Foreign Trade Zones

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.

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

San Francisco San Jose Long Beach Oakland West Sacramento San Diego Palmdale Los Angeles Port Hueneme Shafter

Merced County Madera County Fresno County Stockton Palm Springs Santa Maria Victorville Imperial Riverside County

For more information, visit Foreign Trade Zones