[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 69832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27779]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-83-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7--Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; IPR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 
(Pharmaceutical Products); Can[oacute]vanas, Puerto Rico

    The Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, grantee of FTZ 7, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of IPR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IPR), located within FTZ 
7, in Can[oacute]vanas, Puerto Rico. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on November 3, 2014.
    IPR already has authority to produce certain pharmaceutical 
products, including Crestor[supreg] tablets, a treatment to lower 
cholesterol. The current request would add microcrystalline cellulose 
(input) to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ 
activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status 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 IPR from customs duty 
payments on the microcrystalline cellulose used in export production. 
On its domestic sales, IPR would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to its finished 
Crestor[supreg] and other pharmaceutical products (duty free) for the 
foreign-status input, microcrystalline cellulose (duty rate, 5.2%). 
Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign 
status production equipment.
    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 January 5, 2015.
    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.

    Dated: November 17, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-27779 Filed 11-21-14; 8:45 am]
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