Oversees programs and strategies to improve the domestic and international competitiveness of the U.S. fiber, textiles and apparel industries and to assist importers and retailers in facilitating fair trade practices affecting textiles and apparel goods.

Provides comprehensive information on each foreign-trade zone (contact information, sites, subzones, approvals and actions) to the public on the web. Individual FTZs and companies are able to log in to the system to update their contact information and status.
Also provides a web-based system for FTZs to submit their required annual report to the FTZ Board (previously this had been a paper process).
This system also incorporates a prior database of Federal Register notices describing proposed FTZ locations and activity along with the ultimate FTZ Board decision on each case. Recent notices also include the full text of applications and any public comments received. The consolidation of this database into OFIS makes all information on a specific zone available in one location on our website.

This tariff search tool allows users to find tariff information on specific industrial goods covered under the U.S. FTAs. The tool shows the tariff applied on the date the FTA enters into force and the rates each subsequent year as the tariffs are eliminated under the agreement.

This overview outlines the export activities of U.S. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). Data presented here are generated from the U.S. Commerce Department's Exporter Database (EDB).

This tool provides data on exports of goods from major U.S. metropolitan areas, as defined by the Bureau of the Census. These data are based on an Origin of Movement (OM) Zip-code-based series, and are therefore not comparable with an OM state-based series, like that available from TradeStats Express.

This database allows the public to browse and search recent FTZ Board manufacturing approvals.

This site provides national- and industry-level estimates of jobs supported by exports of manufactured goods from the United States.

Helps encourage activity and value-added at U.S. facilities in competition with foreign alternatives by allowing delayed or reduced duty payments on foreign merchandise, as well as other savings.

Shows market indicators for the following U.S. manufacturing trends for current period and year-to-date: wage rates, profits, employment, production, capacity utilization, productivity, exports, goods shipments. Includes supporting documentation, tables, and charts.

This resource offers characteristics of electric current for most world countries, and is provided as a service to manufacturers of electrical devices and equipment for export, exporters of such electrical devices and equipment, and those who intend to operate such devices in countries other than those where the equipment originated. This resource is an updated web-version of a handbook, "Electric Current Abroad", that the U.S. Department of Commerce has been publishing since 1948.