Bill > HR6792

This bill, the Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2025, aims to clarify rules for merchandise within U.S. foreign-trade zones, which are designated areas where goods can be imported, manufactured, and exported with reduced customs duties and taxes. Specifically, it amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) to ensure that certain articles manufactured or changed in condition within these zones, and then exported to countries that are parties to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), will enter free of duty. The USMCA is a trade agreement that replaced NAFTA. This provision applies to merchandise classified under a specific HTS heading (9801.00.95) and ensures that both the finished articles and their components will be duty-free upon export to USMCA partners, thereby supporting U.S. manufacturing competitiveness and job preservation. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is required to issue regulations to implement these changes within 90 days of the bill's enactment.

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