Only 51 miles from Hutchinson, the Sedgwick County Foreign Trade Zone provides a duty-free and quota-free zone for foreign goods. These goods may enter the area under customs supervision for an unlimited period of time. Located in Wichita, the trade zone encompasses 280 acres, including 800,000 square feet of covered warehouse and assembly space.

Goods brought into a zone or sub-zone may be stored, manipulated, or mixed with domestic or foreign materials used in manufacturing processes or exhibited for sale. Anything shipped out of a zone into the United States customs territory is then subject to duties. Goods reshipped to foreign nations are never subject to U.S. customs duties.