# 2026-15804: Feds Approve SSD Factory in Texas Free Zone: Thrilling Bureaucracy!

2026-15804, Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 12; Authorization of Production Activity; Avant Technology, Inc.; (Solid-State Drives and Memory Modules); Pharr, Texas, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, Foreign-Trade Zones Board published 2026-08-04, effective 2026-07-31; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15804
- As of: 2026-08-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-15804
- Title: Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 12; Authorization of Production Activity; Avant Technology, Inc.; (Solid-State Drives and Memory Modules); Pharr, Texas
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
- Citation: 91 FR 49406
- Published: 2026-08-04
- Effective: 2026-07-31
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-11

## In one line

Feds Approve SSD Factory in Texas Free Zone: Thrilling Bureaucracy!

## Summary

No summary available.

## Effects PRIA read

- FTZ Production Authorization for Avant: benefit, low. The Foreign-Trade Zones Board authorized Avant Technology, Inc. to produce solid-state drives and memory modules at its FTZ 12 facility in Pharr, Texas. The authorization was issued on July 31, 2026 on a limited basis, is subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations (15 CFR part 400, includin…

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## Sources
- [2026-15804 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/04/2026-15804/foreign-trade-zone-ftz-12-authorization-of-production-activity-avant-technology-inc-solid-state)
- [2026-15804 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-04/pdf/2026-15804.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15804 (as of 2026-08-11).