The NAFTZ Virtual fly-ins are happening now.  There is still time to register for the remaining meetings, and your participation is needed!  These web conference meetings are a great way to explain the FTZ program to legislators and make them understand that we need their help to preserve the benefits and explore opportunities to make US FTZs even more competitive.

The NAFTZ is focusing our advocacy with the Congressional members on the Appropriation subcommittees that fund CBP. Our goal is to achieve funding in the FY2025 budget for CBP tools, training, and personnel to adequately support the FTZ program.

Meetings are being published on the association’s event calendar as they’re being confirmed here: Calendar - National Association of Foreign Trade-Zones (naftz.org).

Advocacy Working Group Registration now Open!

The meetings this week is just one step in our Advocacy plan. The Advocacy Committee has been redesigned with working groups to focus on specific issues of interest to our members, and we need you to sign up. 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