[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 44631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11128]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-22-2024]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 12, Notification of Proposed Production 
Activity; Uni Ag Group, LLC; (Bulk Premixes); McAllen, Texas

    The McAllen Foreign Trade Zone Inc., grantee of FTZ 12, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board (the 
Board) for export-only production on behalf of Uni Ag Group, LLC (Uni 
Ag), located in McAllen, Texas within FTZ 12. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 
400.22) was received on May 15, 2024.
    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: chocolate mixture (85% to 
92% sugar and 15% to 8% cocoa powder), chocolate premix (sugar, cocoa, 
citric acid), gelatin premix (5% to15% gelatin and 95% to 85% sugar), 
peanut premix(10% peanuts, 90% sugar), and syrup premix (97% raw sugar, 
3% activated carbon).(duty rate ranges from 33.87 cents per kilogram 
plus 6% to 5.10%).
    The proposed foreign-status materials/components include: beet 
sugar; cane sugar; refined white sugar; raw sugar (very high polarity 
sugar); roasted peanuts; raw peanuts; gelatin; cocoa powder; blanched 
peanuts; and activated carbon (duty rate ranges from 0.52 cents per 
kilogram to 131.80%). 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 
indicates that activated carbon is subject to an antidumping/
countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order/investigation if imported from 
certain countries. The Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.13(c)(2)) 
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 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 July 1, 2024.
    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 Kolade Osho at 
[email protected].

    Dated: May 15, 2024.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-11128 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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