[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 3952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01337]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-01-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 174--Pima County, Arizona, Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity, Global Solar Energy, Inc., (Thin Film 
Photovoltaic Solar Products), Tucson, Arizona

    Tuscon Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc., grantee of FTZ 174, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of Global Solar Energy, Inc. (Global Solar), located in 
Tucson, Arizona. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on January 
14, 2015.
    A separate application for subzone designation at the Global Solar 
facility is planned and will be processed under Section 400.31 of the 
FTZ Board's regulations. The facility is used for the production of 
thin film photovoltaic solar cells, strings, panels, and photovoltaic-
coated stainless steel rolls based on copper-indium-gallium-diselenide 
(CIGS) technology. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status materials/components and 
specific finished products described in the submitted notification (as 
described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Global Solar from 
customs duty payments on the foreign status materials/components used 
in export production (estimated to be 35% of annual shipments). On its 
domestic sales, Global Solar would be able to choose the duty rate 
during customs entry procedures that applies to the thin film 
photovoltaic solar products (duty free) for the foreign-status 
materials/components noted below. Customs duties also could possibly be 
deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The materials/components sourced from abroad include: Indium metal 
shot; gallium metal shot; selenium shot; gallium liquid; copper 
pellets; diodes; custom junction[hyphen]boxes (unpotted); monolithic 
targets; stainless steel substrates; polymer film rolls; ethylene 
tetrafluoroethylene film rolls; junction[hyphen]box pottant catalyst; 
junction[hyphen]box pottant; and plastic slit input rolls (duty rates 
range from free to 4.2%). The request indicates that the stainless 
steel substrates (HTSUS 7220.20.1060 and 7220.20.1080) are subject to 
an antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order. The FTZ Board's 
regulations (15 CFR 400.14(e)) require that merchandise subject to AD/
CVD actions be admitted to the proposed subzone in privileged foreign 
status (19 CFR 146.41).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is March 9, 2015.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Finver at [email protected] 
(202) 482-1367.

    Dated: January 16, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-01337 Filed 1-23-15; 8:45 am]
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