[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 64311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25840]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-74-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 176--Rockford, IL, Notification of Proposed 
Production Activity, AndersonBrecon Inc. (Medical Device Kitting), 
Rockford, IL

    AndersonBrecon Inc. (AndersonBrecon) submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity for its facility in Rockford, Illinois. 
The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of 
the Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on October 12, 2012.
    The AndersonBrecon facility is located within Site 1 of FTZ 176. 
The facility is used for kitting and related activity by AndersonBrecon 
on behalf of Ferrosan Medical Devices A/S and Ethicon Inc. Production 
under FTZ procedures could exempt Ferrosan Medical Devices A/S from 
customs duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Ferrosan Medical Devices A/S would 
be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that 
applies to SURGIFLO[supreg] Hemostatic Matrix Kits and SURGIFLO[supreg] 
Hemostatic Matrix Kits with Thrombin (duty-free) 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: Sterile water 
in vials/non-needled syringes, hemostatic gelatin matrix pouches, vial 
adapters and lyophilized thrombin (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 
6.5%).
    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 November 28, 2012.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, 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: October 15, 2012.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-25840 Filed 10-18-12; 8:45 am]
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