Foreign-Trade Zone 15-Kansas City, MO; Application for Manufacturing Authority; Blount, Inc. (Log Splitters); Kansas City, MO, 76122 [2011-31304]
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Foreign-Trade Zone 15—Kansas City,
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Authority; Blount, Inc. (Log Splitters);
Kansas City, MO
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An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the Greater Kansas City
Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ
15, requesting manufacturing authority
on behalf of Blount, Inc. (Blount),
located in Kansas City, Missouri. 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 November 29, 2011.
The Blount facility (170 employees,
100,000 unit capacity) is located within
Site 3 of FTZ 15. The facility is used for
the assembly, warehousing and
distribution of forestry, farm and log
products. FTZ manufacturing authority
is being requested for the assembly of
gasoline powered log splitters.
Components and materials sourced from
abroad (representing 30% of the value of
the finished product) include: Beams,
cylinders, pumps, tanks, tires, wedges,
tongue attachments, beam weldments
and non-threaded fasteners (duty rate
ranges from 2.8 to 4.7%). The
application also requests authority to
include a broad range of inputs and
finished forestry, farm and log products
that Blount may produce under FTZ
procedures in the future. New major
activity involving these inputs/products
would require review by the FTZ Board.
FTZ procedures could exempt Blount
from customs duty payments on the
foreign components used in export
production. The company anticipates
that some 10 percent of the plant’s
shipments will be exported. On its
domestic sales, Blount would be able to
choose the duty rates during customs
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entry procedures that apply to log
splitters (duty rate 2.4%) for the foreign
inputs noted above. FTZ designation
would further allow Blount 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. The request
indicates that the savings from FTZ
procedures would help improve the
plant’s international competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board’s
regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 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
address below. The closing period for
their receipt is February 6, 2012.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing
period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period to February
20, 2012.
A copy of the application will be
available for public inspection at the
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230–0002, 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
Elizabeth Whiteman at Elizabeth.
Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 482–0473.
Dated: November 29, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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Whereas, the Board adopted the
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December 2008 (74 FR 1170, 01/12/09;
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 76-2011]
Foreign-Trade Zone 15--Kansas City, MO; Application for
Manufacturing Authority; Blount, Inc. (Log Splitters); Kansas City, MO
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Greater Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone, Inc.,
grantee of FTZ 15, requesting manufacturing authority on behalf of
Blount, Inc. (Blount), located in Kansas City, Missouri. 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 November 29,
2011.
The Blount facility (170 employees, 100,000 unit capacity) is
located within Site 3 of FTZ 15. The facility is used for the assembly,
warehousing and distribution of forestry, farm and log products. FTZ
manufacturing authority is being requested for the assembly of gasoline
powered log splitters. Components and materials sourced from abroad
(representing 30% of the value of the finished product) include: Beams,
cylinders, pumps, tanks, tires, wedges, tongue attachments, beam
weldments and non-threaded fasteners (duty rate ranges from 2.8 to
4.7%). The application also requests authority to include a broad range
of inputs and finished forestry, farm and log products that Blount may
produce under FTZ procedures in the future. New major activity
involving these inputs/products would require review by the FTZ Board.
FTZ procedures could exempt Blount from customs duty payments on
the foreign components used in export production. The company
anticipates that some 10 percent of the plant's shipments will be
exported. On its domestic sales, Blount would be able to choose the
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to log splitters
(duty rate 2.4%) for the foreign inputs noted above. FTZ designation
would further allow Blount 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.
The request indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help
improve the plant's international competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 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 address below. The closing period for their receipt is
February 6, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to February 20, 2012.
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230-0002, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at
Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 482-0473.
Dated: November 29, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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