Foreign Trade Zone Workshop

Foreign Trade ZoneForeign Trade ZoneWorkshopWorkshop

Gina BarroGina BarroBusiness Development ManagerBusiness Development Manager

Trade DevelopmentTrade Development

• Qualifying businesses are considered to be outside the United States for customs purposes

• Encourage trade and domestic growth• Roles

- FTZ Board- Operators- Users- Grantee/Administrator

What is a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ)?

• Application review and submission• Contract creation• Activation process management• FTZ Annual Report compilation• Document maintenance• Education, outreach and marketing• Customer service contact

• Zone schedule- Site establishment /boundary modifications- Manufacturing /production request

Port of Long Beach FTZ 50 Grantee Services

FTZ 50 Map

Proximity of Warehouse/Distribution Centers

San Bernardino County

Alameda Alameda CorridorCorridor

PortsPorts

Ontario/San BernardinoOntario/San Bernardino

Supporting the Economy• FTZ 50 supports over 4,000 jobs• Port of Long Beach supports 1 in 8 jobs in Long Beach;

30,000 people employed in goods movement-related work

• 316,000 jobs throughout Southern California• 1.4 million jobs throughout the U.S.• $16 billion in annual trade – related wages statewide

Port of Los Angeles

Port of Long Beach

Port of Long Beach FTZ 50

www.polb.com/ftz

Port of Long Beach4801 Airport Plaza DriveLong Beach, CA 90815-1263

Gina BarroTel: (562) 283-7759gina.barro@polb.com

Diana Lam-BrandtTel: (562) 283-7757diana.lam-brandt@polb.com

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