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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) Program was created in 1934 with the goal of helping businesses in the U.S. According to the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ), in 2014, goods exported directly from U.S. employment growth. About 63 percent of the shipments received at zones involved domestic status merchandise.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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Adjacent to Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific Railroads and Interstates 20 and 49, companies at AeroPark are strategically located near some of the largest consumer markets in the South. The site offers a 24/7 control tower and a fire station and is designated a Foreign Trade Zone with customs and border security.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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Its facility includes the City Docks—located 34 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico on the Calcasieu River Ship Channel, which is 40 feet deep and 400 feet wide. Rail service is provided by Union Pacific, Burlington Northern, Santa Fe and Kansas City Southern. A BOUNTY OF INCENTIVES. EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN SWLA.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones. Must expand its labor force, make new capital investment, or prevent loss of employment.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. The credit is 20 percent of the actual costs limited to the employer’s income tax liability.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Through the Enterprise Zones Program business and industry can realize state incentives such as Job Creation Grants and Real Property Investment Grants, while also realizing a number of local tax and other incentives. Chennault is incorporated into Foreign Trade Zone 87 and features 13 million-square-feet of concrete and over 1.5

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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By December 2011, Texas employers had replaced all of the jobs shed during the recession compared with the nation’s 44 percent recovery. The MDC has the ability to structure incentive packages to qualified new and existing employers who create and retain diversified jobs. The Foreign-Trade Zone Program adds to Port Freeport’s appeal.

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