[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 58273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23072]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-85-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7--Mayaguez, Puerto Rico: Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; Patheon Puerto Rico, Inc. 
(Pharmaceutical Products); Caguas and Manat[iacute], Puerto Rico

    The Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, grantee of FTZ 7, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of Patheon Puerto Rico, Inc. (Patheon) (formerly MOVA 
Pharmaceutical Corporation), located in Caguas and Manat[iacute], 
Puerto Rico. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on August 28, 
2013.
    Patheon already has authority to produce pharmaceutical products at 
both sites, located at Site 1--Parcel 2 within FTZ 7 in Caguas, and 
within Subzone 7L in Manat[iacute], Puerto Rico. The current request 
would add a single input to Patheon's scope of authority (the 
associated final product is already in its scope). 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 Patheon from 
applicable customs duty payments on the foreign status input, 
polyvinylpirrolidone (Povidone) (duty rate, 5.3%) used in export 
production. On domestic sales, Patheon would be able to choose the duty 
rate during customs entry procedures that applies to MK-431A, a 
pharmaceutical product for the treatment of diabetes (duty free), for 
the polyvinylpirrolidone and for the inputs in the existing scope of 
authority. Customs duties could also 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 November 4, 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 Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: September 17, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-23072 Filed 9-20-13; 8:45 am]
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