• QUESTION ON FTZ ENTRIES AND FIRST SALE

    Question:QUESTION ON FTZ ENTRIES AND FIRST SALE  We currently claim the first sale value for US entry purposes. Since Canada does not recognize First Sale, in a separate supply chain stream into Canada, we claim the “last sale” value. We are researching the idea of combining supply chain flows into a single location, an FTA […]

  • QUESTION ON FTZ REFUSAL

    Question: Our company’s North American DC is in a small rural community  essentially the middle of nowhere. It is centered almost exactly between two CBP ports of entry, but is about a 2.5 hour drive from either CBP office to our DC. Because of that distance, both CBP offices are claiming it is too far […]

  • QUESTION ON C-TPAT III AND FTZ

    Question: Is there any official publication that demonstrates whether FTZ status helps C-TPAT partners attain Tier 3? ========== Answer: I don’t have a publication but we are  Tier3 C-TPAT status and we do not have  FTZ .  

  • Add’l Answer to QUESTION ON FTZ REFUSAL

    Question: Our company’s North American DC is in a small rural community  essentially the middle of nowhere. It is centered almost exactly between two CBP ports of entry, but is about a 2.5 hour drive from either CBP office to our DC. Because of that distance, both CBP offices are claiming it is too far […]

  • FTZ REFUSAL

    Question: Our company’s North American DC is in a small rural community  essentially the middle of nowhere. It is centered almost exactly between two CBP ports of entry, but is about a 2.5 hour drive from either CBP office to our DC. Because of that distance, both CBP offices are claiming it is too far […]

  • FTZ ADD / CVD ENTRY FILING PROCESS

    Question: Would anyone be able to provide a regulatory reference to help me clear up a point of confusion with myself, my software provider, my inside legal counsel, a couple of FTZ consultants and at least one of my brokers? One of our brokers is pushing back and advising us we are attempting to file […]

  • FTZ AND FDA

    Question: When bonded goods are entered into an FTZ for storage and are subject to OGA (FDA) is a declaration with FDA required? When the goods exit the FTZ but will not be entering into the commerce of the US (let’s say they are being shipped onto a cruise ship) and a VSTE is being […]

  • FTZ DRAWBACK

    Question: I am looking for some input from members who operate a Foreign Trade Zone and apply for duty drawback on shipments that leave the zone. I am wondering how you go about recovering HMF ************* Answers: Per CFR 191.3 Harbor Maintenance Fees are not eligible for drawback.

  • FTZ OPERATOR AGREEMENT

    Question: Is anyone in the membership able to share a template Operator Agreement for Foreign trade zones that is free to use? Our Grantee is somewhat new and has not developed one ========== Answer: I suggest your grantee reach out to another grantee (or two) for examples.

  • FTZ CYCLE COUNTING

    Question: We are a wholesale distributor with thousands of sku’s and find we make inventory adjustments daily through our cycle count in our FTZ. I would be interested to know how other FTZ operators value the goods that they are negatively and positively adjusting and are they able to pinpoint the adjustments to specific purchase […]

  • FTZ FDA ENTRIES

    Question: I would like to ask the membership for those who have knowledge and or participating in an FTZ in which the imports are applicable to FDA.  From my understanding, under an FTZ, one entry is completed per week.  What happens if and/or when FDA places a hold on a particular item? Does the entry […]

  • FTZ MANUAL

    Question: My company is considering moving toward becoming an FTZ.  I am trying to get a good idea of what the procedures manual should look like that is submitted to CBP.  Would anyone mind sharing a copy of theirs?  I know there is a published CBP FTZ manual, but I am looking for an actual […]