Foreign Trade Zone

US Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ's) are a lot like islands - legally secured areas outside the United States for purposes of Customs entry procedures and duties and US Commerce Department quotas. Foreign and domestic goods may enter an FTZ duty-free to be stored, distributed, exhibited, or combined with other foreign and domestic products.

Benefits include:

• Duty deferral
  
• Security
  
• Exports
  
• Inventory Control
  
• Inverted Customs duty savings
  
• Exhibition
  
• US Quotas
  
• Reduced Insurance costs
  
• Quality Control
  
• Zone to Zone transfers
  
• Country of origin marking / labeling
  
• Accounting systems
  
• Simplification of import / export procedures
  
• Repacking