[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 178 (Monday, September 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56577-56578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20216]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-57-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7--Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; Patheon Puerto Rico, Inc. 
(Pharmaceutical Products); Manat[iacute], Puerto Rico

    Patheon Puerto Rico, Inc. (Patheon), submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in 
Manat[iacute], Puerto Rico. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on September 2, 2020.
    Patheon already has authority to produce certain pharmaceutical 
products within Subzone 7L. The current request would add a foreign 
status material to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific 
foreign-status material described in the submitted notification (as 
described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Patheon from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status material used in export production. 
On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status material noted below, 
Patheon would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry 
procedures that apply to its already authorized finished products 
(duty-free). Patheon would be able to avoid duty on the foreign-status 
material which becomes scrap/waste. Customs duties also could possibly 
be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The material sourced from abroad is microcrystalline cellulose 
(duty rate 5.2%). The request indicates that microcrystalline cellulose 
is subject to 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 October 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.

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    For further information, contact Christopher Wedderburn at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1963.

    Dated: September 9, 2020.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-20216 Filed 9-11-20; 8:45 am]
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