Federal Register, Volume 82
Issue 71 (Friday, April 14, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 71 (Friday, April 14,
2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17968-17969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing
Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07579]
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DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones
Board
[B-22-2017]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ)
167--Brown County, Wisconsin,
Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Polaris Industries,
Inc.,
(Spark-Ignition Internal Combustion Engines), Osceola,
Wisconsin
Polaris
Industries, Inc. (Polaris), operator of Subzone 167B,
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the
FTZ
Board for its facility in Osceola, Wisconsin. The
notification
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board
(15
CFR 400.22) was received on April 4, 2017.
Polaris already has authority to produce
spark-ignition internal
combustion engines to equip snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles,
and
motorcycles within Subzone 167B. The current request would add
finished
spark-ignition internal combustion engines for on-road vehicles
and
foreign status components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15
CFR
400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific
foreign-status
components and specific finished products described in the
submitted
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by
the
FTZ Board.
Production under FTZ procedures could exempt
Polaris from customs
duty payments on the foreign-status components used in
export
production.
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On its domestic sales,
Polaris would be able to choose the duty rates
during customs entry procedures that apply to spark-ignition
internal
combustion engines for snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles,
motorcycles
and on-road vehicles (duty rate 2.5%) for the foreign-status
inputs
noted below and in the existing scope of authority. Customs duties
also
could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status
production
equipment.
The components sourced from abroad include:
Engine housings/covers;
covers for crankcases; valve parts; oil sump covers; valve covers;
oil
pans; tensioners; oil inlets; pump shaft gears; shafts; pump
covers;
oil inlet screens; torque limiter gears; starter assembly
components;
rotary switches; motorcycle sprockets; cam chain guides;
motorcycle
assembly covers; rotors; sprockets; screws of steel; gaskets of
steel;
gears for engines; switches; seals of plastic; gaskets of
rubber;
chains; bolts of steel; nuts of steel;
brackets/mountings/fittings;
valves; adapter hubs; oil pump caps; rocker covers; cam drives;
cam
drive blades; cam drive
covers; oil pumps; water pump covers; oil pump
parts; water pump parts; air box assemblies; oil filter adapters;
air
box adapters; engine thermostats; thermostat housings; needle
roller
bearings; camshafts; engine shafts; rod bearings; gears;
flywheels;
stator assemblies; chain sprockets; crankshaft sleeves;
seals;
alternators; alternator parts; fixed guides; thermostat covers;
cam
drive kits; brand emblems; clutch spacers; and, actuators (duty
rate
ranges from free to 8.5%).
Public comment is invited from interested
parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the
address
below. The closing period for their receipt is May 24, 2017.
A copy of the notification will be available for
public inspection
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones
Board,
Room 21013, 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 Christopher Wedderburn at
Chris.Wedderburn@trade.gov or (202) 482-1963.
Dated:
April 10, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-07579 Filed 4-13-17; 8:45 am]
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