[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8262]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket 16-97]


Foreign-Trade Zone 70; Detroit, MI; Application for Subzone 
Status MascoTech, Inc., Plant (Forged Steel Automotive Products) 
Detroit, Michigan

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Greater Detroit Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of 
FTZ 70, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the automotive 
parts forging facility of MascoTech, Inc. (MTI), located in Detroit, 
Michigan. 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 
March 12, 1997.
    The MTI plant, known as the ``MascoTech Forming Technologies-
Braun'' facility (12 acres, 270,000 sq. ft.) is located at 19001 
Glendale Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. The facility (241 employees) is 
used to produce various forged automotive components, including clutch 
housings, pinion and differential gears, combustion plates, brake 
parts, bumper tubes, parts of air conditioners, constant velocity 
joints, piston pins, and axle arms for the U.S. market and export. The 
production process involves warm and cold forging using coiled and 
straight bar alloy and carbon steel (grades 1018, 1019, 4615; HTSUS 
Headings 7213, 7214, 7215, 7227, 7228; duty rate range 1.3%-5.2%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt MTI from Customs duty payments on the 
foreign steel used in the export production. On its domestic sales, the 
company would be able to choose the duty rate that applies to the 
finished automotive components (2.7%) for the foreign steel inputs 
noted above. The motor vehicle duty rate (2.5%) could apply to the 
finished products that are shipped to U.S. motor vehicle assembly 
plants with subzone status for manufacture into finished motor vehicles 
under FTZ procedures. FTZ procedures would also exempt foreign steel 
that becomes scrap during the production process from Customs duties. 
The application indicates that subzone status would help improve the 
international competitiveness of the MTI plant.
    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 receipt is June 2, 1997. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period (to [June 16, 1997]).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance Center, McNamara 
Building, Room 1140, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226
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: March 21, 1997.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-8262 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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