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North Carolina is home to five Foreign Trade Zones, including #214 at the North Carolina Global TransPark, which offers individuals and businesses in a 22-county area the opportunity to import foreign goods and raw materials into a duty-free zone.

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Benefits

  • Deferral, reduction or elimination of duties
  • Goods and materials held in a Foreign Trade Zone are not subject to federal and state ad valorem taxes
  • Streamlined customs procedures ("weekly entry" or "direct delivery") that lower total entry fees
  • Goods not be subject to United States quotas
  • Reduced paperwork
  • Lower cargo insurance rates
  • Zone-to-zone transfers of goods are not subject to duties
  • Substandard or damaged goods can be destroyed before paying duties

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