80 FR 55087 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 84-Houston, Texas; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. (Forklift Trucks); Houston, Texas

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 177 (September 14, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 55087]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23082]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-60-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 84--Houston, Texas; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America 
Inc. (Forklift Trucks); Houston, Texas

    Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. (MCFA), an operator of 
FTZ 84, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the 
FTZ Board for its facility in Houston, Texas. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on August 13, 2015.
    MCFA already has authority to produce forklift trucks (Class I 
through Class V) powered by gasoline, propane or electric motors within 
Site 27 of FTZ 84. The current request would add certain foreign-status 
components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), 
additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific foreign-
status materials and 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 MCFA from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, MCFA would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to forklift trucks (free) for the 
foreign status materials and components 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: Acrylonitrile-butadiene 
rubber sheets; alloy/non-alloy steel angles/shapes/sections/pipes/
tubes; steel liquid/compressed petroleum gas tanks and cylinders; steel 
wires; and, liquid crystal display video monitors (duty rate ranges 
from free to 5.0%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is October 26, 
2015.
    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 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Pierre Duy at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: September 2, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-23082 Filed 9-11-15; 8:45 am]
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