San Antonio's Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) can save your operation money through duty deferral, elimination and reduction. By law, a foreign trade zone is a designated area considered to be outside of U.S. Customs territory.  As a result, importers, distributors, manufacturers and others can take advantage of the FTZ program by admitting foreign merchandise into one of our 10 FTZ sites and defer, eliminate or reduce duties owed which will not be paid until the foreign merchandise is imported into the U.S. marketplace for consumption.  This is just one example of how the FTZ program can benefit your operation.  Additional benefits, such as weekly entry and zone to zone transfers, may save you additional money. Free Trade Alliance San Antonio provides FTZ marketing and administrative services to the City of San Antonio's Economic Development Department, Grantee of FTZ No. 80. For more information or to learn more about the FTZ program and how it may apply to your operation, please call the Free Trade Alliance at (210) 229-9036 or visit us at www.freetradealliance.org