Updated List of Ports Accepting the e214 for FTZ Admissions/Status Designations (Five Michigan Ports Added)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published an updated list of ports that accept 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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This updated list reflects the addition of five Michigan ports. With the addition of these five ports, there are now a total of 36 ports accepting the e214. According to CBP, as training is conducted in additional ports, CBP's Web site will be updated.
36 Ports Now Accept the e214, Paper Copies Still Accepted
CBP indicates that the five Michigan ports that have been recently trained in the processing of the e214 are: Detroit, Port Huron, Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, and Detroit Airport, MI.
The other 31 ports that have been trained in the processing of the e214 are: 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.
(In August 2005, CBP announced its plan to conduct a voluntary test of the Electronic FTZ Admission Application Program, which permits 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 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.
See ITT's Online Archives or 07/25/06 news, 06072505, for BP summary of CBP's announcement of the original ports that accept e214.)
CBP notice on e214 ports (undated) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/cargo_control/ftz/214website.xml