[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28568-28569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11752]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-38-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 216--Olympia, WA; Notification of Proposed 
Production Activity; Callisons, Inc., (Mint Products), Lacey and 
Chehalis, WA

    The Port of Olympia, grantee of FTZ 216, submitted a notification 
of proposed production activity on behalf of Callisons, Inc. 
(Callisons), located in Chehalis and Lacey, Washington. The Callisons 
facility is located within Site 3 and Site 15 of FTZ 216. The facility 
is used for the production and distribution of mint products, primarily 
for the food, confectionary, pharmaceutical and fragrance industries.

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    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Callisons from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Callisons would be able to choose 
the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to essential 
oils of peppermint (mentha piperita), other essential mint oils, 
odoriferous mixtures for use by the food and drink industries and non-
alcohol perfume bases (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 4.2%) for the 
foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties also could possibly 
be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    Components and materials sourced from abroad include: menthol, 
cyclenic ethers and derivatives, cyclenic ketones without oxygen, 
essential oils of peppermint (mentha piperita), essential oils of mint 
and essential oils of eucalyptus (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 
4.8%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is June 25, 2012.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: May 10, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-11752 Filed 5-14-12; 8:45 am]
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