[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 222 (Friday, November 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57717-57718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25062]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-73-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 41--Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity, Jeneil Biotech, Inc. (Natural 
Fragrance Intermediates), Saukville, Wisconsin

    The Port of Milwaukee, grantee of FTZ 41, submitted a notification 
of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Jeneil 
Biotech, Inc. (Jeneil), located in Saukville, Wisconsin. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on September 27, 2018.
    The Jeneil facility is located within Site 16 of FTZ 41. The 
facility is used for the biotransformation of a plant-derived raw 
material into a natural fragrance intermediate molecule. Pursuant to 15 
CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-
status material/component and specific finished product described in 
the submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently 
authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Jeneil from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status component used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status material/
component noted below, Jeneil would be able to choose the duty rate 
during customs entry procedures that applies to sclareolide (off-white 
powder) (duty rate 3.7%). Jeneil would be able to avoid duty on 
foreign-status

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components which become scrap/waste. Customs duties also could possibly 
be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The component/material sourced from abroad is sclareol (off-white 
powder) (duty rate 5.5%).
    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 December 26, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: November 9, 2018.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-25062 Filed 11-15-18; 8:45 am]
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