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Foreign-Trade Zone Benefits <br />Duty Deferral—Again, since Foreign-Trade Zones are outside the Customs <br />territory of the United States, goods are not imported until they leave the <br />zone. Therefore, Customs duty is deferred until merchandise is imported from a <br />Foreign-Trade Zone into the United States. So, instead of companies having <br />substantial monies tied up in Customs duties on their inventory, they have use <br />of that money for other purposes. <br />There are many other substantial benefits that the Zones program has to offer <br />manufacturers and distributors in the United States, but the benefits listed are the <br />key benefits that attract most companies to the Zones program. More and more <br />companies look globally when deciding to locate or expand a new manufacturing or <br />processing facility. When these companies make these location and expansion <br />decisions, they do take into account all costs of manufacturing in a certain country. <br />Unfortunately, there are unintended import tax penalties for many companies located <br />in, or considering locating in, the United States. The Foreign-Trade Zones program <br />http://www.foreign-trade-zone.com/benefits.htm[6/3/2011 3:48:15 PM] <br /> <br />