Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7-Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; MSD International GMBH (Puerto Rico Branch) LLC (Pharmaceuticals) Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, 22014-22015 [2021-08644]

Download as PDF 22014 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 78 / Monday, April 26, 2021 / Notices Description of the FESAC Member Duties The Committee functions solely as an advisory committee to the senior officials of BEA, the Census Bureau, and BLS (the agencies). Important aspects of the committee’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to: a. Recommending research to address important technical problems arising in federal economic statistics b. Identifying areas in which better coordination of the agencies’ activities would be beneficial; c. Exploring ways to enhance the agencies’ economic indicators to make them timelier, more accurate, and more specific to meeting changing demands and future data needs; d. Improving the means, methods, and techniques to obtain economic information needed to produce current and future economic indicators; and e. 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The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on April 16, 2021. MSD already has authority to produce certain pharmaceutical products within Subzone 7G. The current request would add a finished product and a foreignstatus material to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific foreign-status material 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 MSD from customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/components noted below and in the existing scope of authority, MSD would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that applies to molnupiravir pharmaceutical tablets (duty-free). MSD would be able to avoid duty on foreign-status components which become scrap/waste. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment. The material sourced from abroad is molnupiravir active pharmaceutical ingredient (duty rate 3.7%). Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions shall be addressed to the Board’s Executive Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The closing period for their receipt is June 7, 2021. A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 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 Chris.Wedderburn@trade.gov. E:\FR\FM\26APN1.SGM 26APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 78 / Monday, April 26, 2021 / Notices Dated: April 21, 2021. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. 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This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security. Title: Request for Investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act. OMB Control Number: 0694–0120. PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 22015 Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Regular submission. Number of Respondents: 800. Average Hours per Response: 15 hours. Burden Hours: 12,000. Needs and Uses: Upon request, BIS will initiate an investigation to determine the effects of imports of specific commodities on the national security, and will make the findings known to the President for possible adjustments to imports through tariffs. The findings are made publicly available and are reported to Congress. The purpose of this collection is to account for the public burden associated with the surveys distributed to determine the impact on national security. 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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 78 (Monday, April 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22014-22015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08644]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-30-2021]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7--Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; MSD International GMBH (Puerto Rico 
Branch) LLC (Pharmaceuticals) Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

    MSD International GMBH (Puerto Rico Branch) LLC (MSD) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. The notification conforming to 
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on April 16, 2021.
    MSD already has authority to produce certain pharmaceutical 
products within Subzone 7G. The current request would add a finished 
product and a foreign-status material to the scope of authority. 
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited 
to the specific foreign-status material 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 MSD from customs duty 
payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components noted below and in the existing scope of authority, MSD 
would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures 
that applies to molnupiravir pharmaceutical tablets (duty-free). MSD 
would be able to avoid duty on foreign-status components which become 
scrap/waste. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced 
on foreign-status production equipment.
    The material sourced from abroad is molnupiravir active 
pharmaceutical ingredient (duty rate 3.7%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is June 7, 2021.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
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].


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    Dated: April 21, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-08644 Filed 4-23-21; 8:45 am]
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