CBP Announces 30 Ports Now Accept e214 for FTZ Admissions/Status Designations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release announcing that 30 ports are now accepting the electronic CBP Form 214 (e214, Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Admission and/or Status Designation) in lieu of a paper copy.
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According to CBP, as training is conducted in additional ports, CBP's Web site will be updated.
List of Ports Now Accepting e214, Paper Copies Still Accepted
CBP states that officers in the following ports have been trained in the processing of the e214: Baltimore, MD; Harrisburg, PA; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA; Wilmington, Del; Boston, MA; Worchester, MA; Peoria, IL; St. Louis, MO; Toledo, OH; Austin, TX; Corpus Christi, TX; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX; Houston; TX; Port Arthur, TX; Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport, CA; Victorville, CA; Baton Rouge, LA; Morgan City, LA; Lake Charles, LA; New Orleans, LA; Shreveport, LA; JFK (New York), Newark, NJ; San Francisco, CA; Oakland, CA; Portland, OR; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Greenville, SC.
CBP notes that while paper copies of CBP Form 214 will still be accepted, all members of the trade community are urged to file the electronic version of the 214.
CBP's Voluntary Test of e214
In August 2005, CBP announced its plan to conduct a voluntary test of the Electronic FTZ Admission Application Program, which is intended to permit a participant to submit an e214 to CBP via the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) of the Automated Commercial System).
CBP anticipated that this voluntary test would begin in early December 2005 and would be initially rolled-out to software vendors, self-programmed importers, brokers or other companies wanting to develop their own software. CBP also provided information for current ABI participants as well as non-ABI participants wishing to participate in the test. (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/26/05 news, 05102615, for BP summary of CBP update on the voluntary test of e214.)
CBP Press Release (undated) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/cargo_control/ftz/214website.xml