[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 42649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15628]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-44-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 44--Morris County, New Jersey; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Givaudan Flavors 
Corporation (Flavor Products); East Hanover, New Jersey

    The State of New Jersey, Department of State, grantee of FTZ 44, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of Givaudan Flavors Corporation (Givaudan), located in 
East Hanover, New Jersey. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on June 13, 2016.
    A separate application for subzone designation at the Givaudan 
facility was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.31 of 
the Board's regulations. The facility is used for the production of 
flavor compounds. 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 Givaudan from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Givaudan would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to beverage 
preparations with alcohol, food articles containing sugar, concentrated 
orange oil, concentrated lemon oil, concentrated citrus oil, citrus oil 
blends, flavor preparations for food or drink without alcohol, flavor 
preparations for food or drink with alcohol, perfume bases and 
odoriferous substances other than food, drink or perfume bases (duty 
rate ranges from free to 17 cents/kg + 1.9%) for the foreign status 
inputs noted below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or 
reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: 
benzaldehyde, vanillin, orange oil, concentrated orange oil, lemon oil, 
and concentrated lemon oil (duty rate ranges from 2.7% to 5.5%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is August 9, 2016.
    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 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: June 24, 2016.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-15628 Filed 6-29-16; 8:45 am]
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