[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16244-16245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07802]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-26-2019]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 167--Green Bay, Wisconsin; Notification
of Proposed Production Activity ProAmpac Holdings, Inc.; (Flexible
Packaging Applications) Neenah and Appleton, Wisconsin
ProAmpac Holdings, Inc. (ProAmpac) submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facilities in
Neenah and Appleton, Wisconsin. The notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on April 5, 2019.
The applicant indicates that it will be submitting a separate
application for FTZ designation at ProAmpac's facilities under FTZ 167.
The facilities are used for the production of flexible packaging for
food, medical, pharmaceutical, and other consumer and industrial
applications. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be
limited to the specific foreign-status material/component 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 ProAmpac from customs
duty payments on the foreign-status material/component used in export
production (estimated 5% percent of production). On its domestic sales,
for the foreign-status material/component noted below, ProAmpac would
be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that
apply to plastic pouch stock, paper can liner and pouch stock, and
aluminum laminated packaging stock (duty rate ranges from duty-free to
4.2%). ProAmpac would be able to avoid duty on foreign-status material
which becomes scrap/waste. Customs duties also could possibly be
deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
The material/component sourced from abroad is aluminum foil (with
gauges not exceeding 0.051mm) (duty rate ranges from 5.3 to 5.8%). The
request indicates that aluminum foil is subject to an antidumping/
countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order if imported from China. The FTZ
Board's
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regulations (15 CFR 400.14(e)) require that merchandise subject to AD/
CVD orders, or items which would be otherwise subject to suspension of
liquidation under AD/CVD procedures if they entered U.S. customs
territory, be admitted to FTZs in privileged foreign status (19 CFR
146.41). The request also indicates that aluminum foil is subject to
special duties under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962
(Section 232) depending on the country of origin. The applicable
Section 232 decisions require subject merchandise to be admitted to
FTZs in privileged foreign status.
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 May 28, 2019.
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 Christopher Wedderburn at
[email protected] or (202) 482-1963.
Dated: April 15, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-07802 Filed 4-17-19; 8:45 am]
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