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County gets approval for changes to Foreign Trade Zone designation

Washington County’s Foreign Trade Zone sites now have greater boundary flexibility under new federal trade rules.

County officials announced last week that Foreign Trade Zone #255, which includes seven sites in the county, got federal approval to restructure under the Alternative Site Framework.

FTZ #255 consists of five zones and one subzone. It encompasses 2,000 acres of already existing industrial property across the county.

One of the sites in the FTZ is the 129-acre Mellott…