[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24895-24896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10168]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-24-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7--Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; Neolpharma, Inc.; Subzone 7O; 
(Pharmaceutical Products); Caguas, 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 Neolpharma, Inc. (Neolpharma), operator of Subzone 
7O in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on April 20, 2015.
    Neolpharma already has authority to produce clarithromycin, 
azithromycin, levothyroxine, hydroxyzine pamoate and hydroxyzine 
hydrochloride. The current request would add finished products and 
foreign-status materials to the scope of authority. Neolpharma may 
produce its own products or provide contract manufacturing operations 
for other companies.
    Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status materials/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 Neolpharma from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials and components 
used in export production. On its domestic sales, Neolpharma would be 
able to choose the duty rate (duty-free) during customs entry 
procedures that applies to the final products (whether in brand name or 
generic form)--Doxycycline capsules; Calan SR\TM\; Celebrex\TM\; Geodon 
HFC\TM\; Ziprasidone HFC; Norpace CR\TM\ and Norpace IR\TM\--for the 
foreign status materials noted below and in the existing scope of 
authority. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on 
foreign status production equipment.
    The materials sourced from abroad include: Microcrystalline 
cellulose; disopyramide phosphate USP; and, lactose monohydrate (duty 
rate ranges from 5.2% to 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 June 10, 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.


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    Dated: April 23, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-10168 Filed 4-30-15; 8:45 am]
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