Bulk pharmaceutical chemicals are shipped to other Merck pharmaceutical plants for further manufacturing, packaging and distribution. The company may source from abroad insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides and herbicides for use in its AgVet production. Zone procedures would exempt Merck 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 August 1, 1994. May 20, 1994. Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary.