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Foreign Trade Zone #79
Tampa Bay/I-4 Corridor Foreign-Trade Zone covering the port complex, enabling duty deferral, reduction or elimination.
Description
The Tampa Bay/I-4 Corridor Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ #79) helps qualified importers, exporters, distribution companies and manufacturers reduce or eliminate US Customs duties and fees. In 2022 the FTZ was expanded to cover the entire port complex, including Hooker's Point, Pendola Point, Port Sutton, East Port, Port Redwing and Southbay.
Key features
- Administrative area extending 60 miles or a 90-minute drive from the port
- Hillsborough and Polk counties form an Alternative Site Framework area
- Duty deferral, duty elimination for import-for-export and consolidated customs entries
- Storage, assembly or manufacturing before customs clearance
Applications
Importers, exporters, distributors and manufacturers moving goods by ocean, air, rail, truck and pipeline.
Specifications
| Administrative area | 60 miles or a 90-minute drive from the port |
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