[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66353-66354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26514]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-79-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 21--Charleston, South Carolina; 
Notification of Proposed Export Production Activity; Crescent Dairy and 
Beverages (Milk-Based Infant Formula and Fluid Milk Beverages); 
Walterboro, South Carolina

    The South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 21, 
submitted a notification of proposed export production activity to the 
FTZ Board on behalf of Crescent Dairy and Beverage (CDB), located in 
Walterboro, South Carolina. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on November 3, 2014.
    The CDB facility is located within Site 26 of FTZ 21. The activity 
at the facility would involve the production of milk-based infant 
formula, reconstituted fluid milk, and fluid milk beverages for export 
(no shipments for U.S. consumption would occur). 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 CDB from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status materials used in export production. The 
foreign-origin materials to be used in the export production are whole 
milk powder (duty rate: 68[cent]/kg), nonfat dry (powdered) milk 
(33[cent]/kg), and powdered milk protein concentrate (37[cent]/kg). 
Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign 
status production equipment or the foreign materials scrapped or 
destroyed under U.S. Customs and Border Protection procedures.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be

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addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. 
The closing period for their receipt is December 17, 2014.
    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 Pierre Duy at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: November 3, 2014.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-26514 Filed 11-6-14; 8:45 am]
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