Qorvo Seeks FTZ Approval for Semiconductor Wafers in Greensboro
Published Date: 1/22/2026
Notice
Summary
Qorvo US, Inc. in Greensboro, North Carolina, wants to start making semiconductor wafers, chips, and modules using special foreign materials under Foreign-Trade Zone rules. This move could help them save on import duties and speed up production. The government got their request on January 15, 2026, and is reviewing it to give the green light soon.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
FTZ use may lower import duties
Qorvo’s request would let its Greensboro plant conduct production inside Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) procedures, which the notice says could help the company save on import duties and speed up production. The notification was received by the FTZ Board on January 15, 2026.
Some finished products enter duty-free
The notice lists proposed finished products (for example, radio frequency integrated circuits) and states that duty rates for those finished products are duty-free. Companies making or importing those listed finished products could avoid import duties on those items when produced under the FTZ authorization.
Component duties: 0% to 5.0% range
The notice lists proposed foreign-status materials/components and states duty rates for those components range from duty-free to 5.0%. Importers or manufacturers using those listed components could face duties anywhere in that 0%–5.0% range when bringing them into FTZ production for this request.
Certain goods must be admitted in PF status
The notice says some materials/components are subject to duties under section 1702, section 232, or section 301 depending on origin, and those decisions require such merchandise to be admitted to FTZs in privileged foreign (PF) status (19 CFR 146.41). Importers of those items must follow PF admission rules.
Polyethylene bags hit by AD/CVD rules
The notice states polyethylene bags included among the proposed foreign-status materials are subject to an antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order or investigation if imported from certain countries, and such AD/CVD merchandise must be admitted to the FTZ in privileged foreign (PF) status.
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