11196 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 40 / Tuesday, March 1, 2011 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 14–2011] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 158—Vicksburg/ 

Jackson, MS, Application for 

Expansion of Manufacturing Authority, 

Subzone 158D, Nissan North America, 

Inc. (Motor Vehicles) 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by Nissan North America, Inc. 

(NNA), operator of FTZ 158D, NNA 

plant, Canton, Mississippi, requesting 

authority to expand the scope of FTZ 

manufacturing authority. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a– 

81u), and section 400.28(a)(2) of the 

Board’s regulations (15 CFR part 400). It 

was formally filed on February 22, 2011. 

Subzone 158D was approved by the 

Board in 2002 with authority granted for 

the manufacture of up to 250,000 lightduty passenger vehicles at the NNA 

plant (4,417 employees/1,350 acres) 

located at 300 Nissan Drive in Canton, 

Mississippi (Board Order 1212, 67 FR 

11091, 3–12–2002). In 2005 the Board 

approved an expansion of NNA’s scope 

of authority to include additional 

production capacity (authorized level of 

production increased to 400,000 

vehicles annually) (Board Order 1367, 

70 FR 6616, 2–8–2005). Components 

and materials sourced from abroad 

(representing 20 percent of the finished 

vehicles’ value) that are currently 

within NNA’s existing scope of 

authority include: gasoline and diesel 

engines and parts of such engines, 

labels, body parts and trim, fasteners, 

catalytic converters, parts of steering 

systems, brake fittings, half shafts, 

transmissions and parts thereof, 

differentials, bearings and bearing 

housings, flywheels/pulleys, wiring 

harnesses, handles/knobs, gaskets, 

fasteners, windshields and windows, 

springs, relays, and switches (duty rate 

range: free—8.6%). 

The applicant now seeks to expand 

the scope of authority to include light 

commercial passenger vans as an 

additional finished product to be 

manufactured under FTZ procedures. 

The applicant also requests that the 

scope of authority be expanded to 

include the following additional 

foreign-origin components: hoses, fan 

belts, caps/lids, floor mats, mirrors, 

locks, tool sets, reservoir tanks, fans, airconditioner components, filters, valves, 

thermostats, door roller assemblies, 

windshield wiper assemblies, batteries, 

electrical components, lighting/ 

signaling equipment, horns, sensors, 

telephonic equipment, audio speakers, 

audio systems, video cameras, 

navigation systems, antennas, cables, 

connectors, brake parts, shock 

absorbers, radiators, exhaust 

components, speedometers, 

tachometers, electronic controllers, 

seats, and cigarette lighter cases (duty 

rate range: free—12.0%). The 

application also requests approval from 

the FTZ Board for flexibility to shift 

production between Subzone 158D and 

Subzone 78A (NNA’s facilities in 

Smyrna and Decherd, Tennessee) as 

needed, provided that NNA’s activity 

globally at the two subzones remains 

consistent with the products, 

components and production capacity 

authorized for Subzone 158D and 

Subzone 78A. 

Expanded FTZ procedures could 

continue to exempt NNA from customs 

duty payments on the foreign-origin 

components used in light commercial 

passenger vans manufactured for export 

(20% of shipments). On its domestic 

shipments, NNA would be able to 

choose the duty rate during customs 

entry procedures that applies to light 

commercial passenger vans (duty rate— 

2.0%) for the foreign inputs noted 

above. Subzone status would further 

allow NNA to realize logistical benefits 

through the use of weekly customs entry 

procedures. Customs duties also could 

possibly be deferred or reduced on 

foreign status production equipment. 

NNA would also be exempt from duty 

payments on foreign inputs that become 

scrap during the production process. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ Staff 

is designated examiner to evaluate and 

analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations 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 

following address: Office of the 

Executive Secretary, Room 2111, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230–0002. The closing period for 

receipt of comments is May 2, 2011. 

Rebuttal comments in response to 

material submitted during the foregoing 

period may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period to May 16, 

2011. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address listed above and in the ‘‘Reading 

Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, 

which is accessible via 

http://www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact Pierre 

Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov or (202) 

482–1378. 

Dated: February 22, 2011. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4510 Filed 2–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Antidumping Methodologies in 

Proceedings Involving Non-Market 

Economies: Valuing the Factor of 

Production: Labor; Correction to 

Request for Comment 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce 

DATES: Effective Date: March 1, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Mutz, (202) 482–0235, 

Office of Policy, Import Administration, 

Julia Hancock, (202) 482–1394, Office of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations, Import Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington DC, 20230. 

Correction: 

On February 18, 2011, the Department 

of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice requesting public comment on 

the means by which it can best capture 

the cost of labor in its wage rate 

methodology in antidumping 

proceedings involving non-market 

economy (‘‘NME’’) countries. See 

Antidumping Methodologies in 

Proceedings Involving Non-Market 

Economies: Valuing the Factor of 

Production: Labor; Request for 

Comment, 76 FR 9544 (February 18, 

2011) (‘‘Labor Comment Notice’’). As 

part of this process, the Department 

invited comments on the interim 

methodology for determining a 

surrogate value for wage rates that is 

currently being applied in antidumping 

proceedings for companies in NME 

countries. 

Subsequent to the issuance of the 

Labor Comment Notice, we identified an 

error in the docket number through 

which comments must be submitted. All 

comments must be submitted through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov, Docket No. 

ITA–2011–0002, unless the commenter 

does not have access to the internet. 

Commenters that do not have access to 


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