[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 144 (Friday, July 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 41008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16295]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-55-2021]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 22--Chicago, Illinois; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; AbbVie, Inc. (Pharmaceutical Products); 
North Chicago and Lake County, Illinois

    AbbVie, Inc. (AbbVie), submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facilities in North 
Chicago and Lake County, Illinois. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on July 16, 2021.
    AbbVie already has authority to produce pharmaceutical products 
within Subzone 22S. The current request would add a finished product 
and foreign status materials to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 
CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the 
specific foreign-status materials 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 AbbVie 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, AbbVie 
would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures 
that apply to upadacitinib intermediate material (duty rate 6.5%). 
AbbVie 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 materials sourced from abroad are 2-Amino-3,5-dibromopyrazine 
and potassium tert-butylate (duty rate ranges from 3.7 to 6.5%). The 
request indicates that the foreign-status materials are 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 September 8, 
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].

    Dated: July 27, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-16295 Filed 7-29-21; 8:45 am]
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