[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 47131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20256]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-57-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 149--Freeport, Texas; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; DSM Nutritional Products, LLC; (Vinylol) 
Freeport, Texas

    The Port of Freeport, grantee of FTZ 149, submitted a notification 
of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of DSM 
Nutritional Products, LLC (DSM) (formerly Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.), 
located in Freeport, Texas. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on September 11, 2018.
    DSM already has authority to produce beta carotene crystalline, C-
25 aldehyde and vinyl salt within Subzone 149B. The current request 
would add a finished product (vinylol-pure and crude) to the scope of 
authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would 
be limited to the specific finished product described in the submitted 
notification and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt DSM from customs duty 
payments on the foreign-status materials/components in the existing 
scope of authority used in export production of vinylol-pure and crude. 
On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/components in 
the existing scope of authority (duty rates, 3.7% or 5.5%), DSM would 
be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that 
applies to vinylol-pure and crude (duty rate 5.5%). DSM would be able 
to avoid duty on foreign-status components which become scrap/waste. 
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 October 29, 2018.
    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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: September 12, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-20256 Filed 9-17-18; 8:45 am]
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