Kansas City ranks first in the country in Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) space, featuring several general-purpose FTZ sites that total more than 10,000 acres. The Kansas City trade zones handle more volume than those of Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis and St. Louis. Companies can consider the advantages of several area sites on both sides of the state line. The available space in the zone sites includes modern, above ground warehouses and energy efficient underground storage. Kansas City FTZs are served by outstanding air, rail, truck and barge transportation systems.

A FTZ encourages international commerce and offers businesses cost saving advantages by permitting foreign goods to be held duty-free and quota-free in a specific area under Customs’ supervision for an unlimited period of time. Goods brought into a zone may be stored, manipulated, mixed with domestic and/or foreign materials, used in the manufacturing process or exhibited for sale without paying the duty. The Kansas City area zones are under the authority of Greater Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation.

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