Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 155-Calhoun/Victoria Counties, Texas; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Caterpillar, Inc. (Tractors and Forestry Machines); Victoria, Texas

• Citation: 84 FR 53673
• Record Number: 2019-21934
• Published date: 08 October 2019
• Section: Notices
• Court: Foreign-trade Zones Board

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 53673]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-21934]
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                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                Foreign-Trade Zones Board
                [B-61-2019]
                Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 155--Calhoun/Victoria Counties, Texas;
                Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Caterpillar, Inc.
                (Tractors and Forestry Machines); Victoria, Texas
                 The Calhoun/Victoria Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 155,
                submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ
                Board on behalf of Caterpillar, Inc. (Caterpillar) located in Victoria,
                Texas. The notification conforming to the requirements of the
                regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on September
                27, 2019.
                 Caterpillar already has authority to produce hydraulic track-type
                excavators and related fabricated frame assemblies within FTZ 155. The
                current request would add finished products and foreign-status
                materials/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/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 Caterpillar from
                customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used
                in export production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status
                materials/components noted below and in the existing scope of
                authority, Caterpillar would be able to choose the duty rates during
                customs entry procedures that apply to track-type tractors and forestry
                machines (duty free). Caterpillar would be able to avoid duty on
                foreign-status components which become scrap/waste. Customs duties also
                could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production
                equipment.
                 The materials/components sourced from abroad include: Oil
                lubricant; plastic hose assemblies; cork sheets; cork gaskets for fuel
                tanks; cork plugs; paper certificates; paper envelopes; steel clamps
                for external mirrors; steel tooling and dies; steel installation
                crimping tools; steel brackets; flexible exhaust tubes for cooling;
                steel brackets for wire harnesses; steel plates for wire harnesses;
                steel plates for whole frame assemblies; heel assemblies; steel frame
                assembly blocks; steel covers for frame assemblies; undercarriage
                tracks; walkway assemblies for frame of excavators; steel sheets for
                frame assemblies; tube assemblies for grease lines; steel doors;
                radiator shrouds; boom assemblies (whole boom); guard assemblies for
                frame of excavators; steel pins; ignition systems; horns for excavator
                cabs; wiper blades for excavator cabs; lighting for excavator cabs;
                horn assemblies; wiper blade assemblies; mounted cameras; electronic
                navigational displays; alarm assemblies for rollover/backup protection;
                guard plates; steel connectors; inertial measurement unit navigational
                sensors; breakout electrical testing sensors; electrical sensors; and,
                boot scrapers (steel with plastic bristles) (duty rate ranges from
                duty-free to 5.3%).
                 The request indicates that certain materials/components are subject
                to special duties Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Section 301),
                depending on the country of origin. The applicable Section 301
                decisions require subject merchandise to be admitted to FTZs in
                privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41).
                 Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
                shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary and sent to:
                [email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is November 18,
                2019.
                 A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection
                in the ``Reading Room'' section of the Board's website, which is
                accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
                 For further information, contact Diane Finver at
                [email protected] or (202) 482-1367.
                 Dated: October 3, 2019.
                Camille R. Evans,
                Acting Executive Secretary.
                [FR Doc. 2019-21934 Filed 10-7-19; 8:45 am]
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