U.S. FOREIGN – TRADE ZONE RANKINGS: Top Zones Help Hedge Risk & Move Goods

If you don’t think officially designated U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones literally energize the economy, you haven’t looked at the energy industry profile in the nation’s top FTZs.

Using data sets found in the 86th Annual Report of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to the Congress of the United States, Site Selection here presents the top 20 FTZs in the nation based on a blend of metrics such as value of merchandise received, value of exports and number of employees.

FTZ No. 124, located at the Port of South Louisiana but extending well beyond that district’s footprint, repeats at No. 1 this year, based on 2024 data. No. 2 — up from No. 5 last time — is the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas, freshly armed with assets that extend in opposite directions: a new, taller $1.3 billion Harbor Bridge and a channel newly dredged to 54 feet.

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