Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 8 / Tuesday, January 14, 2025 / Notices 3173 

1See Standard Steel Welded Wire Mesh from 

Mexico: Antidumping Duty Order, 86 FR 43525 

(August 9, 2021); see also Standard Steel Welded 

Wire Mesh from Mexico: Countervailing Duty Order, 

86 FR 18940 (April 12, 2021) (collectively, Orders). 

2See Requesters’ Letter, ‘‘Petitioners’ Request for 

Circumvention Ruling Pursuant to Section 781(a) of 

the Act,’’ dated November 5, 2024 (Circumvention 

Request). 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–2–2025] 

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 

January 3, 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 www.trade.gov/ 

ftz. 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 MK–0616 macrocycle metabolic 

disorders drug product, MK–6204 

metabolic disorders drug product and 

MK–5608 immunological disorder 

macrocyclic peptide drug product (dutyfree). 

The proposed foreign-status 

materials/components include: MK– 

0616 macrocycle metabolic disorders 

active pharmaceutical ingredient; MK– 

6204 metabolic disorders alkaloid active 

pharmaceutical ingredient; MK–6204 

metabolic disorders monoclonal 

antibody active pharmaceutical 

ingredient; MK–5608 macrocyclic 

peptide immunological disorder active 

pharmaceutical ingredient; sodium 

caprate; microcrystalline cellulose; and, 

empty hydroxypropyl methylcellulose 

(HPMC) capsules (duty rate ranges from 

duty-free to 6.5%). 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). 

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 

February 24, 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 Diane.Finver@trade.gov. 

Dated: January 7, 2025. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00543 Filed 1–13–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–206–2024] 

Approval of Subzone Status; True 

Manufacturing Co., Inc.; O’Fallon and 

Mexico, Missouri 

On November 20, 2024, the Executive 

Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Board docketed an application 

submitted by the St. Louis County Port 

Authority, grantee of FTZ 102, 

requesting subzone status subject to the 

existing activation limit of FTZ 102, on 

behalf of True Manufacturing Co., Inc., 

in O’Fallon and Mexico, Missouri. 

The application was processed in 

accordance with the FTZ Act and 

Regulations, including notice in the 

Federal Register inviting public 

comment (89 FR 93274, November 26, 

2024). The FTZ staff examiner reviewed 

the application and determined that it 

meets the criteria for approval. Pursuant 

to the authority delegated to the FTZ 

Board Executive Secretary (15 CFR 

400.36(f)), the application to establish 

Subzone 102G was approved on January 

7, 2025, subject to the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations, including section 

400.13, and further subject to FTZ 102’s 

2,000-acre activation limit. 

Dated: January 7, 2025. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00546 Filed 1–13–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–853; C–201–854] 

Standard Steel Welded Wire Mesh 

From Mexico: Initiation of 

Circumvention Inquiry on the 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to requests from 

Keysteel Corp., Mid-South Wire 

Company, National Wire LLC, 

Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., and Wire 

Mesh Corp. (collectively, the 

requesters), the U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a 

country-wide circumvention inquiry to 

determine whether standard steel 

welded wire mesh (wire mesh) from 

Mexico, which is completed in the 

United States from low-carbon steel 

wire produced in Mexico, is 

circumventing the antidumping duty 

(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) 

orders on wire mesh from Mexico. 

DATES: Applicable January 14, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benjamin Nathan, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3834. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 5, 2024, pursuant to 

section 781(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.226(h), the requesters filed 

circumvention inquiry requests alleging 

that wire mesh completed in the United 

States using low-carbon steel wire 

manufactured in Mexico is 

circumventing the AD and CVD Orders 1

on wire mesh from Mexico and, 

accordingly, should be included within 

the scope of the Orders.2 On November 

29, 2024, Deacero S.A.P.I de C.V., a 

Mexican producer of wire mesh, and its 

subsidiary Deacero USA, Inc. 

(collectively, Deacero), filed comments 


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