We hold a general purpose operating authority at Foreign Trade Zone No. 73, near the
Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

FTZ advantages for manufacturers and distributors include the following:

• Duty deferral on the storage of imported products
  until shipment

• Assembly of parts within a zone at a lower "finished product" rate
• Sampling, inspection, testing/repair of imported products without duty payment
• Duty abatement of damaged or waste products within a Zone
• "Made in the USA" designation on products assembled in a Zone

U.S. Customs Centralized Examination Station and Bond
Belt's operates the U.S. Customs Centralized Examination Station for containerized freight, staffed with full-time on-site Customs inspectors. Belt's also holds the oldest, continuous active U.S. customs bond in the Port of Baltimore.