The active ingredients for a number of these products are or would be sourced abroad. For those products currently produced in the U.S., foreign- sourced materials account for some 30 percent of finished product value. Zone procedures would exempt Zeneca 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 September 6, 1994. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15- day period to September 21, 1994. John J. DaPonte, Jr., Executive Secretary.