# 2026-14692: California Lab Seeks Tariff Break for Making Ozempic Ingredients

2026-14692, Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 202, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; PolyPeptide Laboratories Inc.; (Peptides); Torrance, California, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, Foreign-Trade Zones Board published 2026-07-21; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-28).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-14692
- As of: 2026-07-28
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-14692
- Title: Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 202, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; PolyPeptide Laboratories Inc.; (Peptides); Torrance, California
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
- Citation: 91 FR 45766
- Published: 2026-07-21
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-07-28

## In one line

California Lab Seeks Tariff Break for Making Ozempic Ingredients

## Summary

PolyPeptide Laboratories in Torrance, California wants to make special peptides and medicines inside Foreign-Trade Zone 202, which means they can save money by paying less or no import taxes on some ingredients. This change helps them produce drugs like liraglutide and linaclotide more cheaply and efficiently. The government got their request on July 13, 2026, and if approved, it could speed up production and cut costs.

## Effects PRIA read

- Peptide Manufacture Gets FTZ Duty Relief: benefit, medium. PolyPeptide Laboratories asked to make peptides inside Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 202 in Torrance, California so certain finished products (liraglutide, nectin, linaclotide, and other peptides) would be admitted duty-free. The request lists many imported ingredient items with duty rates ranging from…

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## Sources
- [2026-14692 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/21/2026-14692/foreign-trade-zone-ftz-202-notification-of-proposed-production-activity-polypeptide-laboratories-inc)
- [2026-14692 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-21/pdf/2026-14692.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-14692 (as of 2026-07-28).