range 1.3%-5.2%).
FTZ procedures would exempt MTI from Customs duty payments on the
foreign steel used in the export production. On its domestic sales, the
company would be able to choose the duty rate that applies to the
finished automotive components (2.7%) for the foreign steel inputs
noted above. The motor vehicle duty rate (2.5%) could apply to the
finished products that are shipped to U.S. motor vehicle assembly
plants with subzone status for manufacture into finished motor vehicles
under FTZ procedures. FTZ procedures would also exempt foreign steel
that becomes scrap during the production process from Customs duties.
The application indicates that subzone status would help improve the
international competitiveness of the MTI plant.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ
Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and
report to the Board.
Public comment on the application is invited from interested
parties. Submissions (original and three copies) shall be addressed to
the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing
period for their receipt is June 2, 1997. Rebuttal comments in response
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted
during the subsequent 15-day period (to [June 16, 1997]).
A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance Center, McNamara
Building, Room 1140, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20230-0002
Dated: March 21, 1997.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-8262 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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