Maximizing Transportation Efficiencies and Economic Impact of the Southwest Missouri Foreign-Trade Zone

This report presents an overview of Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ or Zone) and their impact on economic development, goods movement jobs creation and retention. Zones provide a competitive advantage for multi-national manufacturing and distribution firms resulting in the retention of jobs within regions containing a strong FTZ program. This report also identified infrastructure enhancements to increase the flow of international trade into and out of the study region of Southwest Missouri.

• Record URL:
  https://spexternal.modot.mo.gov/sites/cm/CORDT/cmr14-001.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  IMS Worldwide, Incorporated

  309 Henrietta
  Webster, TX  United States  77598

  Missouri Department of Transportation

  Organizational Results
  830 MoDOT Drive, P.O. Box 270
  Jefferson City, MO  United States  65102
• Authors:
  • Spencer, Curtis
  • Schellenberg, Steve
  • Halvorsen, Kelly Rote
• Publication Date: 2013-7-18

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Tables;
• Pagination: 69p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Economic development; Economic impacts; Freight traffic; Globalization; Infrastructure; International trade; Multinational corporations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Zones
• Geographic Terms: Missouri
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01493407
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CMR 14-001
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 3 2013 3:16PM