{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Foreign Trade Zone Reefer Storage","description":"A Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) is a customs-privileged area where imported goods may be stored, repackaged, or processed before import duties are assessed. Reefer storage within an FTZ extends this deferred-duty advantage to temperature-sensitive commodities such as fresh produce, seafood, and pharmaceuticals, held in refrigerated chambers or powered reefer-container bays. Duties and import taxes fall due only when goods are formally entered into domestic commerce. Throughout the storage period, ope","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-reefer-storage","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-24T01:35:47.005911","citation":"https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/ports-entry/cargo-security/foreign-trade-zones","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/foreign-trade-zone-reefer-storage","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Foreign Trade Zone Reefer Storage · A Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) is a customs-privileged area where imported goods may be stored, repackaged, or processed before import duties are assessed. · Quelle: https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/ports-entry/cargo-security/foreign-trade-zones"}