[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38019-38020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12431]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-36-2023]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 142, Notification of Proposed Production 
Activity; Nexsus Cocoa Services LLC; (Cocoa or Cocoa Equivalent and 
Sugar Blends); Southern New Jersey

    Nexsus Cocoa Services LLC submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for its facility in 
Southern New Jersey, within FTZ 142. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
June 1, 2023.
    Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ production activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status material(s)/component(s) and 
specific finished product(s) 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: cocoa liquor (not defatted; 
wholly or partly defatted); cocoa butter; cocoa powder; wholesale cocoa 
liquor blend, containing less than 60% by

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weight sugar, in blocks or slabs weighing 4.5 kg or more each; 
wholesale liquid cocoa liquor blend, containing less than 60% by weight 
sugar, of a content greater than 2 kg in bulk form; wholesale cocoa 
powder blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; wholesale cocoa 
butter blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; wholesale shea 
butter blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; wholesale palm 
oil blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; wholesale illipe 
butter blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; wholesale sal 
butter blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; wholesale kokum 
butter blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; and, wholesale 
mango seed oil blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar (duty 
free to 10%; 0.2[cent]/kilogram (kg) to 28.8[cent]/kg + 8.5%).
    The proposed foreign-status materials and components include: 
refined white sugar; cocoa liquor (not defatted; wholly or partly 
defatted); cocoa butter; cocoa powder (no sugar); cocoa cake (wholly or 
partly defatted); shea butter; palm oil; illipe butter; sal butter; 
kokum butter; and, mango seed oil (duty rate is duty free to 3.2%; 
3.6606 [cent]/kg less 0.020668 [cent]/kg for each degree under 100 
degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 
3.143854[cent]/kg; 35.74[cent]/kg; 0.2[cent]/kg to 0.52[cent]/kg). The 
request 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 
privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41). The request also indicates 
certain types of sugar are subject to tariff-rate quotas.
    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 July 24, 2023.
    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 Juanita Chen at 
[email protected].

    Dated: June 6, 2023.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-12431 Filed 6-9-23; 8:45 am]
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