Foreign-trade zones of the United States

1937 poster celebrating the United States' first foreign trade zone, Staten Island

In the United States, a foreign-trade zone (FTZ) is a geographical area, in (or adjacent to) a United States Port of Entry, where commercial merchandise, both domestic and foreign, receives the same Customs treatment it would if it were outside the commerce of the United States. The purpose of such zones is to help American businesses to be competitive in the global economy by reducing tariff burdens on the importation of foreign inputs and on exported finished products. ^[1] Another definition of an FTZ states that it is an isolated, enclosed and policed area operated as a public utility, furnished with facilities for loading, unloading, handling, storing, manipulating, manufacturing and exhibiting goods and for reshipping them by land, water or air. ^[2] Merchandise of every description may be held in the zone without being subject to tariffs (customs duties) and other ad valorem taxes. This tariff and tax relief is designed to lower the costs of U.S.-based operations engaged in international trade and thereby create and retain the employment and capital investment opportunities that result from those operations.

These special geographic areas – foreign-trade zones – are established "in or adjacent to" U.S. Ports of Entry and are under the supervision of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection under the United States Homeland Security Council. The relevant state government must also have passed a law enabling the establishment of such zones.

Since 1986, U.S. customs' oversight of FTZ operations has been conducted on an audit-inspection basis known as compliance reviews, whereby compliance is assured through audits and spot checks under a surety bond, rather than through on-site supervision by customs personnel. ^[3]

There are over 230 foreign-trade zone projects and nearly 400 subzones in the United States. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

History

The U.S. foreign-trade zones program was created by the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 1934. The Foreign-Trade Zones Act was one of two key pieces of legislation passed in 1934 in an attempt to mitigate some of the destructive effects of the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs, which had been imposed in 1930. The Foreign-Trade Zones Act was created to "expedite and encourage foreign commerce" in the United States.

Through World War II, manufacturing activity was allowed only on a very limited basis. In 1950, the original act was amended to open up FTZs to manufacturing, but it had little impact until 1980. In that year, Congress again amended the act so that products manufactured in the zones would not be assessed on U.S. value-added. This ensured that the only tariffs a producer inside the zone selling to U.S. customers would pay, would be on the raw materials imported into the zone. This "integrated" model, which replaced the previous "island" model, spurred growth in the U.S. foreign-trade zones program. ^[4]

Benefits

U.S. FTZs pose multiple benefits, other than duty deferred and inverted tariff, which companies can use to benefit their bottom line. However, a majority of companies are not utilizing FTZs to their full potential because sometimes the unknown creates uncertainty. ^[7]

Some of the benefits of operating a FTZ include: ^[8]

• Improved inventory management
• Automated recordkeeping and document storage
• Increased visibility of the supply chain
• Improved cash flow
• Improved company compliance
• Lessened U.S. regulatory agency requirements for re-export

Inverted tariff

Inverted tariff benefits exist when the duty rate for the overall finished good is lower than the duty rate of the component parts. Therefore, by manufacturing finished goods within an FTZ, US importers can take advantage of the inverted tariff duty rate, all while keeping manufacturing operations within the US. Inverted tariff works when an importer with manufacturing authority within an FTZ is allowed to admit their components into the zone duty-free, manufacture the finished good, and pay CBP duties on the foreign content in the finished good at the lower duty rate of the finished goods at the time of entry. The importer avoids paying the higher duty rate on the component parts and defers the lower duty payment on the value of the foreign content until the time of consumption in the commerce of the US. Inverted tariff is seen predominantly in the manufacturing industry, benefiting automotive, petroleum, pharmaceutical, aerospace, electronics, textile companies and many more. ^[9]

Business in FTZs

Any company in any industry can apply to be a part of an FTZ. Companies importing to the U.S. on a regular basis and in high volume are the main participants. It is a way to reduce importing costs and save money by participating in special customs procedures and simplifies processes to run more efficient inventory control systems.

The process to register into one used to be lengthy — 9 to 12 months, depending on the industry and if a FTZ is being created or if you are participating in one that already exists. ^[10] This changed in 2011, when Alternative Site Framework (ASF) was introduced.

Alternative Site Framework

Alternative Site Framework (ASF) provides a streamlined process for foreign-trade zone grantees to quickly expand operations within their given service area. Grantees that have transitioned over to ASF are granted 2,000 "virtual" acres to designate sites within their service area, sometimes as quickly as thirty (30) days. As opposed to the Traditional Site Framework, this ASF option doesn't require a grantee to go through a traditional boundary modification for expansion purposes. ^[11] Companies now have the option to select between establishing their business in a usage-driven site or a magnet site.

Usage-driven sites

Usage-driven sites are sites within a grantee's service area, that must go through a designation and activation process with the grantee and the Foreign-Trade Zone Board prior to initiating operations. Under ASF, usage-driven sites replace the role that subzones once held – allowing companies to operate under FTZ status while being located outside of what used to be called "general purpose zones" or now known as magnet sites under ASF. ^[12]

Magnet sites

Magnet sites are usually industrial parks or multi-tenant sites within a grantee's service area, which have already been designated by the Foreign-Trade Zone Board. Once a company that's established in said industrial park wants to operate as an FTZ, it must only go through the designation process with the help of the grantee and local customs. Under ASF, magnet sites replace the role that general purpose zones once held – industrial parks that serve commerce as a public utility.

Subzones

A foreign-trade subzone is an area approved by the Foreign-Trade Zones Board for use by a specific company. Foreign-trade subzone companies enjoy all the same benefits as foreign-trade zone companies, but subzones are located outside existing general-purpose sites within 60 miles of the port of entry. Subzones allow companies that import and/or re-export products to take advantage of foreign-trade zone benefits without having to physically relocate within the foreign-trade zone general purpose sites. These sites are becoming obsolete with the implementation of ASF.

Alternate options – file for drawback

Companies have the ability, utilizing drawback filings, to recoup up to 99% of the duties paid on goods previously imported into the US, that are later exported and drawback can be claimed for goods exported up to three years prior to filing a claim with customs. ^[13]

List of zones

Foreign-trade zones in the United States ^[14]

State	Zone	Grantee	CBP port of entry
Alabama	FTZ 82	City of Mobile	Mobile
Alabama	FTZ 83	Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority	Huntsville
Alabama	FTZ 98	City of Birmingham	Birmingham
Alabama	FTZ 222	Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce	Birmingham
Alabama	FTZ 233	Dothan-Houston County Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.	Panama City
Alaska	FTZ 108	City of Valdez	Valdez
Alaska	FTZ 160	Port of Anchorage	Anchorage
Alaska	FTZ 195	Fairbanks Economic Development Corp.	Fairbanks
Alaska	FTZ 232	Kodiak Island Borough	Kodiak
Arizona	FTZ 60	Nogales-Santa Cruz County Economic Development Foundation, Inc.	Nogales
Arizona	FTZ 75	City of Phoenix	Phoenix
Arizona	FTZ 139	Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation	Naco
Arizona	FTZ 174	Sun Corridor, Inc.	Tucson
Arizona	FTZ 219	Greater Yuma Economic Development Corp.	San Luis
Arizona	FTZ 221	City of Mesa	Phoenix
Arizona	FTZ 277	Greater Maricopa Foreign Trade Zone, Inc.	Phoenix
Arkansas	FTZ 14	Arkansas Department of Industrial Development	Little Rock
Arkansas	FTZ 273	City of West Memphis Public Facilities Board	Memphis
California	FTZ 3	San Francisco Port Commission	San Francisco
California	FTZ 18	City of San Jose	San Jose
California	FTZ 50	Board of Harbor Commissioners of the Port of Long Beach	Los Angeles / Long Beach
California	FTZ 56	City of Oakland	San Francisco
California	FTZ 143	Port of Sacramento	Sacramento
California	FTZ 153	City of San Diego	San Diego
California	FTZ 191	City of Palmdale Economic Development	Los Angeles / Long Beach
California	FTZ 202	Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles	Los Angeles / Long Beach
California	FTZ 205	Board of Harbor Commissioners, Oxnard Harbor District	Port Hueneme
California	FTZ 226	Board of Supervisors of the County of Merced	Fresno
California	FTZ 231	Port of Stockton	Stockton
California	FTZ 236	City of Palm Springs	Palm Springs
California	FTZ 243	City of Victorville	Victorville
California	FTZ 244	March Joint Powers Authority	Los Angeles / Long Beach
California	FTZ 248	City of Eureka	Eureka
California	FTZ 257	County of Imperial	Calexico
California	FTZ 276	Kern County	Meadows Field Airport
Colorado	FTZ 112	Colorado Springs Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.	Denver
Colorado	FTZ 123	City and County of Denver	Denver
Colorado	FTZ 293	Town of Limon	Denver
Connecticut	FTZ 71	Economic and Industrial Development Commission of Windsor Locks	Hartford
Connecticut	FTZ 76	Bridgeport Port Authority	Bridgeport
Connecticut	FTZ 162	Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce	New Haven
Connecticut	FTZ 208	New London Foreign Trade Zone Commission	New London
Delaware	FTZ 99	State of Delaware	Wilmington
Florida	FTZ 25	Broward County	Port Everglades
Florida	FTZ 32	Greater Miami Foreign Trade Zone, Inc.	Miami
Florida	FTZ 42	Greater Orlando Aviation Authority	Orlando
Florida	FTZ 64	Jacksonville Port Authority	Jacksonville
Florida	FTZ 65	Panama City Port Authority	Panama City
Florida	FTZ 79	City of Tampa	Tampa
Florida	FTZ 135	Port of Palm Beach District	West Palm Beach
Florida	FTZ 136	Canaveral Port Authority	Port Canaveral
Florida	FTZ 166	Vision Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.	Miami
Florida	FTZ 169	Manatee County Port Authority	Port Manatee
Florida	FTZ 180	Wynwood Community Economic Development Corp.	Miami
Florida	FTZ 193	Pinellas County Economic Development	St. Petersburg
Florida	FTZ 198	Volusia County Foreign-Trade Zone	Daytona Beach
Florida	FTZ 213	Lee County Port Authority	Fort Myers
Florida	FTZ 215	Sebring Airport Authority	Port Manatee
Florida	FTZ 218	Treasure Coast Foreign Trade Zone, Inc.	Fort Pierce Station
Florida	FTZ 241	City of Fort Lauderdale	Port Everglades
Florida	FTZ 249	Pensacola-Escambia County Promotion & Development Commission	Pensacola
Florida	FTZ 250	Sanford Airport Authority	Sanford
Florida	FTZ 281	Miami-Dade County	Miami
Florida	FTZ 292	City of Leesburg	Leesburg
Georgia	FTZ 26	Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.	Atlanta
Georgia	FTZ 104	World Trade Center Savannah, LLC	Savannah
Georgia	FTZ 144	Brunswick and Glynn County Development Authority	Brunswick
Hawaii	FTZ 9	State of Hawaii	Honolulu
Idaho	FTZ 242	County of Boundary	Eastport
Idaho	FTZ 280	Southwest Idaho Manufacturers’ Alliance	Boise
Illinois	FTZ 22	Illinois International Port District	Chicago
Illinois	FTZ 31	America’s Central Port District	St. Louis
Illinois	FTZ 114	Economic Development Council for Central Illinois	Peoria
Illinois	FTZ 133	Quad-City Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.	Davenport / Moline / Rock Island
Illinois	FTZ 146	Bi-State Authority	Evansville
Illinois	FTZ 176	Greater Rockford Airport Authority	Rockford
Illinois	FTZ 245	Economic Development Corporation of Decatur & Macon County	Decatur
Illinois	FTZ 271	Jo-Carroll Foreign Trade Zone Board	Davenport / Moline / Rock Island
Indiana	FTZ 72	Indianapolis Airport Authority	Indianapolis
Indiana	FTZ 125	St. Joseph County Airport Authority	Chicago
Indiana	FTZ 152	Ports of Indiana	Chicago
Indiana	FTZ 170	Ports of Indiana	Louisville
Indiana	FTZ 177	Ports of Indiana	Evansville
Indiana	FTZ 182	City of Fort Wayne	Fort Wayne
Iowa	FTZ 107	The Iowa Foreign Trade Zone Corp.	Des Moines
Iowa	FTZ 133	Quad-City Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.	Davenport / Moline / Rock Island
Iowa	FTZ 175	Cedar Rapids Airport Commission	Des Moines
Iowa	FTZ 288	Northwest Iowa Development Corp.	Sioux Falls
Kansas	FTZ 17	Greater Kansas City FTZ, Inc.	Kansas City
Kansas	FTZ 161	Board of Commissioners of Sedgwick County	Wichita
Kentucky	FTZ 29	Louisville & Jefferson County Riverport Authority	Louisville
Kentucky	FTZ 47	Greater Cincinnati FTZ, Inc.	Cincinnati
Kentucky	FTZ 294	Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority	Evansville
Louisiana	FTZ 2	Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans	New Orleans
Louisiana	FTZ 87	Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District	Lake Charles
Louisiana	FTZ 124	Port of South Louisiana	Gramercy
Louisiana	FTZ 145	Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission	Shreveport
Louisiana	FTZ 154	Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission	Baton Rouge
Louisiana	FTZ 261	England Economic & Industrial Development District	Morgan City
Louisiana	FTZ 279	Houma-Terrebonne Airport Commission	Morgan City
Louisiana	FTZ 291	Cameron Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District	Lake Charles
Maine	FTZ 58	City of Bangor	Bangor
Maine	FTZ 179	Madawaska Foreign Trade Zone Corp.	Madawaska
Maine	FTZ 186	City of Waterville	Belfast
Maine	FTZ 263	Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council	Portland
Maine	FTZ 282	Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority	Portland
Maryland	FTZ 63	Prince George’s County Government	Washington, DC
Maryland	FTZ 73	Maryland Department of Transportation	Baltimore
Maryland	FTZ 74	City of Baltimore	Baltimore
Maryland	FTZ 255	Cascade Properties & Washington County Board of Commissioners	Baltimore
Massachusetts	FTZ 27	Massachusetts Port Authority	Boston
Massachusetts	FTZ 28	City of New Bedford	New Bedford
Massachusetts	FTZ 201	City of Holyoke	Springfield
Michigan	FTZ 16	Economic Development Corp. of Sault Ste. Marie	Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan	FTZ 43	City of Battle Creek	Battle Creek
Michigan	FTZ 70	Greater Detroit Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.	Detroit
Michigan	FTZ 140	City of Flint	Saginaw / Bay City / Flint
Michigan	FTZ 189	KOM Foreign Trade Zone Authority	Grand Rapids
Michigan	FTZ 210	Economic Development Alliance of St. Clair County	Port Huron
Michigan	FTZ 275	Capital Region Airport Authority	Lansing
Minnesota	FTZ 51	Duluth Seaway Port Authority	Duluth
Minnesota	FTZ 119	Greater Metropolitan Area FTZ Commission	Minneapolis
Minnesota	FTZ 259	Koochiching Economic Development Authority	International Falls
Mississippi	FTZ 92	Mississippi Coast Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.	Gulfport
Mississippi	FTZ 158	Greater Mississippi Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.	Jackson
Mississippi	FTZ 262	Northern Mississippi FTZ, Inc.	Memphis
Mississippi	FTZ 287	Tunica County	Memphis
Missouri	FTZ 15	Greater Kansas City FTZ, Inc.	Kansas City
Missouri	FTZ 102	St. Louis County Port Authority	St. Louis
Missouri	FTZ 225	City of Springfield Airport Board	Springfield
Montana	FTZ 88	Great Falls International Airport Authority	Great Falls
Montana	FTZ 187	Northern Express Transportation, Inc.	Sweetgrass
Montana	FTZ 274	City and County of Butte-Silver Bow	Butte-Silver Bow
Nebraska	FTZ 19	Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce	Omaha
Nebraska	FTZ 59	Lincoln Chamber of Commerce	Omaha
Nevada	FTZ 89	Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance	Las Vegas
Nevada	FTZ 126	Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada	Reno
New Hampshire	FTZ 81	Pease Development Authority	Portsmouth
New Jersey	FTZ 44	State of New Jersey	New York / Newark
New Jersey	FTZ 49	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey	New York / Newark
New Jersey	FTZ 142	South Jersey Port Corporation	Salem, New Jersey/Philadelphia
New Jersey	FTZ 200	County of Mercer	Philadelphia
New Jersey	FTZ 235	Township of Lakewood	Philadelphia
New Mexico	FTZ 110	City of Albuquerque Aviation Department	Albuquerque
New Mexico	FTZ 197	Board of County Commissioners of Dona Ana County	Santa Teresa
New York	FTZ 1	City of New York	New York / Newark
New York	FTZ 23	County of Erie	Buffalo
New York	FTZ 34	Niagara County Industrial Development Agency	Buffalo
New York	FTZ 37	County of Orange	New York / Newark
New York	FTZ 52	Suffolk County	John F. Kennedy International Airport
New York	FTZ 54	Clinton County Area Development Corp.	Champlain
New York	FTZ 90	County of Onondaga	Syracuse
New York	FTZ 109	Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency	Alexandria Bay
New York	FTZ 118	Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority	Ogdensburg
New York	FTZ 121	Capital District Regional Planning Commission	Albany
New York	FTZ 141	County of Monroe	Rochester
New York	FTZ 172	County of Oneida	Utica
New York	FTZ 284	Genesee Gateway Local Development Corp.	Rochester
New York	FTZ 285	Chenango County	Syracuse
New York	FTZ 289	Ontario County	Rochester
New York	FTZ 290	Cortland County	Syracuse
North Carolina	FTZ 57	Charlotte Regional Partnership, Inc.	Charlotte
North Carolina	FTZ 93	Triangle J Council of Governments	Raleigh / Durham
North Carolina	FTZ 214	North Carolina Department of Transportation	Morehead City / Beaufort
North Carolina	FTZ 230	Piedmont Triad Partnership	Winston-Salem
North Dakota	FTZ 103	Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corp.	Pembina
North Dakota	FTZ 267	Municipal Airport Authority of the City of Fargo	Fargo
Ohio	FTZ 8	Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority	Toledo / Sandusky
Ohio	FTZ 40	Cleveland Cuyahoga County Port Authority	Cleveland
Ohio	FTZ 46	Greater Cincinnati FTZ, Inc.	Cincinnati
Ohio	FTZ 100	Greater Dayton Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.	Dayton
Ohio	FTZ 101	AMES Material Services, Inc.	Dayton
Ohio	FTZ 138	Columbus Regional Airport Authority	Columbus
Ohio	FTZ 151	Findlay/Hancock County Chamber of Commerce	Toledo / Sandusky
Ohio	FTZ 181	Northeast Ohio Trade & Economic Consortium	Cleveland
Ohio	FTZ 270	Lawrence County Port Authority	Charleston
Oklahoma	FTZ 53	City of Tulsa	Tulsa
Oklahoma	FTZ 106	Port Authority of the Greater Oklahoma City Area	Oklahoma City
Oklahoma	FTZ 164	Muskogee City-County Port Authority	Tulsa
Oklahoma	FTZ 227	Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc.	Dallas / Fort Worth
Oregon	FTZ 45	Port of Portland	Portland
Oregon	FTZ 132	International Port of Coos Bay Commission	Coos Bay
Pennsylvania	FTZ 24	Eastern Distribution Center, Inc.	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton
Pennsylvania	FTZ 33	Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania	FTZ 35	Philadelphia Regional Port Authority	Philadelphia
Pennsylvania	FTZ 147	FTZ Corp. of Southern Pennsylvania	Harrisburg
Pennsylvania	FTZ 247	Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority	Erie
Pennsylvania	FTZ 254	North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission	Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania	FTZ 272	Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp.	Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania	FTZ 295	Pennsylvania Foreign Trade Zone Corp.	Pittsburgh
Puerto Rico	FTZ 7	Puerto Rico Industrial Development Corp.	Mayaguez
Puerto Rico	FTZ 61	Puerto Rico Trade and Export Co.	San Juan
Puerto Rico	FTZ 163	CODEZOL C.D.	Ponce
Rhode Island	FTZ 105	Rhode Island Economic Development Corp.	Providence
South Carolina	FTZ 21	South Carolina State Ports Authority	Charleston
South Carolina	FTZ 38	South Carolina State Ports Authority	Greenville / Spartanburg
South Carolina	FTZ 127	Richland-Lexington Airport District	Columbia
South Dakota	FTZ 220	Sioux Falls Development Foundation	Sioux Falls
Tennessee	FTZ 77	City of Memphis	Memphis
Tennessee	FTZ 78	Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County	Nashville
Tennessee	FTZ 138	Chattanooga Chamber Foundation	Chattanooga
Tennessee	FTZ 148	Industrial Development Board of Blount County and the Cities of Alcoa and Maryville	Knoxville
Tennessee	FTZ 204	Tri-Cities Airport Authority	Tri-Cities Airport
Tennessee	FTZ 223	Memphis International Trade Development Corp.	Memphis
Tennessee	FTZ 78	Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County	Shelbyville
Tennessee	FTZ 283	Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority	Memphis
Texas	FTZ 12	McAllen Foreign Trade Zone	McAllen / Hidalgo County
Texas	FTZ 36	Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves	Houston
Texas	FTZ 39	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board	Dallas / Fort Worth
Texas	FTZ 62	Brownsville Navigation District	Brownsville / Los Indios
Texas	FTZ 68	City of El Paso	El Paso
Texas	FTZ 80	City of San Antonio Economic Development Dept.	San Antonio
Texas	FTZ 84	Port of Houston Authority	Houston
Texas	FTZ 94	City of Laredo	Laredo
Texas	FTZ 95	Starr County Industrial Foundation	Rio Grande City
Texas	FTZ 96	City of Eagle Pass	Eagle Pass
Texas	FTZ 113	Ellis County Trade Zone Corp.	Dallas / Fort Worth
Texas	FTZ 115	Foreign-Trade Zone of Southeast Texas, Inc.	Port Arthur
Texas	FTZ 116	Foreign-Trade Zone of Southeast Texas, Inc.	Port Arthur
Texas	FTZ 117	Foreign-Trade Zone of Southeast Texas, Inc.	Port Arthur
Texas	FTZ 122	Port of Corpus Christi Authority	Corpus Christi
Texas	FTZ 149	Port Freeport	Freeport
Texas	FTZ 150	Westport Economic Development Corp.	El Paso
Texas	FTZ 155	Calhoun-Victoria Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.	Port Lavaca / Port Comfort
Texas	FTZ 156	City of Weslaco	Progreso
Texas	FTZ 165	City of Midland	Midland
Texas	FTZ 168	Metroplex International Trade	Dallas / Fort Worth
Texas	FTZ 171	Liberty County Economic Development Corp.	Houston
Texas	FTZ 183	Foreign Trade Zone of Central Texas, Inc.	Austin
Texas	FTZ 196	Alliance Corridor, Inc.	Alliance Airport
Texas	FTZ 199	Texas City Foreign-Trade Zone Corp.	Houston
Texas	FTZ 234	Gregg County	Shreveport / Bossier City
Texas	FTZ 246	City of Waco	Dallas / Fort Worth
Texas	FTZ 252	City of Amarillo	Amarillo
Texas	FTZ 258	TexAmericas Center	Shreveport / Bossier City
Texas	FTZ 260	City of Lubbock	Lubbock
Texas	FTZ 265	City of Conroe	Houston
Texas	FTZ 269	Athens Economic Development Corp.	Dallas / Fort Worth
Texas	FTZ 297	City of Lufkin	Port Arthur / Beaumont
Utah	FTZ 30	Salt Lake City Corp.	Salt Lake City
Vermont	FTZ 55	Greater Burlington Industrial Corp.	Burlington International Airport
Vermont	FTZ 268	Brattleboro Foreign-Trade Zone LLC	Springfield
Vermont	FTZ 286	Northeastern Vermont Development Association	Derby Line
Virginia	FTZ 20	Virginia Port Authority	Norfolk / Newport News
Virginia	FTZ 137	Washington Dulles Foreign-Trade Zone	Washington Dulles International Airport
Virginia	FTZ 185	County of Culpeper	Front Royal
Virginia	FTZ 207	Capital Region Airport Commission	Richmond / Petersburg
Virginia	FTZ 238	New River Valley Economic Development Alliance, Inc.	New River Valley Airport
Washington	FTZ 5	Port of Seattle Commission	Puget Sound
Washington	FTZ 85	Port of Everett	Puget Sound
Washington	FTZ 86	Port of Tacoma	Puget Sound
Washington	FTZ 120	Cowlitz Economic Development Council	Longview
Washington	FTZ 128	Lummi Indian Business Council	Puget Sound
Washington	FTZ 129	Port of Bellingham	Blaine
Washington	FTZ 173	Port of Grays Harbor	Aberdeen
Washington	FTZ 203	Moses Lake Public Corp.	Port of Moses Lake
Washington	FTZ 212	Puyallup Tribal Foreign-Trade Zone Corp.	Puget Sound
Washington	FTZ 216	Port of Olympia	Puget Sound
Washington	FTZ 224	Spokane Airport Board	Spokane
Washington	FTZ 296	Port of Vancouver USA	Portland
West Virginia	FTZ 229	West Virginia Economic Development Authority	Charleston
West Virginia	FTZ 240	West Virginia Economic Development Authority	Front Royal
Wisconsin	FTZ 41	Port of Milwaukee	Milwaukee
Wisconsin	FTZ 167	Brown County	Green Bay
Wisconsin	FTZ 266	Dane County	Milwaukee
Wyoming	FTZ 157	Natrona County International Airport	Natrona County Airport

See also

• Free trade zone
• List of free ports
• Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations

References

1. Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 272.
2. "Foreign Trade Zones". Integrationpoint.com. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
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6. Tiefenbrun, Susan (2012), Tax Free Trade Zones Of The World And In The United States, Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN   978-1-84980-243-7
7. "How FTZs Work with the Rest of the Company". Integrationpoint.com. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
8. "Operating a FTZ – What is the benefit to me?". Integrationpoint.com. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
9. "Inverted tariff – What it is, and how should it be used?". Integrationpoint.com. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
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12. "The U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Program – Information for CBP" (PDF). 2015.
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14. "List of Foreign-Trade Zones by State". enforcement.trade.gov. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

Further reading

• Roger W. Caves, ed. (2005). "Foreign Trade Zones". Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 185. ISBN   978-0-415-25225-6. (About USA)
• Edward G. Hinkelman (2005). Dictionary of International Trade (6th ed.). California: World Trade Press. ISBN   978-1-885073-72-3.

External links

• US Foreign-trade Zones maintained by the US Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
• List and map of U.S. Foreign Trade Zones
• Foreign-Trade Zones Board in the Federal Register
• Greater Indianapolis Foreign Trade Zone, Inc. – FTZ #72 – Indianapolis, IN