[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25476-25477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12015]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 16-99]
Foreign-Trade Subzone 59A--Lincoln, NE; Request for Removal of
Board Order Condition; Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.
(Utility Work Trucks)
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. (KMM),
operator of FTZ 59A, requesting removal of the time limit in Board
Order 744 (60 FR 30518, 6-9-95), which authorized the manufacture of
utility work trucks (MulesTM) under FTZ procedures for an
initial period ending July 1, 1999, subject to extension. The
application was formally filed on April 29, 1999.
Subzone 59A was approved by the Board in 1980 with authority
granted for the manufacture of motorcycles, jet skis, and four wheel
all-terrain vehicles (Board Order 163, 45 FR 58637, 9-4-80). The
subzone was subsequently expanded in 1994 (Board Order 712, 59 FR
66891, 12-28-94). The Board later approved the manufacture of off-road,
utility work trucks and industrial robots with 6 or more axes of motion
under FTZ procedures for the U.S. market and export (Board Orders 744
and 745, 60 FR 30517, 6-9-95) .
KMM is now requesting that the FTZ manufacturing authority for
utility work trucks be extended on a permanent basis. Foreign-sourced
components for the work trucks comprise approximately 53 percent of the
value of finished vehicles' materials and include: engines,
transmissions, calipers/brake parts, and tires (duty rate range: free-
9.0%).
FTZ procedures exempt KMM from Customs duty payments on the foreign
components used in export production. On its domestic sales, the
company is able to choose the duty rate that applies to finished work
trucks (HTSUS 8709.19.0030, duty free) for the foreign components noted
above. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures will
continue to help improve the facility's international competitiveness.
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
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receipt is July 12, 1999. Rebuttal comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to July 26, 1999).
A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at the following location: 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: April 29, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-12015 Filed 5-11-99; 8:45 am]
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