Economic development and growth are stimulated because jobs are retained and created in the community.
Indirect employment is impacted, as a business location not only creates jobs specific to itself, but also creates opportunities for suppliers and service providers in the community.
New businesses may be attracted, as an FTZ can be a valuable asset to them.
Improved infrastructure and expanded tax base, as a result of higher employment and the influx of new businesses, can also occur.
For all these reasons, more than 240 communities throughout the U.S. support and rely on the benefits the FTZ program offers public as well as private entities.
