INzone - Greater Indianapolis Foreign Trade Zone
statistics about inzone
To give you an idea of how Foreign Trade Zones operate and the multiple benefits available from a Foreign Trade Zone we have compiled some statistics about FTZ's in general and about Indiana in specific.
 
General FTZ Statistics
  • There are over 250 general-purpose foreign-trade zones in the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
     
  • Over 2,800 companies/firms take advantage of foreign-trade zones.
     
  • Over 338,000 people are employed at facilities operating under FTZ status.
     
  • Approximately 62% of merchandise received throught FTZs is domestic. Domestic status merchandise is mainly maerchandise of domestic origin but includes some foreign-origin goods for which Customs entry and duty payments have been made prior to admission into a zone.
     
  • More than $240 billion worth of merchandise is moved through FTZs annually.
     
  • Exports from FTZs exceed $20 billion annually.

The following charts denote the Top 16 State Rankings for Foreign-Trade Zones

Volume of Foreign-Trade Zone Goods
STATE VOLUME ($ MILLIONS)
Texas $154,107.30
Louisiana $107,965.50
Ohio $29,555.67
California $28,830.90
New Jersey $25,793.06
Kentucky $21,944.60
Pennsylvania $19,582.77
Tennessee $17,462.60
Illinois $17,181.00
South Carolina $13,475.66
Mississippi $12,069.55
Alabama $11,541.00
Indiana $9,978.30
Michigan $8,849.39
Washington $7,381.380
 
Export Volume from FTZs
STATE VOLUME ($ MILLIONS)
Texas $5,461.61
Alabama $3,613.32
Tennessee $2,847.28
Ohio $2,741.51
South Carolina $2,612.83
Kentucky $2,112.09
Florida $1,833.55
California $1,202.05
Indiana $906.98
Mississippi $901.52
Georgia $707.95
Louisana $610.12
Hawaii $606.37
Puerto Rico $593.37
Arizona $527.13
Foreign-Trade Zone Employment
STATE EMPLOYMENT
Texas 57,273
Ohio 41,081
Louisiana 24,315
Illinois 20,379
Pennsylvania 17,587
Tennessee 17,283
Kentucky 17,197
Arizona 15,813
California 15,560
New Jersey 15,063
Michigan 14,419
Mississippi 13,699
Alabama 10,690
Indiana 9,931
Puerto Rico 9,021
 
Firms Engaged in FTZ Activities
STATE BUSINESS FIRMS
Texas 434
Hawaii 373
Florida 287
California 274
Ohio 135
New York 116
South Carolina 115
Puerto Rico 112
Maryland 94
Louisiana 92
Georgia 76
Illinois 67
Nevada 66
Michigan 47
Tennessee 35
 
 
Indiana Statistics
  • 6 Foreign-Trade Zones.
     
  • $9.98 billion annual volume.
     
  • $.91 billion in export volume.
     
  • 9,931 people employed through FTZ activities.
     
  • 20 firms are active in FTZ activities.
     
  • 23 total Subzones with 9 active Subzones.
Indiana Foreign-Trade Zones and Subzones (## = in millions)
FTZ LOCATION EMPLOYMENT VOLUME## EXPORTS## FIRMS ACTIVE SUBZONES
No. 72 Indianapolis 3,126 2,709.28 191.69 11 6
No. 125 South Bend (Chicago) 110 70.92 1.41 3 1
No. 152 Burns Harbor (Chicago) 9 35.80 0 3 0
No. 170 Clark County
(Louisville)		 71 0.00 0.13 1 0
No. 177 Evansville 6,615 7,162.30 713.75 2 2
No. 182 Fort Wayne 0 0.00 0 0 0
TOTAL 6 9,931 9,978.30 906.98 20 9
Source: 2007 Annual Report state FTZs submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, and FTZ websites.
 NOTE: All categories include both general purpose and subzone estimates. Citties in parentheses are Customs Port of Entry.

 

Top 10 Indiana Commodities Exported (## = in millions)
RANK COMMODITY VALUE## % SHARE
  Indiana Total of All Commodities and % Share of US Total 16,402.3 2.27
  Total Top 25 Commodities and % of Indiana 8,136.0 49.60
   
1 Gear Boxes for Motor Vehicles 924.8 5.64
2 Automobile Compression-ignition Internal Combustion Engines 906.1 5.52
3 Parts & Accessories of Motor Vehicles 903.8 5.51
4 Parts & Accessories of Bodies of Motor Vehicles 534.6 3.26
5 Lab Reagents 523.0 3.19
6 Motor Vehicles for the Transportation of Goods 468.0 2.85
7 Passenger Vehicles of Cylincer Capacity 1.5-3.0 412.9 2.52
8 Insulin and Its Salts 326.3 1.99
9 Retail Medicaments 275.2 1.68
10 Artificial Joints and Parts and Accessories Thereof 245.1 1.49
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign-Trade Division
 NOTE: Based on 2003 dollar value.