82_FR_27912 82 FR 27796 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 283-West Tennessee Area; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; MTD Consumer Group Inc. (Landscaping Equipment and Off-Road Utility Vehicles); Martin, Tennessee

82 FR 27796 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 283-West Tennessee Area; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; MTD Consumer Group Inc. (Landscaping Equipment and Off-Road Utility Vehicles); Martin, Tennessee

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 116 (June 19, 2017)

Page Range27796-27796
FR Document2017-12655

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 116 (Monday, June 19, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 116 (Monday, June 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 27796]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12655]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-41-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 283--West Tennessee Area; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; MTD Consumer Group Inc. (Landscaping 
Equipment and Off-Road Utility Vehicles); Martin, Tennessee

    MTD Consumer Group Inc. (MTD) submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Martin, 
Tennessee. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on June 1, 
2017.
    The applicant indicates that it will be submitting a separate 
application for FTZ designation at the MTD facility under FTZ 283. The 
facility is used for the production of power landscaping equipment and 
off-road utility vehicles. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity 
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 MTD from customs duty 
payments on the foreign-status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, for the foreign-status inputs noted below, MTD 
would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures 
that apply to: Blowers; snow thrower attachments; snow throwers; dozer 
blades; electric lawn mowers; riding lawn mowers; walk behind mowers; 
deck casters; electric deck lift systems; lawn mower seats; mower 
discharge restrictors; mower stripping kits; mowing decks; weight kits; 
chipper shredder vacuums; edgers; log splitters; off-road utility 
vehicle; utility vehicle doors; utility vehicle roof kits; utility 
vehicle wheels; utility vehicle rims; utility vehicle head rests; light 
kits; water pumps; power washers; tillers; de-thatchers; and, aerators 
(duty rates range from free to 6%). Customs duties also could possibly 
be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Plastic 
hoses; rubber hoses; rubber tires for lawn and garden equipment and 
all-terrain vehicles; rubber inner tubes; rubber o-rings; rubber oil 
seals; rubber water seals; steel hydraulic fittings; steel pipe 
fittings; steel banjo fittings; steel cables; steel bolts; steel 
screws; steel nuts; steel pins; steel springs; steel ferrules; gasoline 
engines; engine cylinders; exhaust pipes; hydraulic cylinders; 
hydraulic pumps; spacers; blower wheels; filter inlets; oil filters; 
fuel filters; air filters; jack stands; block joints; tiller wheels; 
tiller tines; tiller handles; axle pivots; ball joints; brake pedals; 
bumpers; gas cylinder dampers; gear housings; hubs; hub caps; mower 
axles; mower tie rods; pivot bars; pivot knuckles; steering arms; 
steering columns; steering housings; mechanical tubing; mower wheels; 
hitch coupling assemblies; log splitter cylinder mounts; log splitter 
stress plates; log splitter wedges; mechanical tubing; wheel spindles; 
log splitter wheels; hydraulic valves; ball bearings; shafts; steering 
rod ends; gearboxes; pulleys; gear housings; electric motors; steering 
assemblies; control panels; wiring harnesses; bumpers; seat belts; 
brake calipers; road wheels for lawn and garden equipment and utility 
vehicles; pivot knuckles; shock absorbers; ball joints; brake hoses; 
exhaust pipes; wheel hubs; and, indicator gauges (duty rates range from 
free to 9%).
    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 July 31, 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 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: June 13, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-12655 Filed 6-16-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P



                                                    27796                                  Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 116 / Monday, June 19, 2017 / Notices

                                                                                                                                                              Quantity–based safeguard trigger
                                                                              Product
                                                                                                                      Trigger level           Units                                         Period

                                                                                                                                  234    MT ...............    October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.
                                                    Mixed Condiments and Seasonings .............                                 894    MT ...............    October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017.
                                                                                                                                  692    MT ...............    October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.
                                                    Ice Cream .....................................................         3,206,913    Liters ...........    January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017.
                                                    Animal Feed Containing Milk ........................                    1,010,198    Kilograms ....        January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017.
                                                    Short Staple Cotton ......................................              1,363,307    Kilograms ....        September 20, 2016 to September 19, 2017.
                                                                                                                            3,376,608    Kilograms ....        September 20, 2017 to September 19, 2018.
                                                    Harsh or Rough Cotton .................................                        13    Kilograms ....        August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017.
                                                                                                                                   13    Kilograms ....        August 1, 2017 to July 31, 2018.
                                                    Medium Staple Cotton ..................................                         0    Kilograms ....        August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017.
                                                                                                                                    0    Kilograms ....        August 1, 2017 to July 31, 2018.
                                                    Extra Long Staple Cotton .............................                  1,270,096    Kilograms ....        August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017.
                                                                                                                            1,219,841    Kilograms ....        August 1, 2017 to July 31, 2018.
                                                    Cotton Waste ................................................             925,273    Kilograms ....        September 20, 2016 to September 19, 2017.
                                                                                                                            1,232,012    Kilograms ....        September 20, 2017 to September 19, 2018.
                                                    Cotton, Processed, Not Spun .......................                            51    Kilograms ....        September 11, 2016 to September 10, 2017.
                                                                                                                               23,004    Kilograms ....        September 11, 2017 to September 10, 2018.



                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–12648 Filed 6–16–17; 8:45 am]                        lawn mowers; riding lawn mowers;                          bumpers; seat belts; brake calipers; road
                                                    BILLING CODE 3410–10–P                                             walk behind mowers; deck casters;                         wheels for lawn and garden equipment
                                                                                                                       electric deck lift systems; lawn mower                    and utility vehicles; pivot knuckles;
                                                                                                                       seats; mower discharge restrictors;                       shock absorbers; ball joints; brake hoses;
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                             mower stripping kits; mowing decks;                       exhaust pipes; wheel hubs; and,
                                                                                                                       weight kits; chipper shredder vacuums;                    indicator gauges (duty rates range from
                                                    Foreign-Trade Zones Board                                          edgers; log splitters; off-road utility                   free to 9%).
                                                                                                                       vehicle; utility vehicle doors; utility                      Public comment is invited from
                                                    [B–41–2017]                                                                                                                  interested parties. Submissions shall be
                                                                                                                       vehicle roof kits; utility vehicle wheels;
                                                    Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 283—West                                  utility vehicle rims; utility vehicle head                addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
                                                    Tennessee Area; Notification of                                    rests; light kits; water pumps; power                     Secretary at the address below. The
                                                    Proposed Production Activity; MTD                                  washers; tillers; de-thatchers; and,                      closing period for their receipt is July
                                                    Consumer Group Inc. (Landscaping                                   aerators (duty rates range from free to                   31, 2017.
                                                                                                                       6%). Customs duties also could possibly                      A copy of the notification will be
                                                    Equipment and Off-Road Utility
                                                                                                                       be deferred or reduced on foreign-status                  available for public inspection at the
                                                    Vehicles); Martin, Tennessee
                                                                                                                       production equipment.                                     Office of the Executive Secretary,
                                                       MTD Consumer Group Inc. (MTD)                                     The components and materials                            Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
                                                    submitted a notification of proposed                               sourced from abroad include: Plastic                      21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
                                                    production activity to the FTZ Board for                           hoses; rubber hoses; rubber tires for                     1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                    its facility in Martin, Tennessee. The                             lawn and garden equipment and all-                        Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
                                                    notification conforming to the                                     terrain vehicles; rubber inner tubes;                     ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ
                                                    requirements of the regulations of the                             rubber o-rings; rubber oil seals; rubber                  Board’s Web site, which is accessible
                                                    FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was                                      water seals; steel hydraulic fittings; steel              via www.trade.gov/ftz.
                                                    received on June 1, 2017.                                          pipe fittings; steel banjo fittings; steel                   For further information, contact Diane
                                                       The applicant indicates that it will be                         cables; steel bolts; steel screws; steel                  Finver at Diane.Finver@trade.gov or
                                                    submitting a separate application for                              nuts; steel pins; steel springs; steel                    (202) 482–1367.
                                                    FTZ designation at the MTD facility                                ferrules; gasoline engines; engine                          Dated: June 13, 2017.
                                                    under FTZ 283. The facility is used for                            cylinders; exhaust pipes; hydraulic                       Andrew McGilvray,
                                                    the production of power landscaping                                cylinders; hydraulic pumps; spacers;                      Executive Secretary.
                                                    equipment and off-road utility vehicles.                           blower wheels; filter inlets; oil filters;
                                                                                                                                                                                 [FR Doc. 2017–12655 Filed 6–16–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ                                  fuel filters; air filters; jack stands; block
                                                                                                                                                                                 BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                    activity would be limited to the specific                          joints; tiller wheels; tiller tines; tiller
                                                    foreign-status materials and components                            handles; axle pivots; ball joints; brake
                                                    and specific finished products described                           pedals; bumpers; gas cylinder dampers;                    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                    in the submitted notification (as                                  gear housings; hubs; hub caps; mower
                                                    described below) and subsequently                                  axles; mower tie rods; pivot bars; pivot                  Foreign-Trade Zones Board
                                                    authorized by the FTZ Board.                                       knuckles; steering arms; steering
                                                       Production under FTZ procedures                                 columns; steering housings; mechanical                    [S–51–2017]
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                                                    could exempt MTD from customs duty                                 tubing; mower wheels; hitch coupling                      Approval of Subzone Status;
                                                    payments on the foreign-status                                     assemblies; log splitter cylinder mounts;                 Expeditors International of
                                                    components used in export production.                              log splitter stress plates; log splitter                  Washington, Inc.; Inwood, New York
                                                    On its domestic sales, for the foreign-                            wedges; mechanical tubing; wheel
                                                    status inputs noted below, MTD would                               spindles; log splitter wheels; hydraulic                    On April 3, 2017, the Executive
                                                    be able to choose the duty rates during                            valves; ball bearings; shafts; steering rod               Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones
                                                    customs entry procedures that apply to:                            ends; gearboxes; pulleys; gear housings;                  (FTZ) Board docketed an application
                                                    Blowers; snow thrower attachments;                                 electric motors; steering assemblies;                     submitted by the County of Orange,
                                                    snow throwers; dozer blades; electric                              control panels; wiring harnesses;                         grantee of FTZ 37, requesting subzone


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Document Created: 2017-06-17 01:48:24
Document Modified: 2017-06-17 01:48:24
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation82 FR 27796 

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