[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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