[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 220 (Monday, November 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70751-70752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29241]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-75-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 76--Bridgeport, Connecticut; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; MannKind Corporation 
(Inhalable Insulin); Danbury, Connecticut

    MannKind Corporation (MannKind), an operator of FTZ 76, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facilities in Danbury, Connecticut, within FTZ 76. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on October 29, 2015.
    A separate application for subzone designation at the MannKind 
facilities was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.31 of 
the FTZ Board's regulations (Doc. S-147-2015). The facilities are used 
for the production of inhalable insulin. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), 
FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status material 
and specific finished product described in the submitted notification 
(as described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt MannKind from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status ingredient used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, MannKind would be able to choose the 
duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to inhalable 
insulin (duty-free) for the foreign-status ingredient, fumaryl 
diketopiperazone (duty rate--6.5%). Customs duties also could possibly 
be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.


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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 28, 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 9, 2015.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-29241 Filed 11-13-15; 8:45 am]
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