The Maui Research and Technology Park (MRTP), one of 12 Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) designations in the state, lies outside U.S. Customs territory for tax, duty and quota purposes, thereby helping companies engaged in international trade to significantly reduce their operating costs.

The zones may be used to store, exhibit, manufacture, assemble, re-label, import and export products without payment of duties prior to re-export or entry into U.S. trade.

Especially attractive to light manufacturing, the MRTP has special zoning for tax-free warehousing and product delivery to Asia and the rest of the world. Businesses located in the park are able to utilize Zone status for cost-efficient international trade. Kahului airport and Kahului harbor provide air and sea access to the markets of the Pacific rim.


Kahului Airport
Photo by Ron Dahlquist