Store Duty-Free. Ship When Ready.
Keep your inventory close to Mexico without paying US import duties. Ship to your customers' manufacturing plants only when they need it—one pallet or a full truckload.
How Foreign Trade Zone Works
Your Goods Flow
Why Use Our FTZ?
Keep inventory close to your Mexican customers without the complexity of importing into the US.
Goods re-exported to Mexico never trigger US import duties. Your inventory sits in a duty-free zone until your customer needs it.
Ship to our FTZ with a commercial invoice and packing list. We handle the 214 admission and coordinate with your customer's freight forwarder for release.
No time limits on storage. As your business grows, we scale with you—acquiring additional warehouse space to match your demand.
Ship one pallet or a full truckload. We coordinate with your customer's Mexican broker and freight forwarder, or can deliver to Mexico if needed.
3 hours to Monterrey, same-day to most of Mexico. Close proximity enables just-in-time operations and generates more demand from Mexican buyers.
We coordinate releases with your customer's Mexican broker and freight forwarder. Need help with Mexican customs brokerage? We can assist with that too.
Frozen storage available down to 0°F. We offer temperature-controlled storage for frozen goods in our FTZ.
Zero US Duties
Goods re-exported to Mexico never trigger US import duties. Your inventory sits in a duty-free zone until your customer needs it.
How FTZ Works
We handle the logistics. You focus on your customers.
Ship to Us
Send your goods from Asia, Europe, or Canada with just a commercial invoice and packing list.
We Receive
Goods arrive at our Laredo FTZ—we can pick up from the local railyard if preferred. No US duties triggered. We inventory and store securely.
You Decide
When your Mexican customer needs inventory, tell us. One pallet or full truckload—your call.
We Deliver
We deliver to your customer's IMMEX or manufacturing plant in Mexico, or to their Mexico customs broker warehouse in Laredo.
The Laredo Advantage
Located at the #1 land port in the Western Hemisphere. When your customer's production line needs materials, we can respond the same day.
Frequently Asked Questions
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You'll need a commercial invoice and packing list to ship to our FTZ. We handle the 214 admission on our end. When it's time to release goods to Mexico, your customer's freight forwarder provides the 7512 for immediate export (IE), and we coordinate with them and your customer's Mexican broker for a smooth handoff.
There's no time limit on FTZ storage. Your goods can stay as long as needed—and as your business grows, we can scale with you by acquiring additional warehouse space to match your demand.
Absolutely. That's one of the biggest advantages. You can ship a single pallet when a customer needs it, or hold back the rest for their next order. Full flexibility to match your customers' production schedules.
Typically, your Mexican customer already has their own broker and freight forwarder—especially larger companies. They'll pick up from our Laredo warehouse and handle the IE export and Mexican import. We coordinate with all parties to ensure smooth releases. If your buyer needs help with Mexican customs brokerage, we can assist with that too.
We handle a wide range of manufacturing inputs: plastics, auto parts, mechanical components, electronic parts, raw materials—essentially anything destined for Mexican manufacturing plants. We also have cold storage with frozen temperatures down to 0°F. If it's coming from overseas and going to Mexico, we can store it.
FTZ offers more flexibility. In a bonded warehouse, goods must eventually be imported or exported within 5 years. In an FTZ, there's no time limit. You can also perform more value-added operations (kitting, assembly, repackaging) in an FTZ.
Yes, if needed. Most Mexican customers have their own freight forwarders pick up from our Laredo facility, but we can arrange logistics all the way to their facility in Monterrey, Saltillo, Querétaro, Mexico City, or anywhere else if they prefer.
Within days. Depending on your space requirements and any specific needs, we can typically get you operational within a few days to a week. We'll set you up in our system, provide shipping instructions, and you can start sending goods.
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