Foreign Trade Zone

A Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) is a customs territory outside of the United States that expedites and encourages foreign commerce and other purposes. In an FTZ, both foreign and domestic merchandise may be admitted for operations such as storage, exhibition, manipulation, destruction, assembly, manufacture, and processing, without being subject to formal U.S. Customs and Border Protection entry procedures and payment of duties, unless and until the foreign merchandise enters the Customs territory for domestic consumption.

Please visit portofsandiego.org/cargo or email maritimeinfo@portofsandiego.org for additional information.