A Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) is a duty-free, quota-free, secured area in a designated cutoms “port of entry,” considered outside U.S. Customs territory. Within an FTZ, foreign goods can be brought into the United States without formal customs entry for warehousing, assembly, manufacture, display, destruction, or other processing. Duty payments can be deferred, reduced, or eliminated when an FTZ is utilized.

Foreign - Trade Zones allow you to:

	Import and store duty-free for an indefinite period
	Process imported goods to reduce duties
	Import merchandise subject to quota or high rate of duty for eventual re-export
	Destroy or re-export defective goods and waste materials without paying duties
	Hold goods in excess of a quota until the next quota period