Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Winnebago Industries, Inc., Subzone 107A (Polyurethane Coated Upholstery Fabric), Forest City and Charles City, IA

Topics:  Winnebago

Andrew McGilvray
August 21, 2012

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50462-50463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20541]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-65-2012]


Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Winnebago 
Industries, Inc., Subzone 107A (Polyurethane Coated Upholstery Fabric), 
Forest City and Charles City, IA

    Winnebago Industries, Inc. (Winnebago), operator of Subzone 107A, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity for their 
facilities in Forest City and Charles City, Iowa. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 
400.22) was received on July 24, 2012.
    The subzone currently has authority to produce and warehouse 
recreational vehicles under FTZ procedures using certain imported 
components. The current request is to cut, sew, upholster and warehouse 
wet coagulation process 100% polyurethane coated fabric for use as 
upholstery in motor homes. Production under FTZ procedures for this 
activity could exempt Winnebago from customs duty payments on the 
foreign status components used in export production. On its domestic 
sales, Winnebago would be able to choose the duty rate during customs 
entry procedures that applies to motor homes (duty rate 2.5%) for the 
foreign status input noted below. Customs duties also could possibly be 
deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    Components and materials sourced from abroad include: wet 
coagulation process 100% polyurethane coated fabric (duty rate 7.5%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is October 1, 2012.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For Further Information Contact: Pierre Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov 
or (202) 482-1378.


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    Dated: August 14, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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