Federal Register #S-437-2026

Foreign-Trade Zone Subzone Applications and Pharmaceutical Production Requests

This notice covers multiple Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) applications and proposed production activities involving several companies and facilities: - Government Buyer: Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board - FTZ Subzone Applications: - JAS Forwarding (USA), Inc. in Greer, SC - Perimeter Global Logistics in Grand Prairie, TX - Magna Mirrors of America, Inc. in Duncan, SC - Proposed Production Activities (Pharmaceuticals): - Piramal Critical Care, Inc. (Bethlehem, PA) - Requests to admit foreign-status materials/components for pharmaceutical anesthetics production - Key materials: 2-(Chloromethoxy)-1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFCMOP), pharmaceutical grade glass bottles, plastic integrated closures - Duty rates for these materials range from duty-free to 5.3% - Merck, Sharp & Dohme LLC (Rahway, NJ) - Requests to admit foreign-status materials/components for production of drug products and intermediates - Finished products: immunological disorder drug product, oncology spray dried intermediate, infectious disease spray dry intermediate, deuterated neurologic disease drug product, metabolic disorders drug product, metabolic disorders spray dry intermediate, neurologic disease spray dry intermediate - Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs): morpholine immunological disorder API, monoclonal antibody immunotherapy drug substance, pyrrolidine cardiovascular API, imidazole oncology API, alkaloid oncology API, pyrimidine oncology API, pyrimidine cardiovascular API, sulfonamide neurologic disease API, deuterated neurologic disease API, furan infectious disease API - No specific part numbers or quantities are listed - No authorization for production activity is requested for the logistics subzones; only for the pharmaceutical facilities - Public comments are invited on these applications - Notable OEMs: Merck, Sharp & Dohme LLC and Piramal Critical Care, Inc. are highlighted as pharmaceutical manufacturers

Description

The Department of Commerce's Foreign-Trade Zones Board has received an application from Perimeter Global Logistics to establish a subzone within Foreign-Trade Zone 168 in Grand Prairie, Texas. The proposed subzone covers 8.36 acres located at 3010 Red Hawk Drive. No authorization for production activity has been requested at this time. Public comments are invited until November 3, 2026, with rebuttal comments accepted through November 18, 2026.

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