Business & Commerce

Proposed FTZ Production Activity for Rainbow Champaign Herbicides

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Low Impact·View source ↗

AI-generated summary for informational purposes only. Not legal advice. See the original source for the authoritative text.

🇬🇧 English

This notice opens public comment on Rainbow Champaign LLC’s plan to produce herbicide products at its Champaign, Illinois facility within Foreign-Trade Zone 114. If approved, the company could use foreign-status chemical inputs to make listed finished herbicide products under FTZ rules. The practical issue is customs treatment. Some inputs may face Section 122, Section 301, or antidumping/countervailing duties depending on origin, and those materials would need to enter the zone in privileged foreign status. Interested businesses, competitors, importers, and trade stakeholders can submit comments to the FTZ Board by July 27, 2026.

AI-generated summary. May contain errors. Refer to official sources for legal decisions.

Key Changes

  • Opens public comment on Rainbow Champaign LLC’s proposed herbicide production activity in FTZ 114
  • Lists the finished herbicide products and foreign-status chemical inputs covered by the request
  • Clarifies that certain duty-sensitive inputs must be admitted in privileged foreign status

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Materials or components subject to Section 122 or Section 301 duties, depending on country of origin, must be admitted to the foreign-trade zone in privileged foreign status under 19 CFR 146.41.

FTZ operatorproducer using foreign-status inputs in FTZ production
operational
medium

Authorized FTZ production activity must be limited to the specific foreign-status materials/components and finished herbicide products described in the submitted notification and authorized by the FTZ Board.

FTZ operatorproducer conducting FTZ production activity
operational
low

Interested parties that wish to participate in the FTZ Board review must submit public comments on the proposed production activity by July 27, 2026.

interested businessestrade stakeholderscompetitorsimporters
July 27, 2026
disclosure

Affected Parties

Rainbow Champaign LLCAgrochemical importers and manufacturers+2 more…

Tags

foreign-trade-zone,herbicides,customs-duties…