[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 39707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15884]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-67-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) Zone 44--Mt. Olive, New Jersey; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Givaudan Fragrances 
Corporation (Fragrance and Flavor Products); Mt. Olive, New Jersey

    Givaudan Fragrances Corporation (Givaudan) submitted a notification 
of proposed production activity for its facility in Mt. Olive, New 
Jersey. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on June 11, 
2013.
    Givaudan currently has authority to produce fragrance and flavor 
compounds within Site 1 of FTZ 44. The current request would add four 
foreign status components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific 
foreign-status materials and components and specific finished products 
described in the submitted notification (as described below) and 
subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Givaudan from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Givaudan would be able to choose the 
duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to fragrance and 
flavor compounds (duty-free) for the foreign status inputs noted below 
and in the existing scope of authority. Customs duties also could 
possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: cocoa 
beans extract (duty rate--free to 1%); aloe vera gel spray dried powder 
(duty rate--free to 1%); actiphyte of wild cherry (duty rate--free to 
1%); fructose (krystar 300) (duty rate--9.6%); maltrin 100 
(maltodextrin) DQ (duty rate--0.35[cent]/liter); maltodextrin (corn) DE 
10 (duty rate--0.35[cent]/liter); and, sodium carbonate, anhydrous 
(duty rate--1.2%)
    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 August 12, 2013.
    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: Kathleen Boyce at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: June 26, 2013.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-15884 Filed 7-1-13; 8:45 am]
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