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	More than 35% of the United States population and 79 major markets can be reached overnight and 98% of the U.S. population can be reached within 48 hours from Dallas/Fort Worth by truck or rail.  And the Metroplex puts you right in the geographic center of the North American continent's four major business centers: New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and Mexico City.
	The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is one of the largest points of distribution and logistics in the United States.  By the end of the century, it is projected by many to become the premier logistics center for the entire Western Hemisphere.
	The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex has the lowest distribution costs to the top 50 U.S. consumer markets of any major U.S. city.  Source: Lynch & Associates The 1998 state and local per capita tax burden in the D/FW Metroplex is just $2,680 which is 19% below the national average of $3,191
	Warehouse net rental rates are among the lowest in the nation. There are 100 public warehouse and distribution center operators with more than 22 million square feet  of warehousing space in the Metroplex.
	The Metroplex developed the nation's first computerized Foreign Trade Zone admissions program, significantly cutting customs authorization time. According to the Texas State Comptroller's Office, more than 90 Metroplex taxing entities have adopted the Freeport Amendment, exempting inventory transit.
	Shippers in Mexico and Central and South American can add days to the shelf life of perishable goods by using the Metroplex as a port of entry and a distribution center. The Metroplex is home to the World Trade Center and the renowned Dallas Market Center, the world's largest wholesale merchandise mart, with $7.5 billion in annual wholesale transactions; 2,200 permanent showrooms; 50,000 vendors and 130,000 retail buyers.
	The Dallas InfoMart is the nation's first sucessful business technology market center.  Home to more than 100 technology companies, the center annually host more than 1,000 trade shows.
	DALLAS / FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Nearly 900,000 U.S. tons of freight pass through DFW International Airport annually.  The airport has arrangements with motor carriers that allow freight to come in by air and be forwarded to cities beyond on a single bill of lading at reduced rates.  With more than 2.3 million square feet of existing cargo storage and a new 233,000 square foot facility under construction, DFW has greatly expanded its air cargo capacity.  DFW projects that its cargo industry will grow 1.9 million U.S. tons by 2015.
	International cargo is the fastest growing segment at DFW.  DFW serves 179 destinations, of which 37 are international, including recently added new air routes to South America and Mexico. The district headquarters of U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Export Assistance Center is located at DFW Airport.  98% of all customs entries are filed electronically, so that virually all cargo coming into DFW can be cleared the day it arrives. The district headquarters of U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Export Assistance Center is located at DFW Airport.  98% of all customs entries are filed electronically, so that virually all cargo coming into DFW can be cleared the day it arrives.
	Alliance Airport, the Nation's first master-planned industrial airport, is a 9,400 acre international transportation complex in Fort Worth.  Alliance incorporates air, rail and highways within a freeport-enterprise-foreign trade zone where companies such as American Airlines, Ford Motor Company, JCPenney, John Deere, Hadley Auto Transport, Nestle Distribution Company, and Nokia have major distribution centers.  Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway operates a major $500 million intermodal facility at Alliance and FedEx has recently built a major hub at that location.
	LOVE FIELD - THE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT Metroplex's third-major airport located just 10 minutes from downtown Dallas and from the Dallas Market Center and the flight operations center and headquarters for Southwest Airlines, which is conveniently located just minutes from downtown Dallas.  It is central hub for regional business and commuter travel with more than 300 flights daily.
	TRUCKING More than 600 motor carriers and 100 freight forwarders and customs brokers operate out of the D/FW area. Deregulation means Texas has low instrastate transportation costs.
	RAIL SERVICE Three of the nation's Class 1 freight rail lines operate in the D/FW Metroplex:  Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific/Southern Pacific.  In addition, it is served by the Chaparral and Dallas, Garland and Northeast. With one of the nation's most sophisticated intermodal transportation systems in the country, Burlington Northern Santa Fe's Intermodal and Carload Transportation Center situated on 1,100 acres, with 55 miles of track at Alliance Airport, has an annual capacity of 900,000 containers.
	Burlington Northern Santa Fe operates a sophisticated Network Operations Center in Fort Worth consisting of 180,000 square foot facility and manages 1,200 trains per day over 35,000 miles of tract. Burlington Northern Santa Fe operates a sophisticated Network Operations Center in Fort Worth consisting of 180,000 square foot facility and manages 1,200 trains per day over 35,000 miles of tract.
	HIGHWAYS Texas boasts the nation's largest road network with eight interstate highways and more than 184,000 lane miles or roadways, including the I-35 NAFTA Superhighway. Five interstates, 19 federal and state highways serve the Metroplex. I-35            Principal metropolitan centers to the north-south I-30            Principal metropolitan centers to the east-west I-20            Principal metropolitan centers to the east-west I-635          Surrounds Dallas I-820          Surrounds Fort Worth