[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36997-36998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15093]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-44-2012]
Foreign-Trade Zone 61--San Juan, PR; Notification of Proposed
Production Activity; Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC (Subzone 61A);
(Ibuprofen Pharmaceutical Products); Guayama, PR
The Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company, grantee of FTZ 61,
submitted a notification of proposed production activity on behalf of
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC (Pfizer) (Subzone 61A) for its manufacturing
facility located in Guayama, Puerto Rico. The notification conforming
to the requirements of the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on June 13, 2012.
Subzone 61A was originally approved by the Board in 1992 at the
former Searle plant located at Munoz Marin Avenue and Road 189 in
Caguas, Puerto Rico, for the production and distribution of various
pharmaceutical products under zone procedures (Board Order 617, 12/11/
1992, 57 FR 61046, 12/23/1992). On June 8, 2012, a minor boundary
modification under 15 CFR 400.38 of the Board's regulations was
approved to relocate the subzone from Pfizer's Caguas plant to its
facility located at PR 2, Km 141.3 in Guayama, Puerto Rico (S-69-2012).
Pfizer is now requesting to produce ibuprofen pharmaceutical
products in bulk mixture or dosage form under FTZ procedures at the
Guayama site. Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Pfizer from
customs duty payments on the foreign status components used in export
production.
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On its domestic sales, Pfizer would be able to choose the duty rate
during customs entry procedures that applies to the ibuprofen
pharmaceutical products (duty-free) for foreign-status ibuprofen active
ingredient (duty rate, 6.5%). Customs duties also could possibly be
deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address
below. The closing period for their receipt is July 30, 2012.
A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Diane Finver at
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-15093 Filed 6-19-12; 8:45 am]
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