The application requests authority to manufacture only Vitamin E, sterols and fatty acids under zone procedures. Some of the vegetable oil distillate is sourced abroad, accounting for approximately 15 to 25 percent of the value of the natural vitamin E produced at the facility. Some 20 to 40 percent of production is exported. Zone procedures would exempt Henkel from Customs duty payments on foreign materials used in production for export. The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures will help improve the international competitiveness of Henkel's Kankakee plant and will help increase exports.
Public comment is invited from interested parties.
The closing period for their receipt is August 15, 1997. John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary.