Foreign Trade Zone

The City of Temecula is located within San Diego's Foreign Trade Zone designation. Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) were created in the United States to provide special customs procedures to U.S. plants engaged in international trade-related activities. Duty-free treatment is accorded items that are processed in FTZs and then re-exported, and duty payment is deferred on items until they are brought out of the FTZ for sale in the U.S. market. This helps to offset customs advantages available to overseas producers who compete with domestic industry.  

For emore information on Temecula and our Foreign Trade Zone designation, please contact the Economic Development Department, Aaron Adams or Christine Damko at 951-506-5100 or by email at economicdevelopment@cityoftemecula.org