[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47328-47329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20368]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-58-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 44--Trenton, New Jersey; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 
(Flavor and Fragrance Products); Hazlet, New Jersey

    International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (IFF) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Hazlet, New Jersey. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on September 6, 2018.

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    IFF already has authority to produce flavor and fragrance products 
within Subzone 44B. The current request would add sixteen foreign 
status materials/components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 
CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the 
specific foreign-status materials/components described in the submitted 
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the 
FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt IFF from customs duty 
payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components noted below, IFF would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to flavor and fragrance 
products (duty-free to 10%). IFF 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.
    The materials/components sourced from abroad include: Glycerides 
mixed decanoyl and octanoyl; musk ketone supra; aldehyde C-16 
strawberry; octinoxate; ivy carbaldehyde/methyl anthranilate Schiff's 
base; hydroxycitronellal/methyl anthranilate Schiff's base; herbal 
pyran; alpha-amyl cinnamylidene/methyl anthranilate Schiff's base; 
leeral/methyl anthranilate Schiff's base; coumarin; ethylene 
dodecanoate; aldehyde C-18; octahydrocoumarin; gamma decalactone; 
muskalactone; and, gamma-undecalactone (duty rate ranges from duty-free 
to 7.7%, or 8.8[cent] per kg.).
    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 Juanita Chen at 
[email protected] or 202-482-1378.

    Dated: September 13, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-20368 Filed 9-18-18; 8:45 am]
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