[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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