# 2026-12217: Company Seeks Tariff Break for Plastic Bottle Parts

2026-12217, Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 78, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Petainer Manufacturing USA, Inc.; (Polyethylene Terephthalate Preforms); Columbia, Tennessee, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, Foreign-Trade Zones Board published 2026-06-17; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-24).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12217
- As of: 2026-06-24
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-12217
- Title: Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 78, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Petainer Manufacturing USA, Inc.; (Polyethylene Terephthalate Preforms); Columbia, Tennessee
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
- Citation: 91 FR 36569
- Published: 2026-06-17
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-24

## In one line

Company Seeks Tariff Break for Plastic Bottle Parts

## Summary

Petainer Manufacturing in Columbia, Tennessee wants to start making special plastic bottle parts using imported materials with lower import taxes inside Foreign-Trade Zone 78. This move could save money on duties for certain plastic raw materials and finished bottles. People have until July 27, 2026, to share their thoughts before the plan gets the green light.

## Effects PRIA read

- Petainer proposes PET part production: benefit, low. Petainer Manufacturing filed a notice to produce injection-molded PET bottle preforms and blow-molded PET watercooler bottles at its Columbia, Tennessee facility inside Foreign-Trade Zone 78 (Subzone 78Q). The notification was received by the FTZ Board on June 8, 2026.
- Different duty rates for PET materials: benefit, medium. The notice lists duty rates for the covered items: finished blow-molded PET watercooler bottles have a 3% duty rate, while PET resin pellets used as raw material have a 6.5% duty rate. The company proposes using FTZ procedures, which the notice says may produce duty-related benefits for those speci…
- AD/CVD and Section 122/301 treatment required: cost, medium. The notice states that some materials/components are subject to Trade Act section 122 or section 301 actions, and that PET resin pellets from certain countries may be subject to antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders or investigations. Merchandise subject to AD/CVD or subject to suspension…

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## Sources
- [2026-12217 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12217/foreign-trade-zone-ftz-78-notification-of-proposed-production-activity-petainer-manufacturing-usa)
- [2026-12217 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12217.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12217 (as of 2026-06-24).