Seaport Services
Foreign Trade Zone # 8

Grantee:
Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority
One Maritime Plaza
Toledo, OH 43604-1866 U.S.A.
Airport and Seaport FTZ
FTZ Applications
Randy P. Campbell
Administrator, FTZ#8
phone: (717) 873-0569
E-mail: rcampbell@toledoportauthority.org

Zone Operator:
Midwest Terminals of Toledo International
Port of Toledo
3332 St. Lawrence Drive
Toledo, OH 43605 U.S.A.
Contact: John Staler
(419) 698-8171

United States Customs Service
Department of Treasury
420 Madison Ave., Suite 500
Toledo, OH 43604 U.S.A.
Contact: Donna Dedeaux, Port Captain
Phone: (419) 259-6424
Fax: (419) 259-3703
E-mail: donna.dedeaux@dhs.gov

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ftzpage/

Benefits
Companies participating in the FTZ program enjoy significant federal benefits, including deferral, reduction, or elimination of certain U.S. Customs duties. In addition, the State of Ohio provides a very important benefit to certain FTZs, including Toledo’s; through the elimination of the State’s inventory tax.

Definition
A Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) is an area physically located in the United States, but considered outside United States Customs territory. Because the zone’s unique trade designation, goods can be stored, exhibited, repackaged, manipulated, manufactured or mixed with other foreign/domestic merchandise within the zone-duty-free. Duty is paid only when goods are moved out of the FTZ and into the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones originated in 1934 when the U.S. Government enacted the Foreign-Trade Zones Act.

Advantages
The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority’s Foreign-Trade Zone No. 8 is located at the Port of Toledo’s 150-acre Overseas Cargo Center at the mouth of the Maumee River on Lake Erie. The Zone has a deep draft dock with access to international markets through the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway System. In addition, the site offers 360,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space. Toledo’s FTZ No. 8 offers the flexibility to build/lease and operate your own business or have it operated for you at either the Seaport of Airport general purpose zones.

Airport FTZ
The 337-acre general purpose zone at Toledo Express Airport supports the BAX Global Corporation international cargo-sorting hub and other operations that can benefit from an airport FTZ.

Time and Cost efficiencies
The Toledo Foreign-Trade Zone provides a broad array of advantages designed to positively impact your bottom line:

• Simple customs procedures and documentation for faster import/export movements

• Efficient cargo handling and warehousing facilities close to carriers’ docks

• Unlimited storage time at minimal rates

• Duty savings- No duties on goods being exported, and duty deferral on goods while in the Foreign-Trade Zone, as well as possible duty reductions on goods entering the domestic market

• Customs House Broker and Foreign Freight Forwarder

• No duty on payments on damaged or rejected goods

• State of Ohio waiver of state inventory tax for companies storing goods in Toledo’s Foreign-Trade Zone

• Ideal location with excellent highway/Turnpike connections just minutes away

Regulations on zone merchandise
Any foreign or domestic merchandise, not prohibited by federal law, may be brought into Toledo’s FTZ. Goods may be displayed in the Zone, allowing prospective buyers to inspect and sample merchandise before buying.

Key Features of the Complex
The comprehensive, state of the art 235,000 square foot complex is ready for tenant use and includes:

• Heated warehouse space

• More than 30 truck dock doors and 9 rail doors

• Ideal location-less than three miles from the Interstate Highway System

• Fenced property with 24-hour security

• Heavy-lift capabilities of up to 110 short tons at 35 feet

• On-site locomotive

• 150-acres of open storage area