{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ)","description":"As of June 2026 — A Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) is a secure area supervised by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that, for duty purposes, is treated as outside U.S. customs territory even though it is physically located in the United States. The legal basis is the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 1934 (19 U.S.C. §§ 81a–81u); oversight lies with the Foreign-Trade Zones Board of the Department of Commerce and CBP (19 CFR Part 146). Goods admitted to a zone trigger duty only when they enter U.S. comm","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/foreign-trade-zone-ftz","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-25T06:48:31.471486","citation":"U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 1934 (19 U.S.C. §§ 81a–81u); 19 CFR Part 146 incl. § 146.41 (Privileged Foreign status); U.S. CBP \"About Foreign-Trade Zones\"; U.S. Supreme Court IEEPA tariff ruling (20 February 2026); Section 122 Trade Act of 1974. Stand: Juni 2026","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/foreign-trade-zone-ftz","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) · As of June 2026 — A Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) is a secure area supervised by U.S. · Quelle: U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 1934 (19 U.S.C. §§ 81a–81u); 19 CFR Part 146 incl. § 146.41 (Privileged Foreign status); U.S. CBP \"About Foreign-Trade Zones\"; U.S. Supreme Court IEEPA tariff ruling (20 February 2026); Section 122 Trade Act of 1974. Stand: Juni 2026"}