Foreign-Trade Zones can cut your tariff costs.
FTZs let companies defer, reduce, or eliminate customs duties on imported goods. There’s likely a zone that already covers your county. Find out if one can help your business, and who to call.
You import. Find out in 90 seconds whether a zone is worth it.
Nine questions about how you import, and you get a straight answer, including an honest no. Then we show you the zone that already covers your county and who runs it. No email required to see your result.
Take the Fit Assessment →9 questions · 90 secondsWhat is an FTZ?BenefitsFind your FTZSee where every zone in the country ranks.
The first independent national ranking of FTZ activity: the top 25 zones by merchandise, employment, and exports, plus the utilization gap analysis showing where the program is being left on the table.
Get the reportTariffs are the story of 2026. FTZs are the tool most companies haven’t looked at.
The FTZ program has existed since 1934, but interest is at a modern high: rising duty rates and supply-chain restructuring have importers and manufacturers searching for legal, established ways to manage customs costs. Zones handled nearly a trillion dollars in merchandise last year, most of it at companies that simply learned the program existed.
Latest analysis
How Long Does It Actually Take to Get Into an FTZ?
Timeline expectations, honestly set, for companies ready to move.
Read →What the Top-Performing FTZs Do Differently: Five Patterns From the National Data
Lessons from the 2024 rankings for every zone that is not yet on them.
Read →The Dormant Zone Playbook: Reactivating the Federal Asset Your Community Already Owns
For the 63 communities holding approved-but-inactive FTZ grants, and the dozens more with zones running far below potential.
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