Sixty-Ninth (69th) Annual Report of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to the Congress of the United States, Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2007

摘要

During the 2007 fiscal year, the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board issued 49 formal orders. The decisions included approvals for one new general-purpose zone and 12 new subzones. Authority was also granted for the expansion of 15 existing general-purpose zones. Other actions involved the granting of authority for revisions to zone plans, 12 expansions of the scope of manufacturing activity, as well as five approvals for new manufacturing activity in zones. There were 161 FTZ projects fully active during the year, with subzones in operation in more than 100 of them. The number of facilities using subzone status during the year was 256. The combined value of shipments into general-purpose zones and subzones totaled nearly $502 billion, compared with $491 billion the previous year. General-purpose sites received $69 billion in merchandise. Total shipments received at subzone sites amounted to $433 billion. Some 86 percent of zone activity took place at subzone facilities, which is consistent with the pattern of the past 15 years.