NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(Docket A(32b1)-2-93)
Foreign-Trade Subzone 133A--Maytag Refrigerator Plant Galesburg, IL;
Request
for Removal of Restriction (Compressors)
Friday, June 18, 1993
A request has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board pursuant
to §400.32(b)(1) of the Board's regulations for removal of a restriction
relating to the use of compressors in manufacturing activity within Subzone
133A located at the Maytag Corporation plant in Galesburg, Illinois. It was
formally filed on June 4, 1993. The FTZ Board approved subzone status for
the Maytag refrigerator/freezer manufacturing plant in Galesburg, Illinois,
in 1989 (Subzone 133A; Board Order 448; 54 FR 47246; 11/13/89), subject to a
restriction that required Maytag to elect privileged foreign status on
refrigeration compressors admitted to the subzone. After reviewing a request
from Maytag made in 1990 for a temporary suspension of the restriction based
on changed circumstances, the Board authorized a suspension until December
31, 1993 (Board Order 485; 55 FR 37341; 9/11/90). There was no opposition
to the request and the Board concluded that there was no indication of
adverse effects, but the time limit was adopted because this was the first
such activity involving compressors. Since 1990, there have been other
operations of this nature authorized without time restrictions. Maytag is
now requesting that the restriction be permanently removed. This would
allow Maytag to continue to choose the duty rate that applies to finished
refrigerators/freezers (2.9%). The duty rate for compressors (HTSUS
8414.30) is 3.4 percent. The request indicates that the full use of zone
procedures would continue to help the plant maintain its international
competitiveness.
Public comment on the proposal is invited from interested parties.
Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's
Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their
receipt is August 2, 1993.
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available for
public inspection at the following location:
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, room 3716,
14th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: June 11, 1993.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
(FR Doc. 93-14451 Filed 6-17-93; 8:45 am)