Miami Free Trade Zone Drayage: Duty Savings for Importers

Miami Free Trade Zone Drayage: How to Save on Import Duties

Miami’s Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) offer importers powerful tools to reduce or eliminate customs duties. But getting your containers from PortMiami to an FTZ facility requires specialized bonded drayage that maintains customs compliance every step of the way.

How FTZs Save You Money

In an FTZ, imported goods are treated as if they’re outside U.S. customs territory. You don’t pay duties until goods enter domestic commerce. If you re-export goods to Latin America or the Caribbean — a huge market for Miami businesses — you may never pay duties at all. Manufacturers in FTZs can also benefit from “inverted tariffs” where the finished product has a lower duty rate than its components.

FTZ Drayage Requirements

Containers moving from the port to an FTZ must remain sealed under customs supervision. The drayage carrier must be a CBP-bonded operator with authorization for in-bond movements. Documentation including the FTZ admission form and in-bond entry must be filed before the container can leave the terminal. Go Freight handles all of this as a bonded drayage carrier.

Who Benefits Most from FTZ Drayage?

Re-exporters: Miami businesses that import goods and re-export to Latin America and the Caribbean. Manufacturers: Companies that assemble or process imported materials. Distributors: Businesses holding large inventories of imported goods. E-commerce sellers: Companies with fulfillment operations serving both domestic and international customers.

Go Freight’s FTZ Logistics

Go Freight provides bonded container drayage to FTZ facilities throughout Miami-Dade County. Combined with our bonded warehouse services, freight forwarding, and transloading capabilities, we offer a complete FTZ logistics solution that maximizes your duty savings.