Contact Congress about H.R. 6792: Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2025

The bill creates a new tariff category for certain goods processed in U.S. foreign-trade zones and sent directly to a USMCA country. If the goods meet the listed conditions, the U.S. duty rate is free. Customs must publish implementing rules within 90 days.

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Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2025 is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Latest action on H.R. 6792: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Who this affects: The bill mainly affects businesses that use U.S. foreign-trade zones to store, assemble, process, or manufacture goods for export to Canada or Mexico. It also affects customs officials who will have to apply the new tariff category and enforce the eligibility rules. Companies that do not use foreign-trade zones could be affected indirectly if the new treatment changes competitive costs.

Why this matters: This bill matters because it makes the tariff treatment clearer for a narrow group of goods processed in U.S. foreign-trade zones and shipped directly to Canada or Mexico. That could make it easier for some companies to plan manufacturing, processing, and export decisions inside the United States. At the same time, the bill's real effect would depend on how many firms can actually qualify, how Customs writes the rules, and whether the change affects tariff revenue or business behavior.

Key provisions in H.R. 6792

• Certain goods handled under foreign-trade-zone duty-deferral procedures and placed in new HTS heading 9801.00.95 would have to enter the United States without duty.
• If an exported product contains components that were under those same procedures, those components would also be treated as duty-free under that heading.
• The bill creates a new Harmonized Tariff Schedule category, 9801.00.95, for goods that are covered by USMCA duty-deferral limits, brought into a U.S. foreign-trade zone, manufactured or otherwise changed there, and then withdrawn for direct export to a USMCA country.
• Goods entered under subheading 9801.00.95 would have a duty rate of free.
• The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection would have to issue implementing regulations within 90 days after the bill becomes law.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 6792

What is H.R. 6792?

The bill creates a new tariff category for certain goods processed in U.S. foreign-trade zones and sent directly to a USMCA country. If the goods meet the listed conditions, the U.S. duty rate is free. Customs must publish implementing rules within 90 days.

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