Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 125--South Bend, Indiana; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; LionsHead Specialty Tire & Wheel, LLC (Wheel Assemblies for Specialty Applications); Goshen, Indiana

Topics:  LionsHead Specialty Tire & Wheel

Andrew McGilvray
Department of Commerce
12 May 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 92 (Thursday, May 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29527-29528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11236]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-30-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 125--South Bend, Indiana; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; LionsHead Specialty Tire & Wheel, LLC 
(Wheel Assemblies for Specialty Applications); Goshen, Indiana

    LionsHead Specialty Tire & Wheel, LLC (LionsHead) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Goshen, Indiana. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on May 3, 2016.
    A separate application for usage-driven site designation at the 
LionsHead facility will be submitted and will be processed under 
Section 400.38 of the FTZ Board's regulations. The facility is used to 
produce wheel assemblies for specialty applications, including trailers 
and golf carts. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status materials and components and 
specific finished products described in the submitted notification (as 
described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt LionsHead from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, LionsHead would be able to choose 
the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to wheel 
assemblies for non-agricultural trailers, golf carts, farm feed 
tenders, grain wagons, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), recreational 
vehicles (RVs), handling equipment, forklifts and other types of 
industrial lifting equipment

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(duty rates-free to 3.1%) for the foreign-status inputs noted below. 
Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-
status production equipment.
    The components sourced from abroad include: Radial and bias-ply 
tires for agricultural machinery, forklifts, ATVs, golf carts, lawn and 
garden equipment, and passenger cars; specialty tire (ST)-rated radial 
and bias-ply tires for trailers; steel and aluminum wheels for 
agricultural machinery, trailers, golf carts, ATVs, forklifts, and lawn 
and garden equipment; and, steel and aluminum wheel parts (duty rates 
range from free to 4%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is June 21, 2016.
    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 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
Diane.Finver@trade.gov or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: May 5, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-11236 Filed 5-11-16; 8:45 am]
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