Notice2023-12431
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 142, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Nexsus Cocoa Services LLC; (Cocoa or Cocoa Equivalent and Sugar Blends); Southern New Jersey
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Published
June 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentForeign-Trade Zones Board
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38019-38020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12431]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-36-2023]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 142, Notification of Proposed Production
Activity; Nexsus Cocoa Services LLC; (Cocoa or Cocoa Equivalent and
Sugar Blends); Southern New Jersey
Nexsus Cocoa Services LLC submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for its facility in
Southern New Jersey, within FTZ 142. The notification conforming to the
requirements of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was received on
June 1, 2023.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ production activity would be
limited to the specific foreign-status material(s)/component(s) and
specific finished product(s) described in the submitted notification
(summarized below) and subsequently authorized by the Board. The
benefits that may stem from conducting production activity under FTZ
procedures are explained in the background section of the Board's
website--accessible via <a href="http://www.trade.gov/ftz">www.trade.gov/ftz</a>.
The proposed finished products include: cocoa liquor (not defatted;
wholly or partly defatted); cocoa butter; cocoa powder; wholesale cocoa
liquor blend, containing less than 60% by
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weight sugar, in blocks or slabs weighing 4.5 kg or more each;
wholesale liquid cocoa liquor blend, containing less than 60% by weight
sugar, of a content greater than 2 kg in bulk form; wholesale cocoa
powder blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; wholesale cocoa
butter blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; wholesale shea
butter blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; wholesale palm
oil blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; wholesale illipe
butter blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; wholesale sal
butter blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; wholesale kokum
butter blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar; and, wholesale
mango seed oil blend, containing less than 65% by weight sugar (duty
free to 10%; 0.2[cent]/kilogram (kg) to 28.8[cent]/kg + 8.5%).
The proposed foreign-status materials and components include:
refined white sugar; cocoa liquor (not defatted; wholly or partly
defatted); cocoa butter; cocoa powder (no sugar); cocoa cake (wholly or
partly defatted); shea butter; palm oil; illipe butter; sal butter;
kokum butter; and, mango seed oil (duty rate is duty free to 3.2%;
3.6606 [cent]/kg less 0.020668 [cent]/kg for each degree under 100
degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than
3.143854[cent]/kg; 35.74[cent]/kg; 0.2[cent]/kg to 0.52[cent]/kg). The
request indicates that certain materials/components are subject to
duties under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (section 301),
depending on the country of origin. The applicable section 301
decisions require subject merchandise to be admitted to FTZs in
privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41). The request also indicates
certain types of sugar are subject to tariff-rate quotas.
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary and sent to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3452404e7440465550511a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c2a38360c383e2d2829622b233a">[email protected]</span></a>. The closing period for their receipt is July 24, 2023.
A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection
in the ``Online FTZ Information System'' section of the Board's
website.
For further information, contact Juanita Chen at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c06190d0205180d420f0409022c181e0d0809420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c3a9b6a2adaab7a2eda0aba6ad83b7b1a2a7a6eda4acb5">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: June 6, 2023.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-12431 Filed 6-9-23; 8:45 am]
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