[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 129 (Thursday, July 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 40484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14416]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-27-2022]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 149--Freeport, Texas; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Maxter Healthcare Inc. (Medical 
Examination Disposable Gloves); Brazoria County, Texas

    Port Freeport, grantee of FTZ 149, submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) on behalf of 
Maxter Healthcare Inc., located in Brazoria County, Texas under FTZ 
149. The notification conforming to the requirements of the Board's 
regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was received on June 24, 2022.
    Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ production activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status materials/components and 
specific finished products described in the submitted notification 
(summarized below) and subsequently authorized by the Board. The 
benefits that may stem from conducting production activity under FTZ 
procedures are explained in the background section of the Board's 
website--accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    The proposed finished products include seamless gloves, surgical 
gloves and, examination gloves (duty-free).
    The proposed foreign-status materials and components include: 
aqueous carbon black dispersion; blue and violet color pigment 
dispersion; blue and violet color pigment dispersion containing 
carbazole violet 23; red color pigment dispersion; aqueous sulphur; 
aqueous zinc oxide; aqueous zinc di-n-butyldithiocarbamate; sodium 
dodecylbenzene sulphonate; aqueous titanium dioxide dispersion (60% 
titanium dioxide); petroleum wax; zinc dietyldithiocarbamate; potassium 
hydroxide; aqueous acrylic polymer; calcium stearate-based release 
agent; alkaline cleaner; calcium carbonate; alkoxylated wetting agent; 
white mineral oil based defoamer; calcium nitrate; nitric acid; sodium 
hydroxide; aqueous sodium hypochlorite; aqueous ammonia; carboxylated 
butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymer; aluminum sulphate; acrylamide and 
sodium acrylate coploymer; activated carbon; carbamide; and, sulphuric 
acid (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 6.5%). The request indicates 
that blue and violet color pigment dispersion containing carbazole 
violet 23 and activated carbon are subject to antidumping/
countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders if imported from certain countries. 
The Board's 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 the zone in privileged foreign (PF) 
status (19 CFR 146.41). The request also indicates that certain 
materials/components 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 PF status.
    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 August 16, 2022.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Online FTZ Information System'' section of the Board's 
website.
    For further information, contact Christopher Wedderburn at 
[email protected].

    Dated: June 30, 2022.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-14416 Filed 7-6-22; 8:45 am]
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