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Kent, OH 44242
Phone: 330-672-4080
or 800-793-0912
International: 001-330-672-4080
Email: mmorgan@neotec.org

 
How to Calculate the Benefits of the FTZ

 


To determine the savings your company could realize from the FTZ program, CLICK HERE to complete a Foreign-Trade Zone Savings Calculator (provided by Rockefeller Group Foreign-Trade Zone Services).  Then contact NEOTEC for a confidential analysis of this information.


 

REFER TO SAMPLE WORKSHEET BELOW:  
For your reference, below is a sample of potential FTZ savings.

WEEKLY ENTRY     
Average imported container value$120,000
Number of containers per week6
Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) per container$252
Total Current MPF paid per week$1,512
One consolidated entry per week with the
Weekly Entry program – maximum fee
$485
Weekly Entry savings per week$1,027
Weekly Entry Savings Per Year$53,404

 

DUTY ELIMINATION 
Dollar volume of imports$3,500,000
Percentage of imports exported45%
Percentage of imports scrapped2.5%
Duty rate of merchandise exported/scrapped3.5%
Duty Elimination Savings Per Year$58,187

 

DUTY REDUCTION  
Dollar volume of imported components$3,500,000 
Duty rate of imported components3.5% 
Duty value on imported components $122,500
Dollar volume of imported components$3,500,000 
Duty rate of finished product2.0% 
Duty value on finished product $70,000
Duty Reducation Savings Per Year $52,500

 

NOTE:  This sample worksheet does not represent actual savings without further analysis.  Please contact NEOTEC at 800.793.0912 to receive a free, confidential benefits analysis.