The NAFTZ is revamping how we advocate for the FTZ program, and we need you involved!

The Advocacy Committee has been redesigned with working groups to focus on specific issues of interest to our members.  We need ALL members, of varying levels of experience and lobbying expertise to help us craft our messaging and work to advance the policy issues with the Administration, Congress, and regulatory agencies. 

Are you interested in USMCA parity for FTZs, or ensuring fair treatment of FTZ when trade remedy tariffs are suspended/lowered?  Join the Advocacy Manufacturing Working Group.

Do you want to help fight for the ability for FTZs to utilize 321/de minimis entry? Join the Advocacy Distribution Working Group

Have you been impacted by CBP’s refusal to allow goods suspected of forced labor to be stored in FTZs or by ACE programming limitations? Join the Advocacy Zone Operations Working Group

Would you be willing to help with overall FTZ education for policy makers, to influence CBP resource allocation and ensure FTZs are not inadvertently impacted by federal policy and funding decisions? Join the Advocacy Awareness Working Group.

Can you help us make a case for duty drawback parity or new renewable energy opportunities in FTZs? Join the Advocacy Petroleum/Energy Working Group.

You can sign up for any of these advocacy working groups here: https://members.naftz.org/serve-on-a-committee/ And if you have any questions about FTZ Advocacy, the working groups, or the congressional advocacy strategy, please contact Melissa Irmen, Director of Advocacy and Strategic Relations, at mirmen@naftz.org