[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32167-32169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14613]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-47-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 52--Suffolk County, New York; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Estee Lauder Inc. (Skin 
Care, Fragrance, and Cosmetic Products), Melville, New York

    Estee Lauder Inc. (Estee Lauder) submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in 
Melville, New York within FTZ 52. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on June 16, 2017.
    The Estee Lauder facility is located within Site 4 of FTZ 52. The 
facility is used for the manufacturing and distribution of skin care, 
fragrance, and cosmetic products. 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 Estee Lauder from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components noted below, Estee Lauder would be able to choose the duty 
rates during customs entry procedures that apply to: Perfumes; lip 
make-up; eye make-up; manicure/pedicure preparation pads;

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rouge powder; non-rouge cosmetic powder; cosmetic make-up; shampoo; 
hair lacquers; conditioner; hair straightening product; hair colorant; 
hair thickener; toothpaste; shaving preparations; deodorants; bath 
salts and other bath preparations; room spray; depilatory cream; soap 
(for toilet use); skin wash; and, washing and cleansing powders and 
liquids (duty rate ranges from free to 6.5%). Customs duties also could 
possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Seaweeds 
and Other Algae; Vegetable Saps & Extract of Licorice; Paeonia 
Suffruticosa Extract; Sclerotium Gum; Hydrolyzed Candida Saitoana 
Extract; Salicornia Herbacea Extract; Carrageenan; Wool Grease and 
Fatty Substances; Olive Oil; Sunflower Seed Oil; Castor Oils; Vegetable 
Oils; Jojoba Oils; Vegetable Fats and Oils; Fixed Vegetable Fats/Oils; 
Jojoba Oil and its Fractions; Vegetable Waxes; Candelilla Wax; Carnauba 
Wax; Bayberry Wax; Body Butter; Raspberry Leaves Wax; Carnauba 
Vegetable Waxes; Bleach Bee Wax; Salt; Kaolin Clays; Hectorite; Adipic 
Acid; Brazilian Green Fuchsite; Calcite; Isododecane; Isohexadecane; 
Mineral Oil; White Mineral Oil; Paraffin Wax; Synthetic Beeswax; 
Ceresin Wax; Microcrystalline Wax; Isoparaffin; Ozokerite; Synthetic 
Wax; Polyethylene Glycols; Hydrogen Fluoride; Ammonia; Zinc Oxide/Zinc 
Peroxide; Aluminum Hydroxide; Chromium Oxides; Titanium Dioxide Blends; 
Magnesium Sulfates; Calcium Carbonate; Silicate; Calcium Aluminum 
Borosilicate; Magnesium Aluminum Silicate; Hydrides, Nitrides, Azides, 
Silicides and Borides; Dodecan, Hexadecan and Octadecan; Amyl Alcohol; 
Propylene Glycol; Glycerol; Ester of Glycerol; Sterols and Inositols; 
Benzyl Alcohol; Butylated Hydroxytoluene; 1-Naphthol; Toluene-2,5-
diamine; 2-methyl-resorcino; p-Aminophenol; 5-Amino-2-Cresol; Phenol 
Alcohols; Aromatic Alcohol; Thiotaine; Chlorphenesin; Phenoxyethanol; 
Diglycerin; Polyquaternium[hyphen]37; Polyethylene Glycols; PEG-20 
Glyceryl Triisostearate; Ethylene glycol phenyl ether; Aromatic Ether 
Alcohols; Ether Alcohols; Ketone-phenols; Odoriferous or Flavoring 
Compounds; Propionic Acid; Ester of Myristic, Palmitic and Stearic 
Acids; Sodium Stearate; Triglycerides; PEG-100 Stearate; Behenic Acid; 
Isopropyl Myristate; Wheat Germ Glycerides; Tridecyl Stearate; 
Triethylhexanoin; Ceramide NG; Butyl Avocadate; Sucrose Polybehenate; 
Glyceryl Stearate SE; Sucrose Polycotton Seedate; Isodecyl 
Neopentanoate; Isononyl Isononanoate; Ethylhexyl Palmitate; Neopentyl 
Glycol Dicaprate; Octyl Stearate; Polyoxyalkylene Fatty Acid Esters; 
Isopropyl Triisostearate; Polyglyceryl Isostearate; Phytosteryl 
Isostearate; Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate; Ethylhexyl Hydroxystearate; 
Castor Isostearate Succinate; Isodecyl Isononanoate; Ethyl Hexyl 
Isononanoate; Myristic Acid; Isononyl Isononanoate; Neopentyl Glycol 
Diheptanoate; Polyoxyethylene (100) Stearate; Ethyl Hexyl Stearate; 
Ethylene/VA Copolymer; Ethylene/Acrylic Acid Copolymer; Polyethylene; 
Tridecyl Octanoate; Tridecyl Trimellitate; Butyl Acetate; Alcohol 
Denatured; Isobutyrate; Sucrose Polyesters; Behenic Acid; Cetyl 
Acetate; Glyceryl Behenate; Diisostearyl Malate; Castor Isostearate 
Succinate; Pentaerythrityl Pentaisononanoate; Caprylyl Glycol; 
Diethylhexyl Succinate; Hydroxyethyl Urea; Cetearyl Isononanoate; 
Neopentyl Glycol Dicaprate; Fatty Acids of Animal or Vegetable; 
Saturated Acid; Esters of Acrylic Acid; Oleic, Linoelec or Linolenic 
Acids; Plastic of Acyclic; Fumaric Acid; Lactic Acid Salts & Esters; 
Citric Acid; Salts and Esters of Citric Acid; Salicylic Acid/Salts; 
Carboxylic Acid; Carboxylic Acid Blend; Butyl Paraben; Propyl Paraben; 
Lauryl PCA; Methyl Paraben NF; Phenoxyethanol; Butyloctyl Salicylate; 
Pentaerythritol; Propyl Carbonate; Isononyl Isononanoate and 
Quartenium-90 Bentonite and Propylene Carbonate Gel; Cyclopentasiloxane 
(and) Disteardimonium Hectorite (and) Propylene Carbonate Gel; 
Ethylenediamine and its salts; Amino Alcohol; Amino Hydroxy 
Naphthalenesulfonic acids; Glutamic Acid; Amino Acids; Amino Acids--
Aromatic; Lecithins and Other Phosphoaminolipids; Acetyl L Carnitine 
Hydrochloric Acid; Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate; Quaternium-22; 
Steardimonium Chloride; Coco-Betaine; Polyquaternium-6; Cetyl Trimethyl 
Ammonium Chloride; Hexamethylenetetramine Chloroallyl Chloride; 
Betaine; Quaternary Ammonium Salts and Hydroxides; Pathenyl 
Hydroxypropyl Steardimonium Chloride; Hair Conditioning Agent; 
Quaternary Ammonium Chloride; Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate and VP 
Copolymer Blend; Cetrimonium Chloride; Polyquaternium-7; Organo Silicon 
Compounds; Organo Aromatic; Lactones; N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine; Ascorbyl 
Phosphate; Glucosamine; PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate; Heterocyclic 
Compounds; Vitamin B; Caffeine and its Salt; D Mannose; Trehalose; 
Cyclodextrins; Lactobionic Acid; Trehalose Dihydrate; Sucrose; Oxalis 
Triangularis Extract (Jeju Island Love Plant); Acetylated Sucrose 
Distearate; Ascorbic Acid; Ascorbic Acid 2 Glucoside; Synthetic 
Manganese-Porphyrin Complexes; Moisturizing Polymers; Non-phospholipid 
Vesicules; Pigment/Preparation; Light Diffusing Powders; Titanium 
Oxide; Cosmetic Emollient; Silica Blend; Pearlescent Agent; Titanium 
Dioxide, Silica and Synthetic Fluorphlogopite Blend; Titanium Dioxide 
and Wax Blend; Assorted Color Cosmetic Pigments of Mica, Iron Oxide, 
Silica and Titanium Dioxide; Fungicides; Indmono Oil; Indmono Oil 
Derived from Coconut; Industrial Fatty Alcohols; Binders for Foundry 
Molds or Cores; Polymers of Ethylene; Charcoal Powder; and, Mica Plate, 
Sheet, Strip (duty rate ranges from free to 7.7% or 8.8[cent]/kg or 
84[cent]/bbl).
    The request indicates that Polyethylene; Citric Acid; Salts and 
Esters of Citric Acid; and Pigment/Preparation are subject to 
antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders. The FTZ Board's 
regulations (15 CFR 400.14(e)) require that merchandise subject to AD/
CVD orders be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 
146.41).
    The request also indicates that the following components and 
materials will be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status (19 
CFR 146.41), thereby precluding inverted tariff benefits on such items: 
Trehalose; Cyclodextrins; Lactobionic Acid; Trehalose Dihydrate; 
Sucrose; Oxalis Triangularis Extract (Jeju Island Love Plant); 
Acetylated Sucrose Distearate; Ascorbic Acid; Ascorbic Acid 2 
Glucoside; Pigment/Preparation; Light Diffusing Powders; Titanium 
Dioxide; Cosmetic Emollient; Silica Blend; Pearlescent Agent; Titanium 
Dioxide, Silica and Synthetic Fluorphlogopite Blend; Titanium Dioxide 
and Wax Blend; and, Assorted Color Cosmetic Pigments of Mica, Iron 
Oxide, Silica and Titanium Dioxide.
    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 21, 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

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Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Juanita Chen at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: July 6, 2017.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-14613 Filed 7-11-17; 8:45 am]
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