Conducted by the Trade Partnership, the 2019 FTZ Economic Impact Study (“The U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Program: Economic Benefits to U.S. Communities”) provides quantitative and qualitative data on the impact of FTZs on economic activity and jobs in localities with operational zones as well as the economic effects of FTZs on the communities in which the zones operate, which are referred to as Zone Economic Communities (ZECs).
Key findings supported by the data collected for 251 ZECS include:
Annual Reports
e214 Handbook
Grantee Handbook
State by State Studies
Zones Report