[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68026-68027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27175]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-94-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 99--Wilmington, Delaware, Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity, Noramco, Inc., (Pharmaceutical 
Intermediate), Wilmington, Delaware

    The Delaware Economic Development Office, grantee of FTZ 99, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of Noramco, Inc. (Noramco), located in Wilmington, 
Delaware. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on November 
4, 2013.
    The Noramco facility is located at 500 Swedes Landing, Wilmington, 
Delaware. A separate application for subzone designation at the Noramco 
facility is being submitted and will be processed under Section 400.38 
of the FTZ Board's regulations. The facility is used for the production 
of a pharmaceutical intermediate, tapentadol hydrochloride, which 
Noramco plans to transfer to another FTZ facility for further 
processing. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited 
to the specific foreign-status materials and specific products listed 
in the submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently 
authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Noramco from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status inputs used in export production. 
On its domestic sales, Noramco would be able to choose the duty rate 
during customs entry procedures that apply to the tapentadol 
hydrochloride (duty free) for the foreign status inputs noted below. 
Additionally, customs duties could be deferred or reduced on foreign 
status production equipment.
    The chemical inputs sourced from abroad are: 2S,3R-1-
(dimethylamino)-3-(3-methoxyphenyl)-2-methyl-3-pentanol; and, (2R,3R)-
3-(3-methoxyphenyl)-N,N,2-trimethylpentanamine monohydrobromide (duty 
rate, 6.5%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ 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 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.


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    Dated: November 5, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-27175 Filed 11-12-13; 8:45 am]
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