Florida Firm Scores Tax Break for Fancy Cash Registers
Published Date: 9/22/2025
Notice
Summary
3nStar, Inc. wants to start making cool point of sale terminals in their Doral, Florida facility inside Foreign-Trade Zone 32. This means they can bring in certain parts from other countries with lower or no import taxes, saving money and speeding up production. The public can share their thoughts until November 3, 2025, so don’t miss your chance to weigh in!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Duty‑Free Treatment for POS Products in FL FTZ
3nStar filed a notification on September 17, 2025 to produce customized point-of-sale terminals at its facility in Foreign-Trade Zone 32 in Doral, Florida. The notice lists the finished products (all-in-one, personal computer, and self-service point-of-sale terminals) and named components (for example: SSDs, RAM, Wi‑Fi/Bluetooth modules, magnetic stripe readers, barcode scanners, secondary displays, and power supplies) and states those items have duty rates listed as duty-free in the submission.
Certain Components Subject to Section 1702/301 Duties
The notice says certain materials/components may be subject to duties under section 1702(a)(1)(B) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act or section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, depending on their country of origin. Those section 1702 and section 301 decisions require the subject merchandise to be admitted to foreign-trade zones in privileged foreign status under 19 CFR 146.41.
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