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

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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