[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44558-44559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15368]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 35-2005]


Foreign-Trade Zone 93--Raleigh/Durham, NC, Application for 
Subzone; Revlon Consumer Products Corporation (Cosmetic and Personal 
Care Products), Oxford, NC

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Triangle J Council of Governments, grantee of FTZ 
93, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing and 
warehousing facilities of Revlon Consumer Products Corporation 
(Revlon), located in Oxford, North Carolina. 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 July 26, 2005.
    The Revlon facility (123 acres, 2,087 employees) is located at 1501 
Williamsboro Street, Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. The 
facility is used for the manufacturing and warehousing of cosmetic and 
personal care products including nail enamel, hair care products, 
cosmetics, skin care, products anti-perspirants/deodorants and 
fragrances (HTS 3208.90, 3303.00, 3304.10, 3304.20, 3304.30, 3304.91, 
3304.99, 3305.10, 3305.20, 3305.30, 3305.90 and 3307.20). Components 
and materials sourced from abroad represent some 25% of all parts 
consumed in manufacturing. The primary inverted tariff savings will 
come from the following components: plastic packaging materials, powder 
puffs and glass containers (HTS 3923.10, 3923.30, 3923.50, 3923.90, 
3924.90, 3926.90, 7010.90 and 9616.20, duty rates range from 2.5 to 
5.3%). The company is also requesting authority to import components 
for manufacturing under FTZ procedures under the following categories: 
HTS 1108.11, 1209.30, 1505.00, 1513.29, 1520.00, 2204.21, 2505.10, 
2513.19, 2526.20, 2707.99, 2710.99, 2804.61, 2805.11, 2821.10, 2901.10, 
2905.17, 2905.41, 2906.13, 2909.20, 2912.30, 2915.13, 2915.22, 2915.29, 
2915.39, 2916.39, 2917.12, 2917.37, 2917.39, 2918.30, 2919.00, 2923.20, 
2933.19, 2933.29, 2933.59, 2936.26, 2936.28, 3302.90, 3303.00, 3304.10, 
3304.20, 3304.30, 3304.91, 3304.99, 3305.10, 3305.90, 3307.10, 3307.20, 
3307.30, 3401.11, 3401.19, 3402.13, 3402.19, 3402.90, 3501.90, 3505.10, 
3507.90, 3808.30, 3808.40, 3823.13, 3823.19, 3823.70, 3902.10, 3902.90, 
3903.19, 3906.10, 3906.90, 3907.30, 3909.30, 3910.00, 3912.39, 3912.90, 
3919.10, 3920.91, 3921.90, 3923.10, 3923.21, 3923.29, 3923.30, 3923.40, 
3923.50, 3923.90, 3924.90, 3926.20, 3926.40, 3926.90, 4808.10, 4811.59, 
4819.10, 4819.20, 4819.40, 4819.50, 4821.10, 4821.90, 4822.90, 4908.90, 
6506.10, 6805.20, 6806.20, 6815.99, 7009.92, 7010.20, 7010.90, 7013.99, 
7612.10, 7616.99, 8203.20, 8205.59, 8205.70, 8213.00, 8214.10, 8214.20, 
8214.90, 8306.30, 8413.20, 8413.81, 9603.29, 9603.30, 9603.40, 9605.00, 
9615.11, 9616.10, 9616.20 (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 9%). In 
addition, the application indicates

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that they may import products under Chapter 32 or 42 of the HTSUS, but 
that such products would be admitted to the subzone in domestic or 
privileged-foreign status.
    FTZ procedures would exempt Revlon from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. Some 22 percent of 
the plant's shipments are exported. On its domestic sales, Revlon would 
be able to choose the duty rates during Customs entry procedures that 
apply to cosmetic and personal care products (duty-free to 4.9%) 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 October 3, 2005. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to October 17, 
2005).
    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, 10900 
World Trade Assistance Center, Suite 110, Raleigh, NC 27617.

    Dated: July 26, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-15368 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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