[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23956]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 45-2004]


Foreign-Trade Zone 208--New London, CT, Application for Subzone, 
(Pharmaceutical Products), Pfizer, Inc.

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board), by the New London Foreign Trade Zone Commission, 
grantee of FTZ 208, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
manufacturing facilities of Pfizer, Inc. (Pfizer), in the Groton, 
Connecticut, area, adjacent to the New London Customs port of entry. 
The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the 
regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on 
October 20, 2004.
    Pfizer's Groton plant (57 acres) is located at 445 Eastern Point 
Road, Groton, New London County, Connecticut. The facility 
(approximately 400 employees) is used for the manufacture, processing, 
warehousing and distribution of pharmaceuticals, as well as for 
research and development activities. Pfizer will use zone procedures at 
the Groton plant to purify selamectin (HTSUS 2932.29.5050), a 
pharmaceutical ingredient used in the manufacture of the animal health 
care product Revolution (TM), a topical parasiticide for dogs and cats 
(HTSUS 3004.90.9103). The activity related to selamectin also involves 
the use of hydroxylamine (HTSUS 2928.00.5000). Selamectin is currently 
sourced from the United Kingdom, while hydroxylamine is sourced from 
Germany. The foreign-sourced chemicals will account for most of the 
material value of the finished product.
    Zone procedures would exempt Pfizer from Customs duty payments on 
foreign input when used in production for export (some 33 percent of 
production). On domestic shipments, the processing of selamectin at the 
Groton plant would not affect the classification or duty rate of 
selamectin. The company plans to ship the product to another FTZ plant 
for final processing, at which time Pfizer would be able to choose the 
lower duty rate (duty free) that applies to the finished product, 
rather than the duty rates on the foreign-sourced inputs listed above. 
The duty rates on the foreign-sourced inputs range from 3.7 percent to 
6.5 percent. The request indicates that the savings from utilizing FTZ 
procedures would help improve the plant's international 
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment on the application is invited from interested 
parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 
Board's Executive Secretary at one of the following addresses:
    1. Submissions via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building-Suite 
4100W, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005; or,
    2. Submissions via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB-Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is [December 19, 2004]. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
(to [January 4, 2005]).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at the address Number 
1 listed above, and at the City of New London's Office of Development & 
Planning, 111 Union Street, New London, CT 06320.

    Dated: October 20, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-23956 Filed 10-25-04; 8:45 am]
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