[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65245-65246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28805]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket No. 60-2003]


Foreign-Trade Zone 44--Morris County, NJ, Application for 
Subzone, L'Oreal USA, Inc. (Cosmetic and Beauty Products), Middlesex, 
Somerset and Union Counties

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the New Jersey Commerce & Economic Growth Commission, 
grantee of FTZ 44, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
manufacturing and warehousing facilities of L'Oreal USA, Inc. (L'Oreal 
USA), located in Middlesex, Somerset and Union Counties. 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 November 5, 2003.
    The proposed L'Oreal USA subzone has four sites with 2000 employees 
in New Jersey:

Site 1 (Clark Complex, 3 Parcels, 22.5 acres total) as follows:

    --4.6 acres at 175-195 Terminal Avenue, Clark, Union County
    --8.8 acres at 200-222 Terminal Avenue, Clark, Union County
    --9 acres at 60, 70 Leonard Street, Metuchen, Middlesex County

Site 2 (Piscataway Complex, 3 Parcels, 32.8 acres total) as follows:

    --16.5 acres at 81 New England Avenue, Piscataway, Middlesex County
    --5.2 acres at 60 New England Avenue, Piscataway, Middlesex County
    --11.1 acres at 80 Schoolhouse Road, Somerset, Somerset County

Site 3 (Franklin Complex, 2 Parcels, 42.2 acres total) as follows:

    --34.7 acres at 100 Commerce Drive, Somerset, Somerset County
    --7.5 acres at 10 Van Dyke Avenue, New Brunswick, Middlesex County

Site 4 (Brunswick Complex, 2 Parcels, 78.5 acres total) as follows:

    --56.5 acres at 77 Deans Rhode Hall Road, Monmouth Junction, 
Middlesex County
    --22 acres at 2400 U.S. Route 1, North Brunswick, Middlesex County

    The L'Oreal USA facilities will be used for the manufacturing and 
warehousing of cosmetic and beauty products including hair care, 
cosmetic, treatment products and fragrance products (HTS 3302.90, 
3303.00, 3304.10, 3304.20, 3304.30, 3304.91, 3304.99, 3305.10, 3305.20, 
3305.30, 3305.90, 3307.10, 3307.20 and 3307.30). Components and 
materials sourced from abroad represent some 27% of all parts consumed 
in manufacturing. The primary inverted tariff savings will come from 
the following components: plastic, glass, base metal and aluminum 
packaging components, pads for cosmetic application, carboxylic with 
additional O2 function, paraphenylenediamine, O2 function amino 
compounds, quaternary ammonium salts, acyclic amide, fatty substances, 
animal or vegetable polyethers, polyether nonionic surfactant, mixtures 
of amino acids, chemical preparations, mixtures of proteins and 
preservatives, polymers of vinyl esters, vinyl acetate polymers, 
polyamide, petroleum resins and thermosetting polymers (HTS 2918.90, 
2921.51, 2922.50, 2923.90, 2924.19, 3402.13, 3824.90, 3905.19, 3908.10, 
3911.90, 3923.10, 3923.30, 3923.50, 3923.90, 3926.90, 7010.90, 7010.94, 
7020.00, 7117.19, 7612.10, 7612.90 and 9616.20, duty rate ranges from 
2.4 to 11%). The application also indicates that the company may import 
under FTZ procedures other materials used in the production of cosmetic 
and beauty products falling under the following HTS, as further 
described in the application: HTS 0408, 0409, 1108, 1301, 1302, 1504, 
1505, 1511, 1515, 1516, 1521, 1525, 1603, 1702.90.90, 2009, 2106, 2507, 
2520, 2525, 2526, 2710, 2712, 2811, 2815, 2817, 2818, 2821, 2823, 2827, 
2835, 2836, 2901, 2904, 2906, 2907, 2909, 2914, 2915, 2916, 2918, 2919, 
2922, 2923, 2925, 2930, 2932, 2933, 2934, 2936, 2938, 3301, 3302, 3304, 
3402, 3404, 3501, 3504, 3507, 3806, 3808, 3823, 3824, 3901, 3902, 3903, 
3904, 3905, 3906, 3907, 3908, 3910, 3912, 3913, 3923,

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4701, 4819, 4821, 8214, 8424, 9616 (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 
7.4%). In addition, the application indicates that they may import 
coloring matter, but that any products imported under Chapter 32 of the 
HTS would be admitted in privileged-foreign status.
    FTZ procedures would exempt L'Oreal USA from Customs duty payments 
on the foreign components used in export production. Some 5 percent of 
the plant's shipments are exported. On its domestic sales, L'Oreal USA 
would be able to choose the duty rates during Customs entry procedures 
that apply to cosmetic and beauty products (duty-free to 5.8%) for the 
foreign inputs noted above. The request indicates that the savings from 
FTZ procedures would help improve the plant'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 is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at one of the following addresses:
    1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-
Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court 
Building--Suite 4100W, 1099 14th St. NW., Washington, DC 20005; or
    2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB--Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230. The closing period for their receipt is 
January 20, 2004. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to February 2, 2004).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board's Executive Secretary at the first address listed above, 
and at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 744 
Broad Street, Suite 1505, Newark, NJ 07102.

    Dated: November 6, 2003.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-28805 Filed 11-18-03; 8:45 am]
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