[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32167-32169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14613]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-47-2017]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 52--Suffolk County, New York;
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Estee Lauder Inc. (Skin
Care, Fragrance, and Cosmetic Products), Melville, New York
Estee Lauder Inc. (Estee Lauder) submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in
Melville, New York within FTZ 52. The notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on June 16, 2017.
The Estee Lauder facility is located within Site 4 of FTZ 52. The
facility is used for the manufacturing and distribution of skin care,
fragrance, and cosmetic products. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ
activity 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 Estee Lauder from
customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components noted below, Estee Lauder would be able to choose the duty
rates during customs entry procedures that apply to: Perfumes; lip
make-up; eye make-up; manicure/pedicure preparation pads;
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rouge powder; non-rouge cosmetic powder; cosmetic make-up; shampoo;
hair lacquers; conditioner; hair straightening product; hair colorant;
hair thickener; toothpaste; shaving preparations; deodorants; bath
salts and other bath preparations; room spray; depilatory cream; soap
(for toilet use); skin wash; and, washing and cleansing powders and
liquids (duty rate ranges from free to 6.5%). Customs duties also could
possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Seaweeds
and Other Algae; Vegetable Saps & Extract of Licorice; Paeonia
Suffruticosa Extract; Sclerotium Gum; Hydrolyzed Candida Saitoana
Extract; Salicornia Herbacea Extract; Carrageenan; Wool Grease and
Fatty Substances; Olive Oil; Sunflower Seed Oil; Castor Oils; Vegetable
Oils; Jojoba Oils; Vegetable Fats and Oils; Fixed Vegetable Fats/Oils;
Jojoba Oil and its Fractions; Vegetable Waxes; Candelilla Wax; Carnauba
Wax; Bayberry Wax; Body Butter; Raspberry Leaves Wax; Carnauba
Vegetable Waxes; Bleach Bee Wax; Salt; Kaolin Clays; Hectorite; Adipic
Acid; Brazilian Green Fuchsite; Calcite; Isododecane; Isohexadecane;
Mineral Oil; White Mineral Oil; Paraffin Wax; Synthetic Beeswax;
Ceresin Wax; Microcrystalline Wax; Isoparaffin; Ozokerite; Synthetic
Wax; Polyethylene Glycols; Hydrogen Fluoride; Ammonia; Zinc Oxide/Zinc
Peroxide; Aluminum Hydroxide; Chromium Oxides; Titanium Dioxide Blends;
Magnesium Sulfates; Calcium Carbonate; Silicate; Calcium Aluminum
Borosilicate; Magnesium Aluminum Silicate; Hydrides, Nitrides, Azides,
Silicides and Borides; Dodecan, Hexadecan and Octadecan; Amyl Alcohol;
Propylene Glycol; Glycerol; Ester of Glycerol; Sterols and Inositols;
Benzyl Alcohol; Butylated Hydroxytoluene; 1-Naphthol; Toluene-2,5-
diamine; 2-methyl-resorcino; p-Aminophenol; 5-Amino-2-Cresol; Phenol
Alcohols; Aromatic Alcohol; Thiotaine; Chlorphenesin; Phenoxyethanol;
Diglycerin; Polyquaternium[hyphen]37; Polyethylene Glycols; PEG-20
Glyceryl Triisostearate; Ethylene glycol phenyl ether; Aromatic Ether
Alcohols; Ether Alcohols; Ketone-phenols; Odoriferous or Flavoring
Compounds; Propionic Acid; Ester of Myristic, Palmitic and Stearic
Acids; Sodium Stearate; Triglycerides; PEG-100 Stearate; Behenic Acid;
Isopropyl Myristate; Wheat Germ Glycerides; Tridecyl Stearate;
Triethylhexanoin; Ceramide NG; Butyl Avocadate; Sucrose Polybehenate;
Glyceryl Stearate SE; Sucrose Polycotton Seedate; Isodecyl
Neopentanoate; Isononyl Isononanoate; Ethylhexyl Palmitate; Neopentyl
Glycol Dicaprate; Octyl Stearate; Polyoxyalkylene Fatty Acid Esters;
Isopropyl Triisostearate; Polyglyceryl Isostearate; Phytosteryl
Isostearate; Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate; Ethylhexyl Hydroxystearate;
Castor Isostearate Succinate; Isodecyl Isononanoate; Ethyl Hexyl
Isononanoate; Myristic Acid; Isononyl Isononanoate; Neopentyl Glycol
Diheptanoate; Polyoxyethylene (100) Stearate; Ethyl Hexyl Stearate;
Ethylene/VA Copolymer; Ethylene/Acrylic Acid Copolymer; Polyethylene;
Tridecyl Octanoate; Tridecyl Trimellitate; Butyl Acetate; Alcohol
Denatured; Isobutyrate; Sucrose Polyesters; Behenic Acid; Cetyl
Acetate; Glyceryl Behenate; Diisostearyl Malate; Castor Isostearate
Succinate; Pentaerythrityl Pentaisononanoate; Caprylyl Glycol;
Diethylhexyl Succinate; Hydroxyethyl Urea; Cetearyl Isononanoate;
Neopentyl Glycol Dicaprate; Fatty Acids of Animal or Vegetable;
Saturated Acid; Esters of Acrylic Acid; Oleic, Linoelec or Linolenic
Acids; Plastic of Acyclic; Fumaric Acid; Lactic Acid Salts & Esters;
Citric Acid; Salts and Esters of Citric Acid; Salicylic Acid/Salts;
Carboxylic Acid; Carboxylic Acid Blend; Butyl Paraben; Propyl Paraben;
Lauryl PCA; Methyl Paraben NF; Phenoxyethanol; Butyloctyl Salicylate;
Pentaerythritol; Propyl Carbonate; Isononyl Isononanoate and
Quartenium-90 Bentonite and Propylene Carbonate Gel; Cyclopentasiloxane
(and) Disteardimonium Hectorite (and) Propylene Carbonate Gel;
Ethylenediamine and its salts; Amino Alcohol; Amino Hydroxy
Naphthalenesulfonic acids; Glutamic Acid; Amino Acids; Amino Acids--
Aromatic; Lecithins and Other Phosphoaminolipids; Acetyl L Carnitine
Hydrochloric Acid; Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate; Quaternium-22;
Steardimonium Chloride; Coco-Betaine; Polyquaternium-6; Cetyl Trimethyl
Ammonium Chloride; Hexamethylenetetramine Chloroallyl Chloride;
Betaine; Quaternary Ammonium Salts and Hydroxides; Pathenyl
Hydroxypropyl Steardimonium Chloride; Hair Conditioning Agent;
Quaternary Ammonium Chloride; Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate and VP
Copolymer Blend; Cetrimonium Chloride; Polyquaternium-7; Organo Silicon
Compounds; Organo Aromatic; Lactones; N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine; Ascorbyl
Phosphate; Glucosamine; PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate; Heterocyclic
Compounds; Vitamin B; Caffeine and its Salt; D Mannose; Trehalose;
Cyclodextrins; Lactobionic Acid; Trehalose Dihydrate; Sucrose; Oxalis
Triangularis Extract (Jeju Island Love Plant); Acetylated Sucrose
Distearate; Ascorbic Acid; Ascorbic Acid 2 Glucoside; Synthetic
Manganese-Porphyrin Complexes; Moisturizing Polymers; Non-phospholipid
Vesicules; Pigment/Preparation; Light Diffusing Powders; Titanium
Oxide; Cosmetic Emollient; Silica Blend; Pearlescent Agent; Titanium
Dioxide, Silica and Synthetic Fluorphlogopite Blend; Titanium Dioxide
and Wax Blend; Assorted Color Cosmetic Pigments of Mica, Iron Oxide,
Silica and Titanium Dioxide; Fungicides; Indmono Oil; Indmono Oil
Derived from Coconut; Industrial Fatty Alcohols; Binders for Foundry
Molds or Cores; Polymers of Ethylene; Charcoal Powder; and, Mica Plate,
Sheet, Strip (duty rate ranges from free to 7.7% or 8.8[cent]/kg or
84[cent]/bbl).
The request indicates that Polyethylene; Citric Acid; Salts and
Esters of Citric Acid; and Pigment/Preparation are subject to
antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders. The FTZ Board's
regulations (15 CFR 400.14(e)) require that merchandise subject to AD/
CVD orders be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status (19 CFR
146.41).
The request also indicates that the following components and
materials will be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status (19
CFR 146.41), thereby precluding inverted tariff benefits on such items:
Trehalose; Cyclodextrins; Lactobionic Acid; Trehalose Dihydrate;
Sucrose; Oxalis Triangularis Extract (Jeju Island Love Plant);
Acetylated Sucrose Distearate; Ascorbic Acid; Ascorbic Acid 2
Glucoside; Pigment/Preparation; Light Diffusing Powders; Titanium
Dioxide; Cosmetic Emollient; Silica Blend; Pearlescent Agent; Titanium
Dioxide, Silica and Synthetic Fluorphlogopite Blend; Titanium Dioxide
and Wax Blend; and, Assorted Color Cosmetic Pigments of Mica, Iron
Oxide, Silica and Titanium Dioxide.
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 21, 2017.
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
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Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Juanita Chen at
[email protected] or (202) 482-1378.
Dated: July 6, 2017.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-14613 Filed 7-11-17; 8:45 am]
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