[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 78 (Monday, April 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22014-22015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08644]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-30-2021]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7--Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; MSD International GMBH (Puerto Rico 
Branch) LLC (Pharmaceuticals) Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

    MSD International GMBH (Puerto Rico Branch) LLC (MSD) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. The notification conforming to 
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on April 16, 2021.
    MSD already has authority to produce certain pharmaceutical 
products within Subzone 7G. The current request would add a finished 
product and 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 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 MSD from customs duty 
payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components noted below and in the existing scope of authority, MSD 
would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures 
that applies to molnupiravir pharmaceutical tablets (duty-free). MSD 
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 material sourced from abroad is molnupiravir active 
pharmaceutical ingredient (duty rate 3.7%).
    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 June 7, 2021.
    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 Christopher Wedderburn at 
[email protected].


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    Dated: April 21, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-08644 Filed 4-23-21; 8:45 am]
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