[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 70417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28624]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-84-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 7--Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Pepsi Cola Puerto Rico Distributing, LLC, 
(Soft Drink and Fruit Drink Beverages), Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

    The Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, grantee of FTZ 7, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity on behalf of 
Pepsi Cola Puerto Rico Distributing, LLC (PCPRD), located in Toa Baja, 
Puerto Rico. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (15 CFR Sec.  400.22) was 
received on November 5, 2012.
    The PCPRD facility is located at Carretera 865, KM 0.4, in Toa 
Baja, Puerto Rico. A separate application for subzone status at the 
PCPRD facility was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.31 
of the Board's regulations. The facility is used for the production of 
bottled and canned soft drink and fruit drink beverages. Production 
under FTZ procedures could exempt PCPRD from customs duty payments on 
the foreign status components and materials used in export production. 
On its domestic sales, PCPRD would be able to choose the duty rate 
during customs entry procedures that applies to canned and bottled soft 
drink and fruit drink beverages (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: fruit nectars 
(excluding orange juice and grapefruit juice), labels, plastic bottles, 
and plastic caps for bottles (duty rates range from 3.0 to 5.8%; 
2[cent]/liter). The request indicates that PCPRD will not use foreign-
status sugar in the proposed FTZ production activity.
    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 January 7, 2013.
    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 Pierre Duy at 
[email protected], or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: November 11, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-28624 Filed 11-23-12; 8:45 am]
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