While GTC has been a supplier primarily to U.S. government agencies, it is shifting towards commercial markets to compensate for reductions in defense-related contractors. The company purchases or will purchase certain parts and materials from abroad, including telephones, computer cathode ray tubes, monitors, liquid crystal displays, flat panel displays, disc drives, tape drives, modems, circuit boards, capacitors, resistors, transistors, integrated circuits, diodes, and aluminum housings. Zone procedures would exempt GTC from Customs duty payments on foreign materials used in production for export. The application indicates that zone savings will help improve the plant's international competitiveness. 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 is invited from interested parties.
The closing period for their receipt is October 4, 1993. Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary.