FTZ9 Administrator David Sikkink recently met with Colliers to share insights on how Foreign-Trade Zones can help Hawai‘i businesses navigate tariff uncertainty and supply chain challenges. His perspective is featured… Read More

Asma Mohamed Al-Ayam Summary:  The trade representative of the Foreign Trade Zone in Hawaii, Tsoro Romi Hamatsu, revealed to Al-Ayam that in the first half of 2023, the total value of imports from Bahrain… Read More

HONOLULU – In another first for Hawai‘i’s Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) program, Par Hawaii is the first refinery in the nation authorized to use renewable feedstock to produce renewable fuels under… Read More

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board recently released their 2019 report to Congress. According to the report, there were 193 FTZs active during the year, with a total of 348 active production… Read More

October 19 2018, Honolulu, HI.  David J. Sikkink, Administrator of the Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone No. 9, won the 2018 Hawaii Procurement Professional Excellence Award. The award is in recognition of  noteworthy… Read More

By HJ Mai –  Web Editor/Energy Reporter, Pacific Business News, Jan 8, 2018, 11:56am HST Updated Jan 8, 2018, 1:26pm  Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism said it has completed the… Read More

HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Energy Office (HSEO) will host a series of community meetings across the state next week to solicit community input for a study being done on… Read More

HDOT makes new terminal allocations, selects contractor for Kapalama Container Terminal Project HONOLULU – – Gov. David Ige and the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) Harbors Division announced a key decision… Read More

SBA Announces $400,000 Award to DBEDT HONOLULU – Seventy-three companies represented Hawaii at the 2017 Tokyo International Gift Show (TIGS).This year marks the sixth consecutive year that the Department of… Read More

A summary of international business news prepared by the Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone 9 with the collaboration ofthe Research and Economic Analysis Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development &… Read More