The distribution facility is used to distribute material inputs to the manufacturing plants as well as distribute finished products. Zone procedures would exempt Florsheim from Customs duty payments on the foreign products that are reexported. The duty rates on foreign-sourced items range from 2.4 to 10 percent. The application indicates that zone savings would help improve the international competitiveness of the company's Missouri plants and contribute to maintaining domestic production and employment. 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 October 25, 1993. John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary.