Tacoma's foreign trade zone ranks third among the 35 West Coast zones, behind San Diego and Long Beach, CA.
The total dollar value of cargo moved through the Port of Tacoma’s foreign trade zone tripled in the past fiscal year. For the U.S. government fiscal-year 2010 (which ended Sept. 30, 2010), more than $1.3 billion worth of domestic and foreign merchandise moved through the zone — an area legally considered outside of U.S. customs territory — compared with $440 million in FY2009.
In terms of total dollar value of foreign-status merchandise admitted into a foreign trade zone, Tacoma, Wash.’s zone ranks third among the 35 West Coast zones, trailing only San Diego and Long Beach, Calif.,
according to the port. The Tacoma zone also ranks 18th among the nation’s 272 foreign trade zones.