[Federal Register: May 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 91)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 16-99]

 
Foreign-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 filed on 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

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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.
[FR Doc. 99-12015 Filed 5-11-99; 8:45 am]
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