For any company wishing to enjoy the benefits of dealing in the import/export market, the Foreign Trade Zone offers many unique opportunities. Much more than a simple bonded warehouse, the Foreign Trade Zone acts as a piece of whatever country you are doing business with, located on the banks of the Mississippi. We work closely with the Tri-City Regional Port Authority, the grantor of Foreign Trade Zone Number 31.

This unique interpretation creates a wide variety of benefits.

It greatly reduces, and sometimes eliminates, duty payments by:

1. Eliminating duty on foreign merchandise entering the Foreign Trade Zone if it is to be re-exported.

2. Eliminating, or reducing, duty on products manipulated, processed, assembled or in any way manufactured in the Foreign Trade Zone.

• Pay duty on component parts or finished goods, whichever is less.

• Pay no duty on the value added through any manufacturing operations within the Foreign Trade Zone.

• Pay no duty on materials lost or consumed in the manufacturing process.

3. Save on ocean freight insurance, since you do not have to insure the amount of the assessed duty.

4. Defer duty payments until goods actually leave the Foreign Trade Zone. There is no time limit on how long goods can remain in the Foreign Trade Zone.

5. Allow easier access to merchandise than possible in a bonded warehouse.

6. Apply for drawback, export tax refunds and export incentives as soon as any duty is paid.

7. Avoid increases in duty by importing your maximum needs at one time and holding them in the Foreign Trade Zone until needed by customers.

Foreign Trade Zone personnel are experts in duty regulations. They can assist you in using the Foreign Trade Zone for maximum advantage to your import/export program. And their services are included in the very nominal Foreign Trade Zone rates.

Savings Example:

The Delivery Network now serves other global customers through its office in the World Trade Center satellite offices located in St. Louis, Missouri.

As the global economy moves closer to a functioning reality, The Delivery Network is positioning itself to provide needed services to those who wish to participate in the United States markets. Two innovative programs let foreign firms seeking U.S. customers find and service them as easily as if they were resident in the U.S.

Market Makers: Through its knowledge of American markets and marketing activities, The Delivery Network can guide foreign companies in developing effective sales programs, and then assist in implementing what they've helped create.

A Warehouse In the United States (WITUS): This program is designed specifically for foreign auto parts suppliers looking to capture a share of the central U.S. market. It permits offshore suppliers to offer Midwest auto manufacturers the same level of distribution service as local suppliers; thus eliminating a major barrier to entry, and opening this lucrative marketplace, perhaps for the first time.