95-14460. Foreign-Trade Zone 40Cleveland, OH, Application for Subzone, Ben Venue Laboratories (Pharmaceutical Products) Bedford, OH  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 13, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 31142]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-14460]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    Foreign-Trade Zones Board
    [Docket 29-95]
    
    
    Foreign-Trade Zone 40--Cleveland, OH, Application for Subzone, 
    Ben Venue Laboratories (Pharmaceutical Products) Bedford, OH
    
        An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
    (the Board) by the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, grantee of 
    FTZ 40, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
    pharmaceutical manufacturing facility of Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc. 
    (BVL), in Bedford, Ohio. 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 May 31, 1995.
        BVL is a privately-owned company whose primary business is the 
    contract manufacture of sterile, injectable pharmaceutical products for 
    major U.S. and foreign pharmaceutical companies. BVL also develops and 
    manufactures products for many small, primarily biotechnology-based 
    firms, and manufactures its own line of generic oncology products and 
    injectable pharmaceuticals.
        BVL's plant (7 bldgs. totalling 200,000 sq. ft. on 10 acres) is 
    located at 300 Northfield Road, Bedford, Ohio, some 17 miles south of 
    Cleveland. The facility is primarily used to produce sterile, 
    injectable pharmaceutical products, such as antibiotics, antivirals, 
    biologicals, cardiovasculars, diagnostics and oncologics. Bulk active 
    ingredients for certain oncologic products are sourced abroad. The 
    company may also purchase from abroad other bulk, active ingredients 
    and materials in the following general categories: hydrocarbons and 
    derivatives, alcohols and derivatives, phenols, ethers, acetals, 
    aldehydes and derivatives, ketones, quinones, mono- and polycarboxylic 
    acids and derivatives, amine-function compounds, oxygen function 
    compounds, ammonium salts, carboxyimide-function compounds, nitrile-
    function compounds, hydrazine/hydroxylamine derivatives, nitrogen 
    function compounds, organo-sulfur compounds, heterocyclic compounds, 
    sulfonamides, vitamins, hormones, glycosides, vegetable alkaloids, 
    sugars, antibiotics, and other organic compounds. Some 10 percent of 
    production is exported.
        Zone procedures would exempt BVL from Customs duty payments on 
    foreign materials used in production for export. On domestic shipments, 
    the company or its customers (in the case of sales to plants operating 
    under zone procedures) would be able to choose the duty rates that 
    apply to the finished products (duty-free). The duty rates on foreign-
    sourced items range from duty-free to 18.6 percent. At the outset, zone 
    savings would primarily involve choosing the finished product duty rate 
    (duty-free) for a customer's product (HTSUS 3004.90.9015), instead of 
    the rate (6.8%) otherwise applicable to the foreign active ingredient 
    (HTSUS 2934.90.3000). The application indicates that the savings from 
    zone procedures will 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 is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
    (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
    Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
    August 14, 1995. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
    during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
    day period (to August 28, 1995).
        A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
    available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
    
    U.S. Department of Commerce District Office, Bank One Center, Suite 
    700, 600 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
    Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
    Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
    Washington, DC 20230
    
        Dated: June 5, 1995.
    John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
    Executive Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 95-14460 Filed 6-12-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
06/13/1995
Department:
Commerce Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
95-14460
Pages:
31142-31142 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket 29-95
PDF File:
95-14460.pdf