Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2012)[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2012)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27776]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-80-2012]

Foreign-Trade Zone 163--Ponce, PR; Notification of Proposed
Production Activity; Zimmer Manufacturing BV (Medical Devices); Ponce,
PR

    CODEZOL, C.D., grantee of FTZ 163, submitted a notification of
proposed production activity on behalf of Zimmer Manufacturing BV
(Zimmer), located in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The notification conforming to
the requirements of the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on November 1, 2012.
    A separate application for subzone status at the Zimmer facility
was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.31 of the Board's
regulations. The facility is used for the production, warehousing and
distribution of orthopedic implants for knee and hip reconstruction as
well as trauma devices. Production under FTZ procedures could exempt
Zimmer from customs duty payments on the foreign status components used
in export production. On its domestic sales, Zimmer would be able to
choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to the
finished products (duty-free) for the foreign status inputs noted
below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on
foreign status production equipment.

    Components and materials sourced from abroad include: polymers of
ethylene in primary forms; acrylic polymers in primary forms; silicones
in primary forms; self-adhesive shapes of plastics; other shapes of
plastics; packaging; bars, rods, angles shapes and sections of
stainless steel; articles of iron or steel; and, artificial joints,
parts and accessories (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 6.5%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address
below. The closing period for their receipt is December 26, 2012.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at
Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: November 5, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-27776 Filed 11-14-12; 8:45 am]
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