Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73

§81f Application for establishment and expansion of zone

Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 1A— - FOREIGN TRADE ZONES › § 81f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

To apply to create a zone, the application must give key details. It must say exactly where the zone will be (land, water, or both), how it will be separated from customs territory, why the site is suitable, and whether it can be expanded. It must describe planned and existing facilities, include basic plans and cost estimates, state when work will start and finish, explain how it will be paid for, and give any other information the Board asks for. The Board can allow changes to an application. Any request to expand an existing zone must be filed and approved the same way as the first application.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §81f

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(a)Each application shall state in detail—

(1)The location and qualifications of the area in which it is proposed to establish a zone, showing (A) the land and water or land or water area or land area alone if the application is for its establishment in or adjacent to an interior port; (B) the means of segregation from customs territory; (C) the fitness of the area for a zone; and (D) the possibilities of expansion of the zone area;

(2)The facilities and appurtenances which it is proposed to provide and the preliminary plans and estimate of the cost thereof, and the existing facilities and appurtenances which it is proposed to utilize;

(3)The time within which the applicant proposes to commence and complete the construction of the zone and facilities and appurtenances;

(4)The methods proposed to finance the undertaking;

(5)Such other information as the Board may require.

(b)The Board may upon its own initiative or upon request permit the amendment of the application. Any expansion of the area of an established zone shall be made and approved in the same manner as an original application.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 81f

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73