Defer Duties in Our Miami Foreign Trade Zone
Receive, store and re-export goods duty-free in ShipLilly's world class FTZ warehouse in Miami. Pay duty only when inventory enters U.S. commerce, and nothing at all on goods you ship back out.
- Deferment of duties. Duty is paid when goods leave the zone for U.S. commerce, not the day the vessel lands.
- No storage time limit. Bonded warehouses can force export or destruction within 5 years. FTZ goods can stay as long as you need.
- Weekly entries, filed in house. Electronic FTZ admissions and weekly entries handled by our licensed customs brokers.
We never resell your details. We use them only to price your shipment.
FTZ warehousing is more than storage. ShipLilly runs zone admissions, inventory control and customs entries from one Miami facility, so your duty strategy and your logistics live in the same file.
Deferment of Duties
Hold imported inventory inside the zone and pay duty only when it ships to a U.S. customer.
Estimate Your Savings →Duty-Free Re-Exports
Goods shipped from the zone to buyers outside the U.S. never pay U.S. duties or excise taxes.
Plan Your Re-Exports →Weekly Entries
Consolidate a week of releases into a single entry instead of filing one for every shipment.
Cut Entry Costs →Zone-to-Zone Transfer
Move merchandise between Foreign-Trade Zones without triggering duty along the way.
Move Goods Duty-Free →Quality Control & Manipulation
Inspect, repack and relabel inside the zone through a simplified manipulation process, before duty applies.
Protect Your Margin →Electronic Docs & Inventory
Electronic customs documentation and simplified inventory management, with duty drawback to an FTZ available.
See How It Works →
Duty you haven't paid yet is working capital you still have.
Every container that clears the normal way pays duty on arrival, whether the goods sell this week or next year. Inside a Foreign Trade Zone, that cash stays in your business until the product actually moves.
- Re-export without paying U.S. duty. Ideal for distributors serving Latin America and the Caribbean from Miami.
- Inspect before you pay. Damaged or rejected goods can be handled in the zone, so you don't pay duty on product you can't sell.
- Outsource, refocus, grow. Shorter inventory lead times and one total-value solution for domestic and international supply chains.
Standard import vs. ShipLilly FTZ
Same goods, same port. The difference is when duty is paid and how much paperwork it takes.
Bottom line: if you import regularly, re-export, or carry slow-moving inventory, an FTZ can free up cash that would otherwise sit with Customs.
How FTZ warehousing works with ShipLilly
Five steps from arrival to release, with one coordinator watching every one.
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Review your imports
HTS codes, volumes and re-export share. We model what the zone could save you.
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Admit to the zone
Electronic FTZ admission filed with CBP when your cargo arrives.
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Store and track
Inventory classified, stored and visible to you 24/7.
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Inspect or rework
Quality control, repacking or relabeling inside the zone, before duty.
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Release or re-export
Weekly entries for U.S. sales, duty-free shipments for export.
What Our Customers Say
Discover what customers have to say about their experience with ShipLilly.
“We were paying demurrage on nearly every container out of Ningbo. First quarter with ShipLilly: zero. The entry is filed before the ship is in the channel.”
“First time importing and they walked me through classification instead of guessing. The quote they gave in March is still what I'm paying.”
Working capital freed for one pharmaceutical importer by moving inventory into our Foreign Trade Zone and deferring duty until sale.
Frequently asked questions
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Find Out What an FTZ Could Save You
Share your import volumes and we'll estimate duty deferral and storage costs. Quotes returned within 4 business hours by a licensed broker, with exclusions written out.