These active ingredients are sent to Merck's other facilities for processing into final products. The company may also source abroad insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides and herbicides for use in its AgVet production. Zone procedures would exempt MSD 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 firm'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 November 12, 1993. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to November 29, 1993. John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary.