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- The FTZ staff has committed to processing all manufacturing applications within 6-8 months
(fast processing depends on good applications and no case issues arising).
- Prior to submitting an application, it is recommended that you send a draft
application to the FTZ staff using our dedicated e-mail address:
ftz@ita.doc.gov.
- An application can be submitted using the Application Guidelines
- The Manufacturing Center contains additional information and sample applications.
- There is also an option for temporary/interim manufacturing (T/IM)authority. T/IM
authority can be approved for up to two years, during which time an application for
permanent authority can be processed. A decision on T/IM is generally made within
75 days of the submission of the application. T/IM authority can be approved for a
wide range of products that have been reviewed by the FTZ Board over the past five years.
For more information on the T/IM process and eligibility, click here.
- Applicants are allowed to use estimates, ranges, categories, etc. in providing specific
plant or FTZ savings information so that information so that information is presented
in non-proprietary form (applications are available to the public).
- An objective of the zone program is to encourage
commercial and industrial operations in the United States that would otherwise
have been conducted abroad for Customs reasons, including export activity.
Zones should help create employment, not simply divert it from one region of the
country to another.
- An original and 8 copies of the final application should be submitted.
- If an application involves the same products in a circumstance similar to
one recently approved by the FTZ Board, the application may qualify for a
slightly reduced procedure. This would be determined during the FTZ staff review.
For more information, click here.
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