[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 109 (Thursday, June 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26663-26664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11838]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-39-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 214--Lenoir County, North Carolina, 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Nutkao USA, Inc., 
(Hazelnut Cocoa Spread), Battleboro, North Carolina

    Nutkao USA, Inc. (Nutkao) submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Battleboro, 
North Carolina within FTZ 214. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on May 24, 2017.
    The company has indicated that a separate application for FTZ 
designation at the Nutkao facility will be submitted for processing 
under Section 400.38 of the Board's regulations. Nutkao is requesting 
export-only FTZ authority to produce hazelnut cocoa spread using 
foreign-status refined cane sugar.

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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 Nutkao from customs 
duty payments on the refined cane sugar (duty rate--$0.036606/kg) used 
in the company's export production of hazelnut cocoa spread. Customs 
duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status 
production equipment. If the proposal were approved, the foreign-status 
sugar used in the FTZ operation would not be subject to quota(s).
    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 July 18, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: June 2, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-11838 Filed 6-7-17; 8:45 am]
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