[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 8493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02639]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-11-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 45--Portland, OR; Notification of Proposed 
Production Activity; SoloPower Inc. (Thin Film Photovoltaic Solar 
Panels); Portland, OR

    SoloPower Inc. (SoloPower) has submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity for their facility in Portland, Oregon. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on January 28, 2013.
    The SoloPower facility is located within Site 1 of FTZ 45. The 
facility is used for the production of thin film photovoltaic solar 
panels. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to 
the specific foreign-status materials and components and specific 
finished products described in the submitted notification (described 
below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt SoloPower from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production (an estimated 90 percent of production). On its domestic 
sales, SoloPower would be able to choose the duty rate during customs 
entry procedures that applies to the thin film solar panels (duty-free) 
for the foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties also could 
possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Polymer 
film; diodes; conductive paste; junction boxes; sealant; silicone 
rubber; polyester adhesive tape; sodium citrate; thiourea; selenium 
shot; gallium oxide; indium chloride concentrate; gallate solution; 
selenious acid concentrate; gas dispersion machine sputtering targets 
of molybdenum, copper, ruthenium, indium tin oxide alloy, zinc oxide 
alloy, chromium metal, and titanium; and cold-rolled stainless steel 
foil (duty rates range from free to 6.5%). SoloPower indicates that the 
cold-rolled stainless steel foil is subject to antidumping/
countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders. The FTZ Board's regulations (15 
CFR 400.14(e)) require that merchandise subject to AD/CVD actions be 
admitted to the zone 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 at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is March 18, 2013.
    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 
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 31, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-02639 Filed 2-5-13; 8:45 am]
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