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State of Texas
Targeted industry sectors and main businesses
- Advanced Manufacturing (Apple, Dell, IBM, TECO-Westinghouse)
- Clean Energy & Power Technology (Green Mountain Energy, Nest Labs)
- Creative & Digital Media (Certain Affinity, GSD&M, El Rey Network)
- Data Analytics (Cloudera, Informatica, W20 Digital)
- Food (Whole Foods, Michael Angelo's, Tito's Handmade Vodka)
- Life Sciences (Agilent Technologies, Luminex, Xbiotech)
- Space Economy (Airborn, CFAN, Firefly Space)
- Incubators & Accelerators (Capital Factory, TechRanch)
Foreign Trade Zone of Central Texas
FTZs are considered outside of U.S. Customs jurisdiction which means that customs duties are totally eliminated on goods re-exported in original form or as part of finished goods produced in FTZs. Inventory imported into a FTZ is also exempt from personal property tax, and there is no requirement to leave the state, or time limitation as in a freeport. Additional information and savings calculators can be found here
