Some 8 percent of the products are exported. Zone procedures would exempt the refinery from Customs duty payments on the foreign products used in its exports. On domestic sales, the company is seeking to avoid duties on fuel used in the refinery and to choose the finished-product duty rate in certain circumstances. Foreign merchandise would also be exempt from state and local ad valorem taxes. The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures would help improve the refinery's international competitiveness.
Public comment is invited from interested parties.
The closing period for their receipt is October 26, 1992. August 21, 1992. Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary.