[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 1689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-32034]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-085-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 76--Danbury, Connecticut Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; MannKind Corporation, (Fumaryl 
Diketopiperazone (FDKP) Carrier/Receptor Powder), Danbury, Connecticut

    MannKind Corporation (MannKind) submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in 
Danbury, Connecticut within Subzone 76B. The notification conforming to 
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on December 21, 2016.
    MannKind currently has authority to use the facility for the 
production of Technosphere Insulin[supreg], an inhalable insulin made 
by a combination of imported fumaryl diketopiperazone (FDKP) and 
domestic material active ingredients. MannKind's current request would 
add a finished product to the scope of authority. 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 MannKind from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, MannKind would be able to choose the 
duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to FDKP carrier/
receptor powder (duty rate 6.5%) for the foreign-status components and 
materials in the existing scope of authority. 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 Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is February 15, 2017.
    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 Juanita H. Chen at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: December 28, 2016.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-32034 Filed 1-5-17; 8:45 am]
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