[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10838-10839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05025]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-16-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 61--San Juan, Puerto Rico; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity, Janssen Ortho LLC (Pharmaceuticals), 
Gurabo, Puerto Rico

    Janssen Ortho LLC (Janssen) submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Gurabo, Puerto 
Rico. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on February 
27, 2018.
    Janssen already has authority to produce certain pharmaceutical 
products within Subzone 61N. The current request would add a finished 
product and a foreign status material/component to the scope of 
authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would 
be limited to the specific foreign-status material/component and 
specific finished product described in the submitted notification (as 
described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Janssen from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status material/component used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status material/
component noted below and those in the existing scope of authority, 
Janssen would be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry 
procedures that applies to ErleadaTM (apalutamide 60 mg oral 
tablets) (duty-free). Janssen would be able to avoid duty on foreign-
status components which becomes scrap/waste. Customs duties also could 
possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The material/component sourced from abroad is apalutamide API (duty 
rate 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 April 23, 2018.

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    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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Christopher Wedderburn at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1963.

    Dated: March 6, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-05025 Filed 3-12-18; 8:45 am]
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