Foreign trade zones allow entry of foreign or domestic merchandise without formal customs entry or government excise tax. The trade zones allow this merchandise to be handled and re-shipped without entering U.S. customs.

Merchandise entering a zone may be stored, tested, sampled, relabeled, repackaged, displayed, repaired, manipulated, mixed, cleaned, assembled, manufactured, salvaged, destroyed or processed.

Texas has foreign trade zones in the following cities and counties:

McAllen Galveston DFW Airport Brownsville Rio Grande City Freeport Point Comfort Weslaco Midland Dallas Texas City Longview Waco Edinburg Amarillo New Boston

El Paso San Antonio Houston Laredo Eagle Pass Midlothian Beaumont Corpus Christi Liberty Round Rock Fort Worth Lubbock Conroe Athens

For more information visit http://www.ia.ita.doc.gov/ftzpage/info/ftzstart.html