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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 14-94]

 

Foreign-Trade Zone 141--Rochester, NY; Application for Subzone 
Status, Gleason Corporation Plant (Gear Production Machinery), 
Rochester, NY

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the County of Monroe, New York, grantee of FTZ 141, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing plant 
(gear production machinery) of the Gleason Corporation (Gleason), 
located in Rochester, New York (``The Gleason Works''). 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 March 28, 1994.
    The Gleason Works (37 acres/721,371 sq.ft.) is located at 1000 
University Avenue, in central Rochester (Monroe County), New York. The 
facility (777 employees) is used to produce spiral bevel and parallel 
axis gear manufacturing equipment, including gear generators, hobbers, 
grinders, sharpeners, testers, and gear lapping equipment (duty rate 
range: 4.4--5.8%). Components purchased from abroad (some 12% of total) 
include ball screws (HTS# 8483.40.8000, duty rate--5.7%) and process 
controllers (HTS# 8537.10.0030, 5.3%). The finished machinery is used 
in the automotive, aerospace, truck and heavy equipment industries. 
Some 50 percent of the equipment is exported.
    Zone procedures would exempt Gleason from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. On its domestic 
sales, Gleason would be able to choose the duty rates that apply to 
finished gear production equipment for the foreign components noted 
above. The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures 
would help improve Gleason's international competitiveness.
    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 on June 13, 1994. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to June 27, 1994).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce Branch Office, 111 East Avenue, suite 220, 
Rochester, New York 14604,
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: April 4, 1994.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-8910 Filed 4-12-94; 8:45 am]
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