[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-5185]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 6-94]

 

Foreign-Trade Zone 114; Peoria, IL Application for Subzone 
Status; Revere Ware Corporation Plant (Stainless/Aluminum Cookware) 
Clinton, IL

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Economic Development Council for the Peoria Area, 
grantee of FTZ 114, Peoria, Illinois, requesting special-purpose 
subzone status for the stainless steel and aluminum household cookware 
manufacturing plant of the Revere Ware Corporation (Revere), located in 
Clinton, Illinois. The application was submitted pursuant to the 
provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-
81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was 
formally filed on February 15, 1994.
    The Revere plant (800,000 sq.ft./48 acres/430 employees) is located 
at 1000 South Sherman Street in Clinton (Dewitt County), Illinois, some 
55 miles southeast of Peoria. The facility is used to produce household 
cookware and bakeware (e.g., pots, pans, bowls). The production process 
involves cutting, shaping and coating raw stainless steel and aluminum 
with copper or non-stick compounds, polishing, and handle attachment. 
Material inputs purchased from abroad include stainless steel coils and 
circles and aluminum coils (duty rate range: 3.0%--10.1%), which 
represent some 25-50 percent of the finished products' material value.
    Zone procedures would exempt Revere from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign materials used in export production. On its domestic sales, 
Revere would be able to choose the duty rates that apply to finished 
cookware (3.4%) for the foreign materials noted above. The application 
indicates that the savings from zone procedures would help the company 
improve the international competitiveness of the Illinois plant.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
Staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment on the application is invited from interested 
parties. Submissions (original and three copies) shall be addressed to 
the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing 
period for their receipt is May 9, 1994. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period (to May 23, 1994).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

Office of the Port Director, U.S. Customs Service, Greater Peoria 
Airport, 1900 S. Maxwell Road, Peoria, IL 61607.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, room 3716, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: February 15, 1994.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-5185 Filed 3-7-94; 8:45 am]
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