[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18893-18894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05589]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-11-2024]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 39, Notification of Proposed Production 
Activity; Trina Solar US Manufacturing Module 1 LLC; (Solar Panels), 
Wilmer, Texas

    The Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board, grantee of FTZ 
39, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board (the Board) on behalf of Trina Solar US Manufacturing Module 1 
LLC for its facility in Wilmer, Texas under FTZ 39. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 
400.22) was received on March 12, 2024.
    Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ production activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status material(s)/component(s) and 
specific finished

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product(s) described in the submitted notification (summarized below) 
and subsequently authorized by the Board. The benefits that may stem 
from conducting production activity under FTZ procedures are explained 
in the background section of the Board's website--accessible via 
www.trade.gov/ftz. The proposed finished product(s) and material(s)/
component(s) would be added to the production authority that the Board 
previously approved for the operation, as reflected on the Board's 
website.
    The proposed finished products are solar panels (duty-free).
    The proposed foreign-status materials and components include: 
aluminum frames; ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA); junction boxes for 
voltages not exceeding 1000 volts; junction boxes for voltages 
exceeding 1000 volts; silica gel; assembled solar cells; unassembeled 
solar cells; soldiering tape; and tempered glass (duty rate ranges from 
duty-free to 5%). The request indicates that certain components are 
subject to an antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order/
investigation if imported from certain countries. The Board's 
regulations (15 CFR 400.14(e)) require that merchandise subject to AD/
CVD orders, or items which would be otherwise subject to suspension of 
liquidation under AD/CVD procedures if they entered U.S. customs 
territory, be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign (PF) status 
(19 CFR 146.41). The request also indicates that certain components are 
subject to duties under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 (section 
201), or section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (section 301), depending 
on the country of origin. The applicable section 201 and section 301 
decisions require subject merchandise to be admitted to FTZs in PF 
status.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is April 24, 2024.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Online FTZ Information System'' section of the Board's 
website.
    For further information, contact Kolade Osho at 
[email protected].

    Dated: March 12, 2024.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-05589 Filed 3-14-24; 8:45 am]
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