Notice2025-12695
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 12, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Avant Technology, Inc.; (Solid-State Drives and Memory Modules); Pharr, Texas
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Published
July 8, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentForeign-Trade Zones Board
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 30048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12695]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-36-2025]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 12, Notification of Proposed Production
Activity; Avant Technology, Inc.; (Solid-State Drives and Memory
Modules); Pharr, Texas
Avant Technology, Inc., submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for its facility in
Pharr, Texas within FTZ 12. The notification conforming to the
requirements of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was received on
July 2, 2025.
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 <a href="http://www.trade.gov/ftz">www.trade.gov/ftz</a>.
The proposed finished products include memory modules and solid-
state drives (SSD)/universal serial bus (USB) drives (duty-free).
The proposed foreign-status materials/components include:
controller electronic integrated circuits; inductors for power
management devices; multilayer ceramic dielectric capacitators; carbon
resistors; fuses; unmounted semiconductor chips; mounted piezoelectric
crystals; printed circuit boards; memory integrated circuits; and,
solder paste (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 5.8%). The request
indicates that certain materials/components are subject to duties under
section 1702(a)(1)(B) of the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (section 1702), section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962
(section 232) and section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (section 301),
depending on the country of origin. The applicable section 1702,
section 232 and section 301 decisions require subject merchandise to be
admitted to FTZs in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41).
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary and sent to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ef8eae4deeaecfffafbb0f9f1e8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2640525c66525447424308414950">[email protected]</span></a>. The closing period for their receipt is August 18, 2025.
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 Christopher Wedderburn at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dd9eb5afb4aef38ab8b9b9b8afbfa8afb39da9afbcb9b8f3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5f6ddc7dcc69be2d0d1d1d0c7d7c0c7dbf5c1c7d4d1d09bd2dac3">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: July 3, 2025.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-12695 Filed 7-7-25; 8:45 am]
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