For businesses involved in, or gearing up for, international trade, Port Canaveral’s multimodal cargo transportation capabilities, processing facilities, and affordable land, leasing, and warehousing offer great benefits. These benefits are amplified by the fact that they lie within a foreign trade zone.
If you import materials and export finished products…
If your finished goods carry a lower tariff rate than their imported parts…
If you lose imported raw materials as waste or scrap…
If you sell goods with imported components to the U.S. military or NASA…
If you receive multiple import shipments in a week, or…
If you reject or return defective imported items…
…locating in a foreign trade zone can lessen the hassles and save you money.

Encompassing more than 4,000 acres, FTZ 136 is among the largest foreign trade zones in the country. Years of dedicated planning and development by business and community leaders have created one of the world’s most comprehensive import/export resources here in Brevard County, Florida. FTZ 136 general-purpose sites include: Port Canaveral, Melbourne International Airport, Space Coast Regional Airport, Spaceport Commerce Park and Tate Industrial Park. Click here for a map of FTZ 136.

FTZ 136 Fact Sheet

Our network of foreign trade zone operators, facilities, and transportation hubs offers your company a variety of ways to participate in the benefits of FTZ 136.

For examples of how our FTZ can be used to create success, be sure to read What Our FTZ Operators Say.