Tesla darf Batteriespeichersysteme in Freihandelszone in Texas produzieren

# Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 84; Authorization of Production Activity; Tesla, Inc.; (Battery Storage Products and Components); Brookshire, Texas A Notice by the Foreign-Trade Zones Board on 11/02/2026 - Document Details Document Details Published Content - Document Details Agencies : Department of Commerce : Foreign-Trade Zones Board Agency/Docket Number : B-60-2026 Document Citation : 91 FR 68931 Document Number : 2026-22301 Document Type : Notice Page : 68931 (1 page) Publication Date : 11/02/2026 ... ###### Foreign-Trade Zones Board 1. [B-60-2026] On May 20, 2026, Tesla, Inc. submitted a noti

Tesla has secured federal approval for production activity at its Texas Megafactory, where the company recently began producing Megapack 3 battery storage systems, under a special U.S. customs program. According to a Federal Register notice published on Monday, the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board authorized Tesla’s proposed production activity on a limited basis for fourteen months. The approval applies to Tesla’s facility within Subzone 84AM, part of FTZ 84 in the Houston area. Foreign-trade zones allow manufacturers to conduct certain activities involving imported materials before those good

Tesla’s Megapack factory in Brookshire, Texas, is now officially a foreign-trade zone, a US customs program that lets manufacturers defer duties on imported parts. The FTZ Board’s approval, published in the Federal Register on Monday, runs for 14 months. It’s easy to read this as Tesla getting a pass on tariffs for the Chinese LFP cells inside its Megapacks. Tesla’s own application says otherwise: parts hit by Section 301, 232, or 122 tariffs still pay them. more…