Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73

§81l Facilities to be provided and maintained

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

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each grantee must provide and keep up all the facilities the zone needs. These include waterfront or inland loading and storage, transport links to the rest of the United States so officials can inspect and protect revenue, fuel and power, water and sewer systems, offices for federal, state, and local staff who must work in the zone, secure fencing with controlled entry and exit to separate the zone from customs areas, and any other facilities the Board requires.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §81l

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Each grantee shall provide and maintain in connection with the zone—

(a)Adequate slips, docks, wharves, warehouses, loading and unloading and mooring facilities where the zone is adjacent to water; or, in the case of an inland zone, adequate loading, unloading, and warehouse facilities;

(b)Adequate transportation connections with the surrounding territory and with all parts of the United States, so arranged as to permit of proper guarding and inspection for the protection of the revenue;

(c)Adequate facilities for coal or other fuel and for light and power;

(d)Adequate water and sewer mains;

(e)Adequate quarters and facilities for the officers and employees of the United States, State, and municipality whose duties may require their presence within the zone;

(f)Adequate enclosures to segregate the zone from customs territory for protection of the revenue, together with suitable provisions for ingress and egress of persons, conveyances, vessels, and merchandise;

(g)Such other facilities as may be required by the Board.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 81l

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73