foreign trade zones

• Foreign trade zones

• Foreign-Trade Zones in the United States

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) hereby revises its regulations issued pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), concerning the authorization and regulation of foreign-trade zones and zone activity in the United States. The rule is comprehensive and constitutes a complete revision, replacing the present version of 15 CFR part 400. The changes simplify many of the Board's procedures, including those for users to obtain authority related to manufacturing and value-added activity, and include new rules designed to address compliance with the Act's requirement for a grantee to provide uniform treatment for the users of a zone. The new rules improve flexibility for U.S.-based operations, including export- oriented activity; enhance clarity; and str...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 12112, February 28, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• Foreign Trade Zones Board

• Proposed Foreign-Trade Zones:

• FR, August 01, 2011
• Notices
• Foreign-Trade Zones Board

• National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones Names Daniel Griswold As President ; Well-Known Trade Policy Expert and Author has Led Cato Institute's Trade Program Since 1997

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones (NAFTZ) today announced that Daniel Griswold, a nationally recognized advocate for open trade and economic expansion, has been appointed NAFTZ President, effective January 9. A graduate of the London School of Economics and author of the popular 2009 book Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization, Griswold has for many years been a prolific and enthusiastic free-trade advocate and author from his position as Director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute in Washington.

• U.S. Newswire
• January 05, 2012

• Applications for Proposed Foreign-Trade Zones under Alternative Site Framework:

• FR, October 05, 2011
• Notices
• Foreign-Trade Zones Board

• Foreign-Trade Zones Board Proposes Changes to FTZ Regulations

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board (FTZ Board), on December 30, 2010, issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register to amend the substantive and procedura...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Establishments of Foreign-Trade Zones:

• FR, May 16, 2011
• Notices
• Foreign-Trade Zones Board

• Foreign-Trade Zones Offer Product Savings

Nationally, foreign trade zones are steadily gaining popularity. More than 350,000 people worked at 3,500 companies in foreign-trade zones last year, according to the 2007 annual report of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board. In 1970, there were eight zones and three sub-zones. Today, there are more than 230 zones and 400 sub-zones. The combined value of shipments into the zones and sub-zones totaled $491 billion in fiscal year 2006, up more than $80 billion over the previous year. [...] merchandise can pass into them and be stored, displayed, repaired and assembled-all without payment of customs duties or government excise taxes until the products eventually leave the zones. A recent study by two economists indicated that the wages created and the income generated by the zones more than off...

• NJBIZ
• August 28, 2009

• Proposed Foreign-Trade Zones under Alternative Site Framework:

• FR, November 02, 2011
• Notices
• Foreign-Trade Zones Board

• 22 CFR 123.6 - Foreign trade zones and U.S. Customs and Border Protection bonded warehouses.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 22: Foreign Relations

• Proposed Foreign-Trade Zones Under Alternative Site Framework:

• FR, December 13, 2010
• Notices
• Foreign-Trade Zones Board