PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles has gained foreign trade zone designation from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. Its application was approved Jan. 10. The next step will be a meeting with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. …The port has not yet decided where the foreign trade zone will be located. …“We’re really looking at it for some of our existing clientele,” McMahon said. “In addition, with the potential for tariffs coming into play, this could be pretty apropos timing for us to have one. I think one of the big things that we’re going to see here is wood coming from Canada using this FTZ.” For example, he said, a company that imports wood from Canada to fabricate chairs in the foreign trade zone and then sends the finished product back would not have to pay export duties.