[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20664-20665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07794]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-21-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 70--Detroit, Michigan, Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity, Pacific Industrial Development 
Corporation (Zeolites, Specialty Alumina Products, Rare Earth Powders 
and Aqueous Solutions), Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Greater Detroit Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 70, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of Pacific Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), 
located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on April 6, 2020.
    The PIDC facility is located within FTZ 70. The facility is used 
for the production of zeolites, specialty alumina products, rare earth 
powders and aqueous solutions for use in a variety of industries. 
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the 
specific foreign-status materials and components 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 PIDC from customs duty 
payments on the foreign-status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/components noted

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below, PIDC would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry 
procedures that apply to: Alumina based materials with dopants and/or 
other surface properties functioning as a support material in 
industrial catalytic reactions; alumina catalyst support material sol 
(suspension of fine alumina particles) that is used as a binder in 
industrial catalytic reactions; lanthanum nitrate crystal; lanthanum 
nitrate solution; neodymium nitrate crystal; cerium nitrate crystal; 
cerium nitrate solution; neodymium nitrate solution; zirconium nitrate 
solution; and, praseodymium nitrate solution (duty rate ranges from 
duty-free to 5.5%). PIDC 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 components and materials sourced from abroad include: Alumina 
based materials with dopants and/or other surface properties 
functioning as a support material in industrial catalytic reactions; 
lanthanum oxide; cerium carbonate; neodymium oxide; zirconium 
carbonate; and, praseodymium oxide (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 
5.5%). The request indicates that certain materials/components are 
subject to special duties under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(Section 301), depending on the country of origin. The applicable 
Section 301 decisions require subject merchandise to be admitted to 
FTZs in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is May 26, 2020.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
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: April 7, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-07794 Filed 4-13-20; 8:45 am]
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