Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 18, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; KLA Corporation; (Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Tools); Milpitas, California

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B-76-2026] KLA Corporation submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for its facilities in Milpitas, California within Subzone 18U. The notification conforming to the requirements of the Board's regulations ( 15 CFR 400.22 ) was received on June 12, 2026. 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 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 products include: laptops loaded with proprietary software, customizing the functionality to support wired and wireless wafers; racks customized to support defect inspection and metrology tools; remote user stations customized to support defect inspection and metrology tools; camera assemblies used in defect inspection and metrology equipment; cameras kits used in defect inspection and metrology equipment; cameras used in defect inspection and metrology equipment; objective lens used in defect inspection and metrology equipment; objective lenses used in defect inspection and metrology equipment; lenses used in defect inspection and metrology equipment; mirrors us…