Hanover Corporation, a U.S. corporation, incurred $354,000 of interest expense during the current year. Hanover manufactures inventory that is sold within the United States and abroad. The total tax book value of its production assets is $21,800,000. The total tax book value of its foreign production assets is $5,900,000. What amount of interest expense is apportioned to the company's foreign source income for foreign tax credit purposes, assuming the interest expense is fully deductible? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)

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The interest expense apportioned to foreign source income is calculated by multiplying the total interest expense by the ratio of foreign production assets to total production assets: ($5,900,000 / $21,800,000) * $354,000 = $95,807.