Foreign-Trade Zone 29-Louisville, KY, Application for Expansion of Manufacturing Authority, Subzone 29F, Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc. (Automotive Electronic Components), 9000 [2011-3539]
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[Docket 9–2011]
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Foreign-Trade Zone 29—Louisville, KY,
Application for Expansion of
Manufacturing Authority, Subzone 29F,
Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas,
Inc. (Automotive Electronic
Components)
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the Louisville and Jefferson
County Riverport Authority (LJCRA),
grantee of FTZ 29, on behalf of Hitachi
Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.
(HIAMS–AM) (formerly Hitachi
Automotive Products (USA), Inc.),
operator of Subzone 29F, HIAMS–AM
plant, Harrodsburg, Kentucky,
requesting authority to expand the
scope of FTZ manufacturing authority.
The application was submitted pursuant
to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–
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81u), and section 400.28(a)(2) of the
Board’s regulations (15 CFR part 400). It
was formally filed on February 10, 2011.
Subzone 29F was approved by the
Board in 1990 with authority granted for
the manufacture of automotive
components at the HIAMS–AM plant
located at 955 Warwick Road (Site 1) (50
acres) in Harrodsburg, Kentucky (Board
Order 497, 56 FR 674, 1–8–91). Activity
at the facility (624 employees) includes
machining, assembly, testing,
warehousing, and distribution of
various automotive components,
including mass air sensors, throttle
bodies and chambers, starter motors,
motor/generator units, alternators,
distributors, other static converters,
inverter modules, rotors/stators, ignition
coils, electronic sensors and modules,
fuel injectors, emissions control
equipment, valves, pumps, and
electronic control units for engines and
transmissions (capacity—up to 8.5
million units annually).
LJCRA previously submitted an
application in 2010 on behalf of
HIAMS–AM requesting authority to
expand the subzone to include two new
warehouse facilities (adding Site 2 and
Site 3) and to expand its scope of FTZ
manufacturing authority to add 720,000
units to its authorized annual
production capacity (proposed
combined output: 9.22 million units per
year) and to include the manufacture of
high pressure, direct-injection fuel
pumps as an additional finished
product to be manufactured under FTZ
procedures (Docket 38–2010; 75 FR
29723, 5–27–2010).
The applicant now requests that the
scope of FTZ manufacturing authority
be expanded to include additional
production capacity (330,000 units per
year) that will be added at the facility
in 2011 (new combined output would
be 9.55 million units per year). The
expanded operations will involve
similar finished products and utilization
of both foreign-sourced and domestic
materials and components under
HIAMS–AM’s existing scope of FTZ
authority.
Components and materials sourced
from abroad (representing about 80
percent of the finished automotive
components’ material value) include:
adhesives, plastic fittings, plastic and
rubber belts, fasteners, gaskets/seals/orings, 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,
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resistors, semiconductors, liquid crystal
devices, electrical instruments,
navigation apparatuses, capacitors,
printed/integrated circuits, fuses,
rheostats, connectors, terminals,
piezoelectric crystals, regulators, lamps,
wires, cables, cylinders, plungers,
insulators, brushes, brackets, shafts, and
measuring instruments (duty rate range:
free—9.0%).
Expanded FTZ procedures could
continue to exempt HIAMS–AM from
customs duty payments on the foreignorigin components used in production
for export (about 30% of shipments). On
its domestic shipments, the company
would be able to elect the duty rate that
applies to finished automotive
components (free—6.7%) for the
foreign-origin inputs noted above.
Subzone status would further allow
HIAMS–AM to realize logistical benefits
through the use of weekly customs entry
procedures. Customs duties also could
possibly be deferred or reduced on
foreign status production equipment.
HIAMS–AM would also be exempt from
duty payments on foreign inputs that
become scrap during the production
process.
In accordance with the Board’s
regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ Staff
is designated examiner to evaluate and
analyze the facts and information
presented in the application and case
record and to report findings and
recommendations 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
following address: Office of the
Executive Secretary, Room 2111, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230–0002. The closing period for
receipt of comments is April 18, 2011.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing
period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period to May 2,
2011.
A copy of the application will be
available for public inspection at the
Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones
Board’s Executive Secretary at the
address listed above and in the ‘‘Reading
Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site,
which is accessible via
https://www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Pierre
Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov or (202)
482–1378.
Dated: February 10, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 9-2011]
Foreign-Trade Zone 29--Louisville, KY, Application for Expansion
of Manufacturing Authority, Subzone 29F, Hitachi Automotive Systems
Americas, Inc. (Automotive Electronic Components)
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Louisville and Jefferson County Riverport Authority
(LJCRA), grantee of FTZ 29, on behalf of Hitachi Automotive Systems
Americas, Inc. (HIAMS-AM) (formerly Hitachi Automotive Products (USA),
Inc.), operator of Subzone 29F, HIAMS-AM plant, Harrodsburg, Kentucky,
requesting authority to expand the scope of FTZ manufacturing
authority. The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of
the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and
section 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR part 400). It
was formally filed on February 10, 2011.
Subzone 29F was approved by the Board in 1990 with authority
granted for the manufacture of automotive components at the HIAMS-AM
plant located at 955 Warwick Road (Site 1) (50 acres) in Harrodsburg,
Kentucky (Board Order 497, 56 FR 674, 1-8-91). Activity at the facility
(624 employees) includes machining, assembly, testing, warehousing, and
distribution of various automotive components, including mass air
sensors, throttle bodies and chambers, starter motors, motor/generator
units, alternators, distributors, other static converters, inverter
modules, rotors/stators, ignition coils, electronic sensors and
modules, fuel injectors, emissions control equipment, valves, pumps,
and electronic control units for engines and transmissions (capacity--
up to 8.5 million units annually).
LJCRA previously submitted an application in 2010 on behalf of
HIAMS-AM requesting authority to expand the subzone to include two new
warehouse facilities (adding Site 2 and Site 3) and to expand its scope
of FTZ manufacturing authority to add 720,000 units to its authorized
annual production capacity (proposed combined output: 9.22 million
units per year) and to include the manufacture of high pressure,
direct-injection fuel pumps as an additional finished product to be
manufactured under FTZ procedures (Docket 38-2010; 75 FR 29723, 5-27-
2010).
The applicant now requests that the scope of FTZ manufacturing
authority be expanded to include additional production capacity
(330,000 units per year) that will be added at the facility in 2011
(new combined output would be 9.55 million units per year). The
expanded operations will involve similar finished products and
utilization of both foreign-sourced and domestic materials and
components under HIAMS-AM's existing scope of FTZ authority.
Components and materials sourced from abroad (representing about 80
percent of the finished automotive components' material value) 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, resistors, semiconductors, liquid crystal devices,
electrical instruments, navigation apparatuses, capacitors, printed/
integrated circuits, fuses, rheostats, connectors, terminals,
piezoelectric crystals, regulators, lamps, wires, cables, cylinders,
plungers, insulators, brushes, brackets, shafts, and measuring
instruments (duty rate range: free--9.0%).
Expanded FTZ procedures could continue to exempt HIAMS-AM from
customs duty payments on the foreign-origin components used in
production for export (about 30% of shipments). On its domestic
shipments, the company would be able to elect the duty rate that
applies to finished automotive components (free--6.7%) for the foreign-
origin inputs noted above. Subzone status would further allow HIAMS-AM
to realize logistical benefits through the use of weekly customs entry
procedures. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced
on foreign status production equipment. HIAMS-AM would also be exempt
from duty payments on foreign inputs that become scrap during the
production process.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ
Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and
information presented in the application and case record and to report
findings and recommendations 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 following address: Office of the Executive Secretary,
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230-0002. The closing period for receipt of comments
is April 18, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to May 2, 2011.
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection
at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at
the address listed above and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the
Board's Web site, which is accessible via https://www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Pierre Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov
or (202) 482-1378.
Dated: February 10, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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