Commerce Department, Foreign-Trade Zones Board
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-99-2026] ( printed page 51149) Translucent Solar, LLC submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for its facility in Summerville, South Carolina within FTZ 21. The notification conforming to the requirements of the Board's regulations ( 15 CFR 400.22 ) was received on July 31, 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 product is solar photovoltaic modules, comprised of connected half cut monocrystalline silicon heterojunction photovoltaic cells sealed between two layers of low iron glass, framed with aluminum and with an added junction box on the back (duty-free). The proposed foreign-status materials/components include low-iron patterned ARC solar glass double coating—1297*2378*2 mm, low iron solar patterned rear glass/float glass—1297*2378*2 mm, and G12 or G12R monocrystalline heterojunction cells (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 5%). The request indicates that certain materials/components are subject to duties under section 301 of…
Citation: 91 FR 51149
