[Federal Register: November 9, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 216)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 47-98]

 
Foreign-Trade Zone 41--Milwaukee, WI, Application for Subzone 
Status; Mercury Marine (Inc.) (Marine Propulsion Products) Fond du Lac 
and Oshkosh, WI

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Foreign Trade Zone of Wisconsin, Ltd., grantee of 
FTZ 41, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the marine 
propulsion products manufacturing facilities of Mercury Marine (Inc.), 
located in Fond du Lac and Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 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 October 30, 1998.
    The proposed subzone would consist of 11 total sites, 10 (totaling 
2.5 million sq.ft., manufacturing/warehousing) of which are in Fond du 
Lac (Fond du Lac County): Site 1 (12 acres)--Plant 95, 325 Larsen 
Drive; Site 2 (9 acres)--Plant 4,98, 660 South Hickory Street; Sites 3 
and 4 (29 acres)--Plant 4, 660 South Hickory Street; Site 5 (21 
acres)--Plant 17, W6207 Pioneer Road, Site 6 (11 acres)--Plant 17A, 771 
South Military Road; Site 7 (79 acres)--Plants 3, 10, 12, 15, 52/``Main 
Plant'', W6250 Pioneer Road; Site 8 (1 acre)--Adjacent south to Site 3 
at Pioneer Road; Site 9 (2 acres)--Water Street Plant, along Fond du 
Lac River at Water Street; Site 10 (13 acres)--Plant 36, N7480 County 
Road UU. Site 11 (10 acres/100,000 sq.ft., warehouses)--Plants 33 and 
64, located at 445-505 Marion Road in Oshkosh (Winnebago County), 
Wisconsin. The facilities (2,500 employees) are used to produce marine 
outboard and jet pump engines (up to 450 horsepower) for the U.S. 
market and export. The application indicates that foreign-sourced parts 
and materials comprise some 20 percent of the finished marine engines' 
material value, including: oil, alcohols, adhesives, plastic casings, 
adhesive sheets/plates, ethylene bags, packaging materials, rubber 
profiles/tubes/hoses/gaskets, belts, valves, ball/roller bearings, oil 
seals, antifreeze, articles of wood, paper books and labels, decals, 
twine, textile fabrics with PVC, fiberglass, iron or non alloy tubes/
pipes/profiles/fittings, chain, fasteners, springs, wire/cable, base 
metal mountings, internal parts of marine engines, gears, ignition 
systems, electrical subcomponents, compasses, gauges, measuring and 
controlling instruments, starters, flywheels, pulleys, shafts, electric 
motors, propellers, electromagnetic couplings, electronic components, 
pumps, and filters (duty rates: free--9.8%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt Mercury Marine from Customs duty 
payments on the foreign items used in production for export. On 
domestic shipments, the company would be able to choose the duty rates 
during Customs entry procedures that apply to finished marine engines 
(free, 2.7%) for the foreign inputs noted above. The application 
indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help

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improve the facilities' international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
Staff has been designated 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 January 8, 1999. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to January 25, 1999).
    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 Export Assistance Center, Room 596, 517 E. 
Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: October 30, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 98-29853 Filed 11-6-98; 8:45 am]
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