About the FTZ:

Foreign-Trade Zone No. 92 was approved by Board Order No. 232 on November 4, 1983, with the Greater Gulfport/Biloxi FTZ, Inc. (now Mississippi Coast Foreign Trade Zone, Inc.) as Grantee. The FTZ was activated February 15, 1985, with Hayes Dockside, Inc. appointed as operator of the Port Site No. 1. Subzone No. 92-A, operated by Halter Marine, Inc. (now VT Halter Marine, Inc.) was approved by Board Order No. 373 on March 4, 1988, and was activated on March 25, 1988. Subzone 92-B, operated by Ingalls Shipbuilding (now Northrop Grumman Corporation) was approved by Board Order No. 506 on January 17, 1991, and was activated on April 17, 1991. Subzone 92-C, operated by Avondale Enterprises (now Northrop Grumman Corporation), was approved by Board Order No. 596 on August 17, 1992, and was activated October 6, 1997. Subzone 92-D, operated by Chevron USA Products Company was approved by Board Order No. 747 on June 13, 1995, and was activated on September 1, 1995. Duratex North America/Liner Services, Inc. continued as the operator of the General Purpose Zone at the Port of Gulfport, conducting distribution operations.

Manufacturing authority was granted to Friede Goldman Offshore (now known as VT Halter Marine, Inc.) by Board Order 1001 on September 30, 1998. Additionally, the Foreign Trade Zone Corp. continued to assist in administration, marketing, and management of FTZ No. 92. The Greater Gulfport/Biloxi Foreign Trade Zone, Inc. submitted and filed a Zone expansion application in January 1998 to add General Purpose Zone acreage in Hancock and Jackson counties. This application was approved on January 5, 1999, by Board Order 1012. Subsequently, the Greater Gulfport/Biloxi Foreign Trade Zone, Inc. changed its name to the Mississippi Coast Foreign Trade Zone, Inc. in recognition of the expanded General Purpose Zone, and in recognition of the addition of the Jackson County Port Authority and the Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission as new members of the Grantee organization. The Zone expansion added 9 new General Purpose Zone sites. Temporary minor boundary modifications for the General Purpose Zone and for Ingalls Shipbuilding have been approved on several occasions.

At the end of the report period, the General Purpose Zone consisted of 13 sites, designated as follows: