Duty Deferral
Duty isn't owed while merchandise sits in the zone — only when it's withdrawn into US commerce. That keeps cash in your business longer.
Fits: Distributors holding seasonal or high-duty inventory before it's actually needed.
Foreign Trade Zone No. 94 · Laredo, TX
Store it, work it, ship it — before you owe a dollar of duty.
BorderFlow operates inside Foreign-Trade Zone No. 94 on the Laredo corridor. Inventory sits duty-deferred until it actually enters US commerce, pays no US duty at all if it goes back out, and moves under one weekly entry instead of one filing per shipment. No five-year clock like a bonded warehouse.
Operating inside FTZ No. 94, not a facility elsewhere
Weekly entry filed under 19 CFR 146.63
Zone inventory tracked on the same system as your freight program
BorderFlow OS — Zone Snapshot
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Duty While In-Zone
0
Entries This Week
1
Storage Limit
None
Zone
FTZ 94
▸Lot admitted to FTZ 94 — Non-Privileged Foreign status elected
0
Duty owed while inventory sits in the zone
1 entry
Weekly filing replaces one entry per shipment
19 CFR 146.63
$651.50
Max Merchandise Processing Fee — capped once per week, not per shipment
FY2026 MPF cap, 90 FR 34665
No limit
How long inventory can sit in the zone, unlike a bonded warehouse's 5-year cap
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The real difference
A bonded warehouse defers duty. A zone does more.
Both hold inventory duty-free until withdrawal. Only one of them lets you manufacture, avoid a five-year clock, and cut your Merchandise Processing Fee to once a week.
BONDED WAREHOUSE
Storage is capped at 5 years from date of importation
Manufacturing and assembly generally aren't permitted
No inverted tariff relief on finished goods
MPF applies per shipment, not once a week
FTZ NO. 94, WITH BORDERFLOW
No storage time limit — inventory sits until you need it
Manufacturing, assembly, and repackaging under FTZ Board authority
Inverted tariff relief when the finished good carries a lower rate
One weekly entry caps MPF once, not once per shipment
What it's worth
Three ways a zone pays for itself.
Every FTZ benefit comes down to one of these three mechanisms.
Duty-Free Re-Export
Merchandise that leaves the zone for export — or becomes scrap or waste inside it — is never subject to US duty at all.
Fits: Importers who bring goods in and ultimately ship a portion back out, including to Mexico.
Inverted Tariff Relief
If a finished product carries a lower duty rate than the imported components used to make it, FTZ Board production authority lets you pay the lower rate.
Fits: Manufacturers and assemblers facing a structural duty penalty on their own inputs.
What's included
We don't just explain the zone. We operate it.
Everything below runs as one program inside FTZ No. 94, tied to the same system as your customs and freight operation.
Zone Admission (CBP Form 214)
Merchandise is admitted with the right duty status elected upfront — Privileged or Non-Privileged Foreign — so nothing is locked in by default.
Weekly Entry Filing
One consumption entry covers every removal from the zone that week, under 19 CFR 146.63 — not a filing per shipment.
Inventory Control (ICRS)
A zone-compliant inventory system tracks every lot from admission to removal — the recordkeeping CBP expects from any zone operator.
Production Authority
We secure FTZ Board approval for manufacturing, assembly, or repackaging activity where it's worth pursuing for your goods.
Duty Status Election
Privileged Foreign locks the rate at admission; Non-Privileged Foreign takes the rate at time of transfer out. We choose whichever protects you per lot.
Compliance & Audit Support
Zone records are maintained continuously and defended directly if CBP reviews the operation.
Why it matters
Built for the people who own the outcome.
A zone shows up differently depending on your seat.
01
Cash-flow relief on every duty-bearing SKU
Duty isn't paid until goods actually leave the zone for US commerce — inventory sitting in the zone doesn't tie up capital in duty.
02
Zero duty on anything re-exported
Product that ultimately ships to Mexico or another country from the zone was never dutied in the first place.
03
A hedge against future tariff increases
Electing Privileged Foreign status locks in today's rate on a component before a rate hike takes effect.
04
Lower MPF cost at volume
One weekly entry caps the Merchandise Processing Fee once, instead of once per shipment, all year.
05
Relief from the inverted tariff penalty
If your inputs carry a higher duty rate than your finished product, that's a structural cost a zone can remove.
06
No five-year clock forcing a decision
Unlike a bonded warehouse, inventory doesn't have to move or get dutied just because time ran out.
How it runs
Five steps. One team running all of them.
Admission, status election, storage or production, weekly filing, and removal — carried by one operator inside the zone.
1
Admit
Merchandise is admitted to the zone under CBP Form 214, with the right duty status elected upfront.
2
Elect Status
Privileged Foreign locks the duty rate at admission; Non-Privileged Foreign takes the rate at time of transfer out — we pick whichever protects you.
3
Store or Produce
Inventory sits duty-deferred, or gets manufactured, assembled, or repackaged under FTZ Board production authority.
4
File Weekly
One consumption entry covers everything that left the zone that week, under 19 CFR 146.63.
5
Remove or Export
Goods enter US commerce dutied at the elected rate, or leave the country with no US duty at all.
A distributor holding seasonal inventory deferred duty for months and paid zero duty on the portion later shipped to Mexico.
BorderFlow admitted the inventory into FTZ No. 94, elected status per lot, and filed weekly entries — replacing dozens of individual filings with one entry a week.
Why BorderFlow
A zone we already operate, not one we route you to.
Most importers have to find a zone operator and integrate with their systems. We're already inside FTZ No. 94, on the same system as your freight and customs program.
Operating inside FTZ No. 94, Laredo
Not a referral to a zone elsewhere — your inventory sits on the same corridor as the rest of your program.
One system, so zone status is never a mystery
Zone inventory lives in the same record as your trucking and customs data, not a separate zone operator's portal.
Bilingual operators onsite at the border
When zone inventory moves back across into Mexico, our own team is handling that crossing too.
No separate software project
Zone inventory control runs inside the same system you already use for shipments and customs — nothing new to learn.
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