Click here: Foreign Trade Zone #185 to learn more about our joint relationship with Culpeper, VA to attract foreign trade relationships.

Definition: Site within the United States where foreign and domestic merchandise is generally considered to be in international commerce. Merchandise may enter this zone without formal Customs entry or payment of Customs duties or government excise taxes.

Goals: Create/maintain U.S. jobs and investment by deferring, reducing, or eliminating Customs duties

Benefits: Cuts cost for U. S. based importers of goods for eventual domestic or foreign distribution

FTZ Board: Secretaries of Commerce, Treasury, Homeland Security, and Customs / Border Protection

VA Foreign Trade Zone’s: Norfolk #20, Culpeper #185, Richmond #207, Roanoke #238, Dulles #137

CULPEPER FOREIGN TRADE ZONE Culpeper’s new Foreign Trade Zone status leads to greater flexibility, expanding operations, and more jobs for local business.