[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25277-25278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10379]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-27-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 154--Baton Rouge, Louisiana Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC 
(Herbicides and Insecticides) St. Gabriel and Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    The Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, grantee of FTZ 154, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC (Syngenta), located at 
facilities in St. Gabriel and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on April 22, 2015.
    A separate application for subzone designation at the Syngenta 
facilities was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.31 of 
the Board's regulations. The facilities are used for the production of 
crop protection products including herbicides and insecticides, in 
retail packaging and bulk. Syngenta may produce its own products or 
provide contract manufacturing for other companies. 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 Syngenta from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Syngenta would be able to choose the 
duty rates during

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customs entry procedures that apply to the finished products (whether 
in brand name or generic form) (duty rates are 5% or 6.5%) for the 
foreign-status inputs noted below. The finished products include the 
herbicides: Bicep II Magnum\TM;\ Bicep Lite II\TM\, Dual II Magnum\TM\; 
S-Moc Microcaps\TM\; Touchdown Total\TM\; Lexar\TM\; Desica\TM\; 
Mesotrione 28% MUP\TM\; Sable\TM\; Traxion\TM\; Departure\TM\; 
Refuge\TM\; Touchdown\TM\Hitech; Gesatop\TM\; Gesatop-Nueve-O\TM\; 
Reglone\TM\; Traxion\TM\; Halex GT\TM\; Coloso Total\TM\; Primextra 
II\TM\; Demp Malonamid Tech\TM\; Lumax\TM\; Lumax Gold\TM\; Reward\TM\; 
Brawl II ATZ\TM\; Bicep Maxx\TM\; Sequence\TM\; and Charger Maxx 
ATZ\TM\. Finished products also include the following insecticides: 
Engeo Pleno\TM\; Voliam Xpress\TM\; Karate Zeon\TM\; Eforia\TM\ and 
Engeo Full\TM\. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or 
reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: s-
metolachlor; mesotrione wet paste; pinoxaden (2-bromo-1,3-diethyl-5-
methyl benzene); lambda-cyhaolthrin technical, pyrethroid pesticide, 
liquid; glyphosate acid technical 2; benoxacor (ortho nitrophenols); 
paraquat concentrate ES (paraquat dichloride); thiamethoxam; 
chlorantraniliprole; lufenuron; and diquat (duty rates range from free 
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 15, 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: April 28, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-10379 Filed 5-1-15; 8:45 am]
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