[Federal Register: April 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 72)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 19-98]

 
Foreign-Trade Zone 32--Miami, Florida, Application for Subzone 
Komatsu Latin-America Corporation (Distribution of Construction and 
Mining Equipment Parts) Miami, FL

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Greater Miami Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of 
FTZ 32, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the construction 
and mining equipment parts distribution facility of Komatsu Latin-
America Corporation, located in Miami, Florida. The application was 
submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 
part 400). It was formally filed on April 6, 1998.
    The Komatsu facility (204,382 sq. ft. on 4.72 acres)is located at 
7600 N.W. 50th Street, Miami, Florida. The facility (61 employees)is 
used for storage, inspection, packaging and distribution of a wide 
variety of parts and components for construction and mining equipment, 
such as engine parts, equipment, vehicle parts, electrical/electronic 
components and instruments. The products are distributed throughout the 
U.S. and Latin America. About half of the parts are sourced from abroad 
and over 90 percent are exported. Plant activity also includes the 
occasional packaging or assembly of parts into subassemblies, but no 
authority is being sought for activity conducted under FTZ procedures 
that would result in a change in tariff classification.
    Zone procedures would exempt Komatsu from Customs duty payments on 
foreign parts that are reexported. On its domestic sales, the company 
would be able to defer duty payments until merchandise is shipped from 
the plant. The application indicates that the savings from zone 
procedures would help improve the plant's international 
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
June 15, 1998.
    Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
(to June 29, 1998).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, P.O. Box 590570, 
Miami, Florida 33159
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230


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    Dated: April 7, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-9873 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am]
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