Rhode Island could become a single foreign trade zone

Mary MacDonald

01/25/2018

FOREIGN BENEFIT: Rhode Island’s application to expand its foreign trade zone in the state, which includes the Port of Davisville where North Atlantic Distribution imports automobiles, is likely to improve the reach of Ocean State businesses overseas. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. has applied for what effectively will be a statewide designation as a Foreign Trade Zone, under an administrative rule that allows an existing trade zone to be broadened within 60 miles of the U.S. Customs port of entry. In Rhode Island, that port happens to be in Warwick, which…

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