[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27776]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-80-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 163--Ponce, PR; Notification of Proposed 
Production Activity; Zimmer Manufacturing BV (Medical Devices); Ponce, 
PR

    CODEZOL, C.D., grantee of FTZ 163, submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity on behalf of Zimmer Manufacturing BV 
(Zimmer), located in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The notification conforming to 
the requirements of the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on November 1, 2012.
    A separate application for subzone status at the Zimmer facility 
was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.31 of the Board's 
regulations. The facility is used for the production, warehousing and 
distribution of orthopedic implants for knee and hip reconstruction as 
well as trauma devices. Production under FTZ procedures could exempt 
Zimmer from customs duty payments on the foreign status components used 
in export production. On its domestic sales, Zimmer would be able to 
choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to the 
finished products (duty-free) for the foreign status inputs noted 
below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on 
foreign status production equipment.
    Components and materials sourced from abroad include: polymers of 
ethylene in primary forms; acrylic polymers in primary forms; silicones 
in primary forms; self-adhesive shapes of plastics; other shapes of 
plastics; packaging; bars, rods, angles shapes and sections of 
stainless steel; articles of iron or steel; and, artificial joints, 
parts and accessories (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 6.5%).
    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 December 26, 2012.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: November 5, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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