Foreign-Trade Subzone 29F - Harrodsburg, KY, Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc., Removal of Restriction (Automotive Components), 26924 [E6-7053]
Download as PDF
26924
Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 9, 2006 / Notices
rate ranges from duty–free to 2.1%) for
the following imported components:
memory sticks, digital still cameras,
digital camcorders, rechargeable battery
packs and soft carrying cases (HTS
4202.91, 8507.80, 8523.90, 8525.40,
duty rate ranges from duty–free to
4.5%). The company has also indicated
that it will import soft carrying cases
(HTS 4202.92, duty rate 17.6%), but that
they will be admitted to the zone in
privileged foreign status. The request
indicates that the savings from FTZ
procedures would help improve the
plants’ 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 July 10, 2006. Rebuttal
comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period
may be submitted during the subsequent
15-day period to July 24, 2006.
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, 444 South Flower
Street, 34th Floor, Los Angeles, CA
90071.
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign–Trade Zones Board, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 1115,
1401 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: April 28, 2006.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6–7043 Filed 5–8–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign–Trade Zones Board
[Docket 17–2006]
mstockstill on PROD1PC68 with NOTICES
Foreign–Trade Subzone 29F Harrodsburg, KY, Hitachi Automotive
Products (USA), Inc., Removal of
Restriction (Automotive Components)
A application has been submitted to
the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by Hitachi Automotive Products,
Inc. (HAP), operator of Subzone 29F, at
VerDate Aug<31>2005
17:02 May 08, 2006
Jkt 208001
the HAP automotive components
manufacturing plant in Harrodsburg,
Kentucky, requesting removal of the
restriction pursuant to Board Order 497.
It was formally filed on April 28, 2006.
Subzone 29F was approved by the
Board in 1990 with authority granted for
the manufacture of automotive
components under FTZ procedures for
the U.S. market and export (Board Order
497, 56 FR 674, 1–8–91). The
manufacturing authority was approved
with a restriction requiring that
privileged foreign status (19 CFR
146.41) must be elected on all foreign–
origin merchandise admitted to the
subzone for use in the manufacture of
automotive components, except for
merchandise that is used in the
manufacture of high–tech, electronic
automotive components, such as control
units, electronic throttle bodies, and
mass air sensors. The restriction
precludes inverted tariff benefits on
foreign–origin merchandise used to
manufacture standard, commodity–type
components (e.g., starters, alternators,
pressure sensors) for the U.S. market.
HAP is now requesting that the Board
remove the restriction requiring that
foreign–origin merchandise must be
admitted to the subzone under
privileged foreign status when such
merchandise is to be used in the
manufacture of standard, commodity–
type products. The commodity–type
automotive components subject to
unrestricted FTZ benefits would
include: Hydraulic pumps, fuel
injection pumps, filters, catalytic
converters, valves and actuators, motors,
inverters, ignition coils, starters,
generators, voltage regulators,
transistors, conductors, thermistors,
carbon brushes, integrated circuits, relay
boxes, terminal covers, and wiring sets
(duty rate range: free - 4.4%). Foreign–
origin material inputs comprise
approximately 80 percent of HAP’s
finished automotive components’
material value and include: adhesives,
plastic fittings, plastic and rubber belts,
fasteners, gaskets/seals/o–rings, metal
fittings, labels, plastic wedging, springs,
brackets, plates, filters, bearings, air
pumps/compressors, valves, switches,
electric motors, tubes/pipes/profiles,
aluminum plugs, transformers,
crankshafts, camshafts, gears, pulleys,
couplings, clutches, parts of electric
motors, pinions, magnets, ignition parts,
diodes, transistors, semiconductors,
liquid crystal devices, electrical
instruments, television cameras,
navigation apparatus, capacitors,
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
resistors, printed/integrated circuits,
fuses, rheostats, connectors, terminals,
piezoelectric crystals, regulators, lamps,
wires, cables, insulators, brushes,
steering wheels, hubs, brackets, shafts,
and measuring instruments (duty rate
range: free - 8.6%).
FTZ procedures exempt HAP from
Customs duty payments on the foreign
component inputs used in production
for export to non–NAFTA countries. On
its domestic shipments and exports to
NAFTA markets, the company would be
able to elect the duty rate that applies
to finished automotive components
(2.5%) for the foreign inputs within the
finished commodity–type automotive
components. On the finished,
commodity–type components shipped
from the HAP plant in–bond to U.S.
light vehicle auto assembly plants with
subzone status, no duties would be paid
on the foreign–origin inputs until the
finished vehicles are formally entered
for consumption, at which time the
automobile duty rate (2.5%) would be
applied to the foreign–origin inputs.
The request indicates that the savings
from FTZ procedures will continue to
help improve the HAP 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 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 July 10, 2006. Rebuttal
comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period
may be submitted during the subsequent
15-day period to July 24, 2006.
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,
Room 634B, 601 West Broadway,
Louisville, Kentucky 40202; and, Office
of the Executive Secretary, Foreign–
Trade Zones Board, Room 1115, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
District of Columbia 20230–0002; Tel:
(202) 482–2862.
Dated: April 28, 2006.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6–7053 Filed 5–8–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
E:\FR\FM\09MYN1.SGM
09MYN1
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 26924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7053]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 17-2006]
Foreign-Trade Subzone 29F - Harrodsburg, KY, Hitachi Automotive
Products (USA), Inc., Removal of Restriction (Automotive Components)
A application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by Hitachi Automotive Products, Inc. (HAP), operator of
Subzone 29F, at the HAP automotive components manufacturing plant in
Harrodsburg, Kentucky, requesting removal of the restriction pursuant
to Board Order 497. It was formally filed on April 28, 2006.
Subzone 29F was approved by the Board in 1990 with authority
granted for the manufacture of automotive components under FTZ
procedures for the U.S. market and export (Board Order 497, 56 FR 674,
1-8-91). The manufacturing authority was approved with a restriction
requiring that privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) must be
elected on all foreign-origin merchandise admitted to the subzone for
use in the manufacture of automotive components, except for merchandise
that is used in the manufacture of high-tech, electronic automotive
components, such as control units, electronic throttle bodies, and mass
air sensors. The restriction precludes inverted tariff benefits on
foreign-origin merchandise used to manufacture standard, commodity-type
components (e.g., starters, alternators, pressure sensors) for the U.S.
market.
HAP is now requesting that the Board remove the restriction
requiring that foreign-origin merchandise must be admitted to the
subzone under privileged foreign status when such merchandise is to be
used in the manufacture of standard, commodity-type products. The
commodity-type automotive components subject to unrestricted FTZ
benefits would include: Hydraulic pumps, fuel injection pumps, filters,
catalytic converters, valves and actuators, motors, inverters, ignition
coils, starters, generators, voltage regulators, transistors,
conductors, thermistors, carbon brushes, integrated circuits, relay
boxes, terminal covers, and wiring sets (duty rate range: free - 4.4%).
Foreign-origin material inputs comprise approximately 80 percent of
HAP's finished automotive components' material value and include:
adhesives, plastic fittings, plastic and rubber belts, fasteners,
gaskets/seals/o-rings, metal fittings, labels, plastic wedging,
springs, brackets, plates, filters, bearings, air pumps/compressors,
valves, switches, electric motors, tubes/pipes/profiles, aluminum
plugs, transformers, crankshafts, camshafts, gears, pulleys, couplings,
clutches, parts of electric motors, pinions, magnets, ignition parts,
diodes, transistors, semiconductors, liquid crystal devices, electrical
instruments, television cameras, navigation apparatus, capacitors,
resistors, printed/integrated circuits, fuses, rheostats, connectors,
terminals, piezoelectric crystals, regulators, lamps, wires, cables,
insulators, brushes, steering wheels, hubs, brackets, shafts, and
measuring instruments (duty rate range: free - 8.6%).
FTZ procedures exempt HAP from Customs duty payments on the foreign
component inputs used in production for export to non-NAFTA countries.
On its domestic shipments and exports to NAFTA markets, the company
would be able to elect the duty rate that applies to finished
automotive components (2.5%) for the foreign inputs within the finished
commodity-type automotive components. On the finished, commodity-type
components shipped from the HAP plant in-bond to U.S. light vehicle
auto assembly plants with subzone status, no duties would be paid on
the foreign-origin inputs until the finished vehicles are formally
entered for consumption, at which time the automobile duty rate (2.5%)
would be applied to the foreign-origin inputs. The request indicates
that the savings from FTZ procedures will continue to help improve the
HAP 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 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
July 10, 2006. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to July 24, 2006.
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, Room 634B, 601
West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky 40202; and, Office of the Executive
Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 1115, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, District of
Columbia 20230-0002; Tel: (202) 482-2862.
Dated: April 28, 2006.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-7053 Filed 5-8-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S