on inform ation in the 2001 Airport Master Plan , over 8 m illion pounds of air freight were carried in 1998, with the cargo-only carriers perform ing 5,800 annual ope rations. Table 3-17 illustrates air cargo activity at the Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport over the past few y ears. Table 3-17 Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport, Air Cargo Activity 1998 2000 2001 2002 * Mail • Pounds On 678,770 588,735 393,454 267,161 • Pounds Off 27,569 51,110 60,967 15,610 Total 706,339 639,845 454,421 282,771 Air Freight • Pounds On 3,397,785 3,584,127 3,062,367 1,751,719 • Pounds Off 4,362,396 5,908,274 3,848,590 2,292,911 Total 7,760,181 9,492,401 6,910,957 4,044,630 Total Pounds of Air Cargo 8,466,520 10,132,246 7,365,378 4,327,401 Source: Jackson County Airport Authority * Data is for period from January through July , 2002 inclusive FedEx, United Parcel Service and Airborne Express operate air cargo facilities at the airport. FedEx constructed its facility south of the airport term inal in 1990. Airborne has cons tructed a facility on airport property at the northern end of the storage hangar area. Medford Air Cargo operates a facility to the south of the term inal, as well as a nearby storage and inspec tion facility with cold storage and a truck loading dock. The air cargo handling com pany has been very active in the developm ent of air cargo facilities at the airport including expansion of on-field cargo handli ng capacity and in the establishm ent of an airport commerce park. Future projections of air freight activity reflect a gr adual “phasing in” of facilities on the east side of the airport in the Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), and con tinuing developm ent of m arkets in Southwest Oregon and Northwest California. FTZ No. 206 includes m ore than 700 acres divided among 12 sites in Jackson and Josephine Counties. Within the Medford UGB are located the following FTZ properties: • Airport Com merce Park (east of the airport) 95 acres • Crater Lake Center (east of the Airport Com merce Park) 38 acres • North Medford Business Center (north of Crater Lake Center) 54 acres • Medford Industrial Park 215 acres The Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) of Jackson County is a legally secured area considered to be outside the United States for purposes of custom s, duties, and quotas. Im ports are adm itted to a FTZ duty -free facility to be stored, processed, m anufactured, distribut ed, exhibited or inspected. The FTZ is designed to open the region to increased foreign and dom estic tr ade opportunities and to enhance efficiency in reaching global m arkets with locally -produced com modities. The heart of the FTZ is located on 95 acres owned by Jackson County on the east side of the Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport (see Figure 3-4), adjacent to the old Medco Haul Road. The FTZ is a new international port of entry although custom s and im migration services are not presently available. An agricultural quarantine and inspec tion center began service in the FTZ in 1996. The new air cargo and cold storage warehouse in the FTZ is one of the largest available at an airport between Los Medford Transportatio n System Plan 3-39 Existing Conditions

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