OFS Fitel, LLC submitted a notification on September 21, 2020, to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board about proposed production activity at its Carrollton, Georgia facility within FTZ 26. The notification underwent the FTZ Board's regulatory process, including a public comment period. On January 19, 2021, OFS Fitel was informed that part of the proposed activity required further review, and the FTZ Board authorized the production activity on a limited basis with specific restrictions. These restrictions mandate that certain foreign materials must be admitted to the zone in specific statuses as per the regulations.
Simple Explanation
OFS Fitel, a company in Georgia, got special permission to make optical fibers in a specific area with some rules about how they use materials from other countries. Some people who make the rules want to look more closely at a part of what the company is doing to make sure everything is okay.