Notice2025-06283

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 49, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Merck, Sharp & Dohme LLC; (Pharmaceutical Products for Research and Development); Rahway, New Jersey

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April 14, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 70 (Monday, April 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 15541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06283]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-24-2025]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 49, Notification of Proposed Production 
Activity; Merck, Sharp & Dohme LLC; (Pharmaceutical Products for 
Research and Development); Rahway, New Jersey

    Merck, Sharp & Dohme LLC submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for its facility in 
Rahway, New Jersey, within Subzone 49Y. The notification conforming to 
the requirements of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on April 2, 2025.
    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 
product(s) and material(s)/component(s) would be added to the 
production authority that the Board previously approved for the 
operation, as reflected on the Board's website.
    The proposed finished products include: drug products for 
infectious disease; neurologic disease; oncology; immunotherapy; 
cardiovascular disease; and, monoclonal antibody drug products for 
neurologic disease and oncology (duty free).
    The proposed foreign-status materials/components include the 
following active pharmaceutical ingredients: pyridine infectious 
disease; lactam cardiovascular disease, pyranol immunotherapy; 
nucleoside infectious disease; furan infectious disease; pyrimidine 
infectious disease; monoclonal antibody neurologic disease; pyrimidine 
neurologic disease; pyridazine oncology; macrocycle infectious disease; 
monoclonal antibody oncology; alkaloid oncology; macrocycle 
cardiovascular disease; sulfonamide cardiovascular disease; and, pyran 
neurologic disease (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 6.5%). The 
request indicates that certain materials/components are subject to 
duties under section 1702(a)(1)(B) of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (section 1702) and section 301 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (section 301), depending on the country of origin. The applicable 
section 1702 and section 301 decisions require subject merchandise to 
be admitted to FTZs in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41).
    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#9dfbe9e7dde9effcf9f8b3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6402101e2410160500014a030b12">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. The closing period for their receipt is May 27, 2025.
    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 Diane Finver at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e1a588808f84cfa7888f978493a19593808584cf868e97"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7f3ded6d9d299f1ded9c1d2c5f7c3c5d6d3d299d0d8c1">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: April 8, 2025.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-06283 Filed 4-11-25; 8:45 am]
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