FR Doc 2010-3883[Federal
Register: February 25, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 37)]
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DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones
Board
[Docket 11-2010]
Foreign-Trade Zone 59--Lincoln, NE Application for Subzone
CNH
America, LLC (Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing) Grand Island,
NE
An
application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones
Board
(the Board) by the Lincoln Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ
59,
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the agricultural
combine
and hay tools manufacturing facilities of CNH America, LLC
(CNH),
located in Grand Island, Nebraska. 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 February 16, 2010.
The CNH facilities (1,274 employees) consist of
two sites in Grand
Island, Nebraska on approximately 171.5 acres: Site 1 (132.52
acres)--
main plant located at 3445 W. Stolley Park Road; and Site 2
(38.93
acres)--warehouse located at 1011 Claude Road. The facilities are
used
for the manufacture, testing, warehousing and distribution of
combines
and hay tools. The CNH facilities annually can produce up to
5,960
combines and 4,600 hay tools. Components and materials sourced
from
abroad (representing 10% of
the value of the finished product) include:
Articles of plastic (incl. tubes, hoses, fittings, stoppers and
lids);
articles of rubber (incl. belts, tubes, hoses, grommets,
plugs,
mountings, sheets, strips); tires; gaskets; washers; safety glass;
iron
tubes; pipes and fittings; cable; fasteners; springs; articles
of
steel; sign plates; internal-combustion engines and parts;
pumps;
filters; parts for agricultural equipment; valves; bearings;
transmission shafts; electric motors; generators; clutches;
brakes;
ignitions; electromagnetic couplings; gears; flywheels;
pulleys;
electrical lighting or signaling equipment; loudspeakers;
heaters;
defrosters; resistors; switches; relays; lamps; wires; cables;
locks
and keys; thermostats and measuring instruments (duty rates range
from
free to 9%).
FTZ procedures could exempt CNH from customs
duty payments on the
foreign components used in export production. The company
anticipates
that some 30 percent of the plant's shipments will be exported. On
its
domestic sales, CNH would
be able to choose the duty rates during
customs entry procedures that apply to combines and hay tools
(duty-
free) for the foreign inputs noted above. FTZ designation would
further
allow CNH to realize logistical benefits through the use of
certain
customs entry procedures. The request indicates that the savings
from
FTZ procedures would help improve the plant's international
competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board's regulations,
Diane Finver 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
April 26, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material
submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent
15-
day period to May 11,
2010.
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 www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Diane Finver
at
Diane.Finver@trade.gov or (202) 482-1367.
Dated:
February 16, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-3883 Filed 2-24-10; 8:45 am]
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