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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. population.

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

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percent in 2014 due to stronger shipment volumes and inventory carrying charges that were up 2.1 The existing warehousing inventory in DuPage County’s sub-market has over 180 million square feet of rentable building area, making it one of the top two markets in the Chicagoland area. percent in 2013 and 8.3 percent in 2014.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Slow economic growth has kept the percentage low, but the supply chain sector has made great strides in productivity, asset utilization and inventory management in the past three years.” There is no inventory tax, which is particularly advantageous to distribution companies. “Logistics costs as a percentage of GDP in the U.S.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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The location on I-20, rail served by Union Pacific and Foreign Trade Zone #165 makes Midland a prime location for distribution and manufacturing. Direct service is provided by Kansas City Southern, with connecting service provided by RailAmerica/DGNO and short-line carrier Blacklands Railroad.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Inventory is exempt from property tax. Sales and Use Tax Exemptions: Alabama also has statutory exemptions from sales and use tax: Raw materials used by manufacturers or compounders. The refund is eligible for taxes paid on construction materials, and machinery and equipment associated with the approved project.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The workforce management system includes recruitment, assessment and training of potential employees, development and production of job-related training materials, provision of training facilities and delivery of job-specific services. Services are provided at no cost to employers or trainees. The program ends December 2016.

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