Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Kawasaki Motor Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.; utility work truck manufacturing facility,

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Federal Register: May 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 91)NoticesPage 25476-25477From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Docket 16-99Foreign-Trade Subzone 59A--Lincoln, NE; Request for Removal of Board Order Condition; Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. (Utility Work Trucks)

An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. (KMM), operator of FTZ 59A, requesting removal of the time limit in Board Order 744 (60 FR 30518, 6-9-95), which authorized the manufacture of utility work trucks (Mules<SUP>TM</SUP>) under FTZ procedures for an initial period ending July 1, 1999, subject to extension. The application was formally filedon April 29, 1999.

Subzone 59A was approved by the Board in 1980 with authority granted for the manufacture of motorcycles, jet skis, and four wheel all-terrain vehicles (Board Order 163, 45 FR 58637, 9-4-80). The subzone was subsequently expanded in 1994 (Board Order 712, 59 FR 66891, 12-28-94). The Board later approved the manufacture of off-road, utility work trucks and industrial robots with 6 or more axes of motion under FTZ procedures for the U.S. market and export (Board Orders 744 and 745, 60 FR 30517, 6-9-95) .

KMM is now requesting that the FTZ manufacturing authority for utility work trucks be extended on a permanent basis. Foreign-sourced components for the work trucks comprise approximately 53 percent of the value of finished vehicles' materials and include: engines, transmissions, calipers/brake parts, and tires (duty rate range: free- 9.0%).

FTZ procedures exempt KMM from Customs duty payments on the foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales, the company is able to choose the duty rate that applies to finished work trucks (HTSUS 8709.19.0030, duty free) for the foreign components noted above. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures will continue to help improve the facility's international competitiveness. In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and report to the Board.

Public comment on the application is invited from interested parties. Submissions (original and three copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their

[Page 25477]receipt is July 12, 1999. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to July 26, 1999).

A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be available for public inspection at the following location: Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230-0002.

Dated: April 29, 1999. Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary.

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