Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2026

(1) to operate in support of United States competitiveness in manufacturing and distribution; and

(2) to create and preserve jobs in the United States.

Section 3 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the Foreign Trade Zones Act) (19 U.S.C. 81c), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

Notwithstanding the seventh proviso of subsection (a)—

(1) each article subject to the procedures described in such proviso and classifiable under the heading 9801.00.95 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States shall enter free of duty in accordance with such heading; and

(2) any article consisting of components subject to such procedures and classifiable under such heading shall enter free of duty with respect to such components.

Subchapter I of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new subheading: 9801.00.95 Merchandise that is subject to duty deferral restrictions of the free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada (19 U.S.C. 4501, et seq.; commonly known as the USMCA) (or any successor agreement) that is admitted into a United States foreign-trade zone, manufactured, or changed in condition therein, and subsequently withdrawn for direct exportation to the territory of a Party to that agreement Free.