Foreign-Trade Zone 14 -- Little Rock, Arkansas Application for Subzone Status Husqvarna Outdoor Products Inc. (Outdoor Power Products Manufacturing) De Queen, Arkansas, 25646-25647 [E8-10085]
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units annually. Imported components
and raw materials account for
approximately 35 percent of the value of
inputs used in manufacturing. Parts and
components that may be imported into
the proposed subzone for manufacturing
include: plastic tubes, pipes and hoses
(3917.29); petroleum oils and oils from
bituminous minerals (2710.19); carbides
(2849.90); lubricating preparations
(3403.19); polymides (3908.10); plastic
monofilament (3916.90); self–adhesive
plate, sheet, film, foils, tape and strip of
plastics ( 3919.90); other plate, sheet,
film, foil and strip of polymers of
styrene (3921.11); plastic articles used
for packing or conveyance of goods
(3923.10, 3923.29, 3923.50, 3923.90);
other plastic articles (3926.90);
vulcanized rubber tubes, pipes and
hoses (4009.11); vulcanized rubber
conveyor or transmission belts (4010.36,
4010.39); vulcanized rubber washers
and seals (4016.93); other vulcanized
rubber products (4016.99); synthetic
twine, cordage, rope and cable
(5607.50); articles of yarn, strip, twine,
cordage, rope or cable (5609.50); textile
articles and products for technical uses
(5911.90); labels (6307.90); millstones,
grindstones and grinding wheels
(6804.21, 6804.22); iron or steel flanges
(7307.91, 7307.92); self–tapping screws
(7318.14); screws and bolts, with or
without washers (7318.15); nuts
(7318.16); spring washers and lock
washers (7318.21); non–threaded
articles of iron or steel (7318.29); iron or
steel helical springs (7320.90); tungsten
articles/powders (8101.10); agriculture,
horticulture or forestry hand tools and
their parts (8201.90); handsaws, blades
and their parts (8202.40); files, rasps,
pliers, pincers, tweezers, pipe and bolt
cutters and similar (8203.20); hand–
operated spanners and wrenches
(8204.11); hand tools for drilling,
threading or tapping (8205.10);
screwdrivers and their parts (8205.40);
anvils, forges and grinding wheels and
their parts (8205.70); vises, clamps and
their parts (8205.70); pressing, stamping
and punching tools and their parts
(8207.30); drilling tools (8207.50,
8207.90); iron or steel flexible tubing
(8307.10); spark–ignition internal
combustion engine parts (8409.91); fuel,
lubricating and cooling pumps for
internal combustion piston engines and
their parts (8413.30, 8413.91); air and
vacuum pumps and their parts (8414.59,
8414.90); air filters (8421.31); spray
guns (8424.20); tool holders (8466.10);
check valves and their parts (8481.30);
pressure–reducing and thermostatically
controlled valves (8481.80); ball
bearings (8482.10); needle roller
bearings (8482.40); transmission shafts,
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camshafts and crankshafts and their
parts (8483.10); bearing housings/plain
shaft bearings (8483.30); gears and
gearing and other transmission
elements, including torque converters
(8483.40); flywheels and pulleys,
including pulley blocks (8483.50);
clutches and shaft couplings, including
universal joints (8483.60); toothed
wheels, chain sprockets and other
transmission elements (8483.900);
universal AC/DC motors (8501.20);
single–phase AC motors (8501.20);
multi–phase AC motors (8501.52); AC
generators/alternators (8501.61);
electrical transformers, static convertors,
inductors and their parts (8504.33,
8504.40); electromagnetic couplings,
clutches and brakes (8505.20); primary
cells and batteries (8506.80); lead–acid
storage batteries (8507.20); spark plugs
(8511.10); ignition coils (8511.30);
electrical ignition or starting equipment
parts (8511.90); microphones and
loudspeakers (8518.30); electrical
switches (8536.50); lamp–holders, plugs
and sockets (8536.69, 8536.90);
fluorescent lamps (8539.31); microwave
tubes (8540.89); winding wire (8544.20);
electrical conductors (8544.42, 8544.49);
Drive and non–drive axles and parts
thereof (8708.50); trailers and semi–
trailers and their parts (8716.80);
micrometers, calipers and gauges
(9017.30); other instruments (9017.80);
revolution and production counters,
taximeters, odometers and pedometers
(9029.10); and, stroboscopes (9029.20).
The duty rates on the imported
components range from duty–free to 12
percent.
This application requests authority for
Husqvarna to conduct the
manufacturing activity under FTZ
procedures, which could exempt the
company from customs duty payments
on the imported components used in
export production. Approximately 30
percent of production is exported. On
domestic sales, the company could
choose the lower duty rate (duty–free to
2.3 percent) that applies to the finished
products for the imported components
used in manufacturing. Husqvarna may
also realize savings related to direct
delivery and weekly customs entry
procedures. The company would also
realize savings on the elimination of
duties on materials that become scrap/
waste during manufacturing. The
application indicates that the FTZ–
related savings would improve the
plant’s international competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board’s
regulations, Christopher Kemp of the
FTZ staff is designated examiner to
investigate the application and report to
the Board.
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Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions (original
and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the
Board’s Executive Secretary at the
address listed below. The closing period
for their receipt is July 7, 2008. Rebuttal
comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period
may be submitted during the subsequent
15–day period (to July 21, 2008).
A copy of the application and
accompanying exhibits will be available
at each of the following addresses: U. S.
Department of Commerce Export
Assistance Center, 425 West Capital
Avenue, Suite 425, Little Rock,
Arkansas, 72201; and, Office of the
Executive Secretary, Foreign–Trade
Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,
D.C. 20230. For further information
contact Christopher Kemp at
christopherlkemp@ita.doc.gov or (202)
482–0862.
Dated: April 30, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–10086 Filed 5–6–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign–Trade Zones Board
(Docket 27–2008)
Foreign–Trade Zone 14 -- Little Rock,
Arkansas Application for Subzone
Status Husqvarna Outdoor Products
Inc. (Outdoor Power Products
Manufacturing) De Queen, Arkansas
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the Arkansas Economic
Development Commission, grantee of
Foreign–Trade Zone (FTZ) 14,
requesting special–purpose subzone
status for the outdoor power products
manufacturing facility of Husqvarna
Outdoor Products Inc. (Husqvarna)
located in De Queen, Arkansas. 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 29, 2008.
The Husqvarna facility is located at
123 Red Bridge Road, in De Queen (13
acres, 850 employees). The facility is
used for manufacturing various types of
electric–powered outdoor products
(blowers, trimmers and chainsaws,
HTSUS numbers 8414.59, 8467.22,
8467.29, 8467.89 and 8467.81). At full
capacity the Husqvarna facility can
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produce up to 4.5 million units
annually. Imported components and
raw materials account for approximately
35 percent of the value of inputs used
in manufacturing. Parts and components
that may be imported into the proposed
subzone for manufacturing include:
plastic tubes, pipes and hoses (3917.29);
petroleum oils and oils from bituminous
minerals (2710.19); carbides (2849.90);
lubricating preparations (3403.19);
polymides (3908.10); plastic
monofilament (3916.90); self–adhesive
plate, sheet, film, foils, tape and strip of
plastics ( 3919.90); other plate, sheet,
film, foil and strip of polymers of
styrene (3921.11); plastic articles used
for packing or conveyance of goods
(3923.10, 3923.29, 3923.50, 3923.90);
other plastic articles (3926.90);
vulcanized rubber tubes, pipes and
hoses (4009.11); vulcanized rubber
conveyor or transmission belts (4010.36,
4010.39); vulcanized rubber washers
and seals (4016.93); other vulcanized
rubber products (4016.99); synthetic
twine, cordage, rope and cable
(5607.50); articles of yarn, strip, twine,
cordage, rope or cable (5609.50); textile
articles and products for technical uses
(5911.90); labels (6307.90); iron or steel
flanges (7307.91, 7307.92); self–tapping
screws (7318.14); screws and bolts, with
or without washers (7318.15); nuts
(7318.16); spring washers and lock
washers (7318.21); non–threaded
articles of iron or steel (7318.29); iron or
steel helical springs (7320.90); tungsten
articles/powders (8101.10); agriculture,
horticulture or forestry hand tools and
their parts (8201.90); handsaws, blades
and their parts (8202.40); iron or steel
flexible tubing (8307.10); spark–ignition
internal combustion engine parts
(8409.91); fuel, lubricating and cooling
pumps for internal combustion piston
engines and their parts (8413.30,
8413.91); air and vacuum pumps and
their parts (8414.59, 8414.90); air filters
(8421.31); tool holders (8466.10); check
valves and their parts (8481.30);
pressure–reducing and thermostatically
controlled valves (8481.80); ball
bearings (8482.10); needle roller
bearings (8482.40); transmission shafts,
camshafts and crankshafts and their
parts (8483.10); bearing housings/plain
shaft bearings (8483.30); gears and
gearing and other transmission
elements, including torque converters
(8483.40); flywheels and pulleys,
including pulley blocks (8483.50);
clutches and shaft couplings, including
universal joints (8483.60); toothed
wheels, chain sprockets and other
transmission elements (8483.900);
universal AC/DC motors (8501.20);
single–phase AC motors (8501.20);
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multi–phase AC motors (8501.52); AC
generators/alternators (8501.61);
electrical transformers, static convertors,
inductors and their parts (8504.33,
8504.40); electromagnetic couplings,
clutches and brakes (8505.20); primary
cells and batteries (8506.80); lead–acid
storage batteries (8507.20); spark plugs
(8511.10); ignition coils (8511.30);
electrical ignition or starting equipment
parts (8511.90); microphones and
loudspeakers (8518.30); electrical
switches (8536.50); lamp–holders, plugs
and sockets (8536.69, 8536.90);
fluorescent lamps (8539.31); electrical
conductors (8544.42, 8544.49); and,
revolution and production counters,
taximeters, odometers and pedometers
(9029.10). The duty rates on the
imported components range from duty–
free to 10.8 percent.
This application requests authority for
Husqvarna to conduct the
manufacturing activity under FTZ
procedures, which could exempt the
company from customs duty payments
on the imported components used in
export production. Approximately 30
percent of production is exported. On
domestic sales, the company could
choose the lower duty rate (duty–free to
2.3 percent) that applies to the finished
products for the imported components
used in manufacturing. Husqvarna may
also realize savings related to direct
delivery and weekly customs entry
procedures. The company would also
realize savings on the elimination of
duties on materials that become scrap/
waste during manufacturing. The
application indicates that the FTZ–
related savings would improve the
plant’s international competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board’s
regulations, Christopher Kemp of the
FTZ staff is 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 listed below. The closing period
for their receipt is July 7, 2008. Rebuttal
comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period
may be submitted during the subsequent
15–day period (to July 21, 2008).
A copy of the application and
accompanying exhibits will be available
at each of the following addresses: U. S.
Department of Commerce Export
Assistance Center, 425 West Capital
Avenue, Suite 425, Little Rock,
Arkansas, 72201; and, Office of the
Executive Secretary, Foreign–Trade
Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,
PO 00000
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D.C. 20230. For further information
contact Christopher Kemp at
christopherlkemp@ita.doc.gov or (202)
482–0862.
Dated: April 30, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–10085 Filed 5–6–08; 8:45 am]
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Comment Request; Prior Notification
of Exports Under License Exception
Agriculture Commodities
Bureau of Industry and
Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before July 7, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
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Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Larry Hall, BIS ICB Liaison,
(202) 482–4896, lhall@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Section 906 of the Trade Sanctions
Reform and Export Enhancement Act
(TSRA) requires that exports of
agricultural commodities, medicine or
medical devices to Cuba are made
pursuant to one-year licenses and that
the requirements of one-year licenses
shall be no more restrictive than license
exceptions administered by the
Department of Commerce. Exports and
certain reexports of agricultural
commodities are also authorized under
License Exception AGR to Cuba. To
meet the requirements of TSRA, BIS has
imposed a prior notification procedure
under License Exception Agricultural
Commodities (AGR). The prior
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(Docket 27-2008)
Foreign-Trade Zone 14 -- Little Rock, Arkansas Application for
Subzone Status Husqvarna Outdoor Products Inc. (Outdoor Power Products
Manufacturing) De Queen, Arkansas
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 14, requesting special-purpose subzone status
for the outdoor power products manufacturing facility of Husqvarna
Outdoor Products Inc. (Husqvarna) located in De Queen, Arkansas. 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 29, 2008.
The Husqvarna facility is located at 123 Red Bridge Road, in De
Queen (13 acres, 850 employees). The facility is used for manufacturing
various types of electric-powered outdoor products (blowers, trimmers
and chainsaws, HTSUS numbers 8414.59, 8467.22, 8467.29, 8467.89 and
8467.81). At full capacity the Husqvarna facility can
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produce up to 4.5 million units annually. Imported components and raw
materials account for approximately 35 percent of the value of inputs
used in manufacturing. Parts and components that may be imported into
the proposed subzone for manufacturing include: plastic tubes, pipes
and hoses (3917.29); petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals
(2710.19); carbides (2849.90); lubricating preparations (3403.19);
polymides (3908.10); plastic monofilament (3916.90); self-adhesive
plate, sheet, film, foils, tape and strip of plastics ( 3919.90); other
plate, sheet, film, foil and strip of polymers of styrene (3921.11);
plastic articles used for packing or conveyance of goods (3923.10,
3923.29, 3923.50, 3923.90); other plastic articles (3926.90);
vulcanized rubber tubes, pipes and hoses (4009.11); vulcanized rubber
conveyor or transmission belts (4010.36, 4010.39); vulcanized rubber
washers and seals (4016.93); other vulcanized rubber products
(4016.99); synthetic twine, cordage, rope and cable (5607.50); articles
of yarn, strip, twine, cordage, rope or cable (5609.50); textile
articles and products for technical uses (5911.90); labels (6307.90);
iron or steel flanges (7307.91, 7307.92); self-tapping screws
(7318.14); screws and bolts, with or without washers (7318.15); nuts
(7318.16); spring washers and lock washers (7318.21); non-threaded
articles of iron or steel (7318.29); iron or steel helical springs
(7320.90); tungsten articles/powders (8101.10); agriculture,
horticulture or forestry hand tools and their parts (8201.90);
handsaws, blades and their parts (8202.40); iron or steel flexible
tubing (8307.10); spark-ignition internal combustion engine parts
(8409.91); fuel, lubricating and cooling pumps for internal combustion
piston engines and their parts (8413.30, 8413.91); air and vacuum pumps
and their parts (8414.59, 8414.90); air filters (8421.31); tool holders
(8466.10); check valves and their parts (8481.30); pressure-reducing
and thermostatically controlled valves (8481.80); ball bearings
(8482.10); needle roller bearings (8482.40); transmission shafts,
camshafts and crankshafts and their parts (8483.10); bearing housings/
plain shaft bearings (8483.30); gears and gearing and other
transmission elements, including torque converters (8483.40); flywheels
and pulleys, including pulley blocks (8483.50); clutches and shaft
couplings, including universal joints (8483.60); toothed wheels, chain
sprockets and other transmission elements (8483.900); universal AC/DC
motors (8501.20); single-phase AC motors (8501.20); multi-phase AC
motors (8501.52); AC generators/alternators (8501.61); electrical
transformers, static convertors, inductors and their parts (8504.33,
8504.40); electromagnetic couplings, clutches and brakes (8505.20);
primary cells and batteries (8506.80); lead-acid storage batteries
(8507.20); spark plugs (8511.10); ignition coils (8511.30); electrical
ignition or starting equipment parts (8511.90); microphones and
loudspeakers (8518.30); electrical switches (8536.50); lamp-holders,
plugs and sockets (8536.69, 8536.90); fluorescent lamps (8539.31);
electrical conductors (8544.42, 8544.49); and, revolution and
production counters, taximeters, odometers and pedometers (9029.10).
The duty rates on the imported components range from duty-free to 10.8
percent.
This application requests authority for Husqvarna to conduct the
manufacturing activity under FTZ procedures, which could exempt the
company from customs duty payments on the imported components used in
export production. Approximately 30 percent of production is exported.
On domestic sales, the company could choose the lower duty rate (duty-
free to 2.3 percent) that applies to the finished products for the
imported components used in manufacturing. Husqvarna may also realize
savings related to direct delivery and weekly customs entry procedures.
The company would also realize savings on the elimination of duties on
materials that become scrap/waste during manufacturing. The application
indicates that the FTZ-related savings would improve the plant's
international competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp of the
FTZ staff is 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 listed below. The closing period for their
receipt is July 7, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to July 21, 2008).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available at each of the following addresses: U. S. Department of
Commerce Export Assistance Center, 425 West Capital Avenue, Suite 425,
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72201; and, Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230. For further
information contact Christopher Kemp at christopher_kemp@ita.doc.gov
or (202) 482-0862.
Dated: April 30, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-10085 Filed 5-6-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S
