[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 68027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27167]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-95-2013]


Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Revlon Consumer 
Products Corporation, Subzone 93G, (Cosmetics and Personal Care 
Products), Oxford, North Carolina

    Revlon Consumer Products Corporation (Revlon), operator of Subzone 
93G, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the 
FTZ Board for its facility in Oxford, North Carolina. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on October 17, 2013.
    The subzone currently has authority to produce certain cosmetics 
and personal care products under FTZ procedures using certain foreign 
inputs. The current request involves the use of additional inputs in 
the production of the finished products noted above. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status 
materials and components and specific finished products described in 
the submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently 
authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Revlon from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Revlon would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to perfume and 
bath splash, lip make-up products, eye make-up products, nail polish, 
face make-up powder, foundation and concealers, shampoo, hair perm or 
relaxer, hair spray, hair color and hair dye, and deodorant and anti-
perspirant (duty rate ranges from free to 4.9%) for the foreign status 
inputs noted below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or 
reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: 
Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower/leaf extract, squalane, 
lanolin, shea butter, propylene glycol dicaprylate, kaolin, mica, talc, 
isododecane, petroleum jelly, paraffin wax, silica silylate, inorganic 
acid, zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, bismuth oxychloride, aluminum 
chlorohydrate, hydrogen peroxide, boron nitride, isopropyl alcohol, 
stearyl alcohol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, resorcinol, 
methylresorcinol, lanosterol esters, butyl ether, ethylparaben, retinyl 
palmitate, lauric acid, potassium sorbate, ethylene brassylate, copper 
gluconate, octinoxate, phenylenediamine, ethanolamine, lauroyl lysine, 
tetrasodium, hydrotriticum, phenyl trimethicone, erythorbic acid, 
lauryl pyrrolidone, caffeine, aluminum zirconium, fruit extract, sodium 
laureth sulfate, cosmetic wax, oligopeptide, cetearyl alcohol 
polysorbate, calcium aluminum borosilicate, polybutene, lauryl 
methacrylate, polymethylsilsesquioxane, sodium acrylate, polyamide 12, 
nylon 12, trimethylol hexyllactone crosspolymer, dimethicone, 
cellulose, agarose, polymers, PVC, methyl methacrylate, and ethylene 
terapthalate (duty rate ranges from free to 7.7%).
    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 December 23, 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 Kathleen Boyce at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: November 6, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-27167 Filed 11-12-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P