[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 26934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12507]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 21-99]
Foreign-Trade Zone 7--Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Application for
Foreign-Trade Subzone Status; DuPoint Agricultural Caribe Industries,
Ltd. (Crop Protection Products), Manati, Puerto Rico
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, grantee
of FTZ 7, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the
manufacturing facilities (crop protection products) of DuPoint
Agricultural Caribe Industries, Ltd. (DACI), located in Manati, Puerto
Rico. The application was submitted pursuant to 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 May 7, 1999.
The DACI facilities (458.5 acres, 797,000 sq. ft.+235,000 sq. ft
proposed) are located at Km 2.3, State Road 686, Manti, Puerto Rico.
The facilities (695 employees) produce herbicide products for crop
protection. DACI indicates that it intends to manufacture, test,
package, and warehouse under FTZ procedures sulfonylurea herbicides, as
well as ``technicals'' to be used by the E.I. du Pont de Nemours and
Company, Inc., plant in El Paso, Illinois for the production of such
herbicides. The herbicides which may be produced at the Manati facility
are marketed under the following trade names: AccentAccent
Gold. Basis,Basis Gold,
Pinnacle, Reliance, Classic,
Canopy, Canopy XL, Granstar,
Express, Ally, Escort, Glean,
Harmony, Harmony Extra, Refine,
Finesse, Londax, Gulliver, and
Canvas. Foreign-sourced materials will account for, on
average, 13 to 17 percent of the finished products' value. DACI
indicates that the foreign-sourced inputs are as follows: 2-methyl-5-
methoxy-6-methylamino-1,3,5-triazine;2-(isocyanatosulfonyl)-benozic
acid, methyl; 2-Amino-4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazine; 3-
(isocyanatosulfonyl)-2-thiophenecarboxylic acid, methyl ester; 2-
chloro-benzenesulfonyl isocyanate; 2-Amino-4,6-dimethoxypyrimidine; 2-
[(isocyanatosulfonyl) methyl]-benzoic acid, methyl ester; (4,6-
dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl) carbamic acid, phenyl ester; 1-methyl-4-[2-
methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl]-1H-pyrazole-5-sulfonamide; 4,6-dimethyl-2-
pyrimidinamine; phenyl (3-((dimethylamino)carbonyl)-2-
pyridinylsulfonyl)carbamate; 3-(ethylsulfonyl)-2-pyridinesulfonamide;
2-(isocyanatosulfonyl)-benzoic acid, ethyl ester; and 2-amino-4-chloro-
6-methoxypyrimidine (duty rates on these items range from duty free to
10.0%+1.8 cents/kg.). This application also indicates that the company
may in the future import under FTZ procedures a wide variety of other
chemical materials, as well as other products used in production,
packaging, and distribution of crop protection products.
Zone procedures would exempt DACI from Customs duty payments on
foreign materials used in production for export. On domestic shipments,
the company would be able to defer Customs duty payments on foreign
materials, and to choose the duty rate that applies to the finished
products (6.5%-10%) instead of the rates otherwise applicable to the
foreign input materials (noted above). The company would also be exempt
from duty payments on foreign merchandise that becomes scrap/waste. FTZ
status may also make a site eligible for benefits provided under state/
local programs. The application indicates that the savings from zone
procedures would held improve the plant's 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 Exeutive Secretary at the address below. The closing period
for their receipt is July 19, 1999. Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during
the subsequent 15-day period to August 2, 1999.
A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20230
U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 525 F.D.
Roosevelt Avenue, Suite 905, San Juan, PR 00918
Dated: May 7, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-12507 Filed 5-17-99; 8:45 am]
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