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In 2010, U.S. exports of goods and services grew by 16.6% percent to $1.83 trillion. U.S. imports also increased nearly 20% percent to $2.3 trillion over 2009 figures.   

Why should your company consider doing business beyond our U.S. borders? Exporting, importing, customs, free trade, duties, tariffs, international commerce... all are concepts and activities that take time and money to understand - let alone to achieve proficiency and ultimately profitability.

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What types of activities are common in Foreign Trade Zones? Merchandise entering a Zone may be:

• Assembled
• Tested
• Sampled
• Relabeled
• Manufactured
• Stored
  • Salvaged
• Processed
• Repackaged
• Destroyed
• Mixed
• Manipulated
If you could create your own place on the planet – your place, on your terms – you’d create a place like Greater Lansing.

More than 450,000 people call the Greater Lansing region home, and for lots of great reasons – we're in the middle of everywhere and offer almost everything:

Want to live on an organic farm and work at a high-powered downtown law firm? It's possible in Greater Lansing.

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What types of activities are common in Foreign Trade Zones? Merchandise entering a Zone may be:

• Assembled
• Tested
• Sampled
• Relabeled
• Manufactured
• Stored
  • Salvaged
• Processed
• Repackaged
• Destroyed
• Mixed
• Manipulated
What if your company could save 5% to 20% on annual logistics expenses?  Increase profit margins on your products that utilize imported components? All while improving your company’s cash flow and global competitiveness.  And what if you could achieve all this here in the Greater Lansing Region, supporting companies and jobs throughout the region?

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What types of activities are common in Foreign Trade Zones? Merchandise entering a Zone may be:

• Assembled
• Tested
• Sampled
• Relabeled
• Manufactured
• Stored
  • Salvaged
• Processed
• Repackaged
• Destroyed
• Mixed
• Manipulated
A tariff (or duty, the words are used interchangeably) is a tax levied by governments on the value of imported products.

Sales and state taxes, and in some instances customs fees, will often be levied as well. The tariff is assessed at the time of importation along with any other applicable taxes/fees. Tariffs raise the prices of imported goods, thus making them less competitive within the market of the importing country.


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What types of activities are common in Foreign Trade Zones? Merchandise entering a Zone may be:

• Assembled
• Tested
• Sampled
• Relabeled
• Manufactured
• Stored
  • Salvaged
• Processed
• Repackaged
• Destroyed
• Mixed
• Manipulated

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