HRS §212-8
Tax exemption for sales to carriers in foreign-trade zones
This section says that certain products brought into a foreign-trade zone and sold directly to a common carrier (like a ship or airplane) for use or consumption outside Hawaii are exempt from specific state taxes. The exemption applies only to products categorized as privileged foreign, nonprivileged foreign, domestic, or zone-restricted merchandise. It overrides any other law.
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The statute, as written — Exemption from taxes
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, sales of all products which are categorized as privileged foreign merchandise, nonprivileged foreign merchandise, domestic merchandise, or zone-restricted merchandise, and which are admitted into a foreign-trade zone, as more specifically set forth in the Act of Congress, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, made directly to any common carrier in interstate or foreign commerce, or both, whether ocean-going or air, for consumption out-of-state by the crew or passengers on the shipper's vessels or airplanes, or for use out-of-state by the vessels or airplanes, shall be exempt from those taxes imposed under chapters 237, 238, 243, 244D, and 245.
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