[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18363-18364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9873]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 19-98]
Foreign-Trade Zone 32--Miami, Florida, Application for Subzone
Komatsu Latin-America Corporation (Distribution of Construction and
Mining Equipment Parts) Miami, FL
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Greater Miami Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of
FTZ 32, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the construction
and mining equipment parts distribution facility of Komatsu Latin-
America Corporation, located in Miami, Florida. 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 April 6, 1998.
The Komatsu facility (204,382 sq. ft. on 4.72 acres)is located at
7600 N.W. 50th Street, Miami, Florida. The facility (61 employees)is
used for storage, inspection, packaging and distribution of a wide
variety of parts and components for construction and mining equipment,
such as engine parts, equipment, vehicle parts, electrical/electronic
components and instruments. The products are distributed throughout the
U.S. and Latin America. About half of the parts are sourced from abroad
and over 90 percent are exported. Plant activity also includes the
occasional packaging or assembly of parts into subassemblies, but no
authority is being sought for activity conducted under FTZ procedures
that would result in a change in tariff classification.
Zone procedures would exempt Komatsu from Customs duty payments on
foreign parts that are reexported. On its domestic sales, the company
would be able to defer duty payments until merchandise is shipped from
the plant. The application indicates that the savings from zone
procedures would help improve the plant's international
competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ
staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and
report to the Board.
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is
June 15, 1998.
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
(to June 29, 1998).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, P.O. Box 590570,
Miami, Florida 33159
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20230
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Dated: April 7, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-9873 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am]
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