# 2026-12774: BASF Seeks Trade-Zone Savings for Huntsville Emissions Catalyst Production

2026-12774, Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 83, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC; (Mobile Emissions Catalyst Products); Huntsville, Alabama, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, Foreign-Trade Zones Board published 2026-06-25; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-28).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12774
- As of: 2026-10-28
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-12774
- Title: Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 83, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC; (Mobile Emissions Catalyst Products); Huntsville, Alabama
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
- Citation: 91 FR 38393
- Published: 2026-06-25
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-28

## In one line

BASF Seeks Trade-Zone Savings for Huntsville Emissions Catalyst Production

## Summary

BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts in Huntsville, Alabama, wants to make special catalyst products using certain imported materials with lower or no duties through Foreign-Trade Zone 83. This change helps BASF save money on taxes for specific parts and products starting soon after approval. It mainly affects BASF and their suppliers, boosting local production while cutting costs.

## Effects PRIA read

- Specified Finished Catalysts Enter Duty-Free: benefit, medium. BASF’s proposed finished products — listed as coated ceramic catalysts with precious metals, coated ceramic catalysts, and metallic catalysts — are identified in the filing as duty-free when admitted under the Foreign-Trade Zone procedures. This applies to those specific finished products if the Bo…
- Input Material Duty Rates Vary (0%–6.5%): mixed, medium. The filing lists many foreign-status inputs (for example: ceramic substrates; precious metals solutions of platinum, rhodium, and palladium; aluminum oxide; titanium dioxide) that are proposed for use in production and states applicable duty rates range from duty-free to 6.5%. That means some impor…
- Certain Inputs Must Be Admitted in Privileged Status: cost, medium. The notice states some materials/components are subject to duties under section 122, section 232, or section 301 depending on country of origin, and those decisions require such merchandise to be admitted to FTZs in privileged foreign status under 19 CFR 146.41. That means those specific inputs wil…

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## Sources
- [2026-12774 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/25/2026-12774/foreign-trade-zone-ftz-83-notification-of-proposed-production-activity-basf-mobile-emissions)
- [2026-12774 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-25/pdf/2026-12774.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12774 (as of 2026-10-28).