[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19570-19571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9685]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket A(32b1)-5-95]


Foreign-Trade Zone 119--Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN; Request for 
Manufacturing Authority Tetra Rex Packaging Systems, Inc. (Liquid 
Packaging Equipment)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Greater Metropolitan Area Foreign Trade Zone 
Commission, grantee of FTZ 119 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Area), pursuant to 
Sec. 400.32(b)(1) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR part 400), 
requesting authority on behalf of Tetra Rex Packaging Systems Inc. 
(Tetra Rex) (a subsidiary of Tetra Laval, Sweden) , to manufacture 
liquid packaging equipment under zone procedures within FTZ 119. It was 
formally filed on April 12, 1995.
    Tetra Rex operates a liquid packaging equipment manufacturing 
facility in the Mid-City Industrial Park, an approved site of FTZ 119. 
The Tetra Rex equipment is sold to food processors for the packaging of 
liquid food products in plastic and paper-based cartons. Certain 
components (about 40% of total) would be sourced from abroad, 
including: painter fillings, cultured crystals, plastic tubing, plastic 
bottles, parts of rubber, paper cartons, alloy steel fittings, 
stainless steel fittings/tubes, steel wire/chains, fasteners, copper 
tubing/fittings, pumps, fans, heat exchange units, filtering machines, 
parts of packing/sorting machines, drink preparation machines, valves, 
bearings, electrical components, semiconductors, calculating machines, 
thermometers, and measuring and regulating equipment (and parts). All 
foreign merchandise would be admitted in privileged foreign status (19 
CFR 146.41). About 60 percent of the finished equipment is exported.
    Zone procedures would exempt Tetra Rex from Customs duty payments 
on the foreign materials used in the export activity. On its domestic 
sales, the company would be able to defer Customs duty payments on the 
foreign merchandise until it is transferred from the zone for Customs 
entry. The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures 
would help improve the company's international competitiveness, 
primarily with respect to export activity.
    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 June 5, 1995. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period (to June 19, 1995).
    A copy of the application and the 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 [[Page 19571]] 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: April 12, 1995.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-9685 Filed 4-18-95; 8:45 am]
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