Oneida is requesting to use zone procedures only for silverplating of foreign- sourced stainless steel tableware and for warehousing and packaging of finished products. Zone procedures would exempt Oneida from Customs duty payments on foreign items that are exported. The duty rates on foreign-sourced stainless steel tableware items used in the silverplating activity range from 6 to 17 percent. The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures would 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 August 15, 1994. John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary.