CBP Lists Field Offices With Ports Accepting the e214 for Admissions/Status Designations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has published a list of field offices whose ports accept the electronic CBP Form 214 (e214, Foreign Trade Zone Admission and/or Status Designation) in lieu of a paper copy.
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(Note that the list is of field offices, not ports. According to CBP's most recent update on the list of ports, there are a total of 51 ports accepting the e214. The ports are located within these field offices. See BP Note for a list of the ports.)
17 Field Offices Have Ports Trained to Accept the e214, Paper Copies Can Still be Filed
According to CBP, the following field offices have ports that have been trained to accept the e214:
Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
El Paso
Houston
Laredo
Los Angeles
Miami
New Orleans
New York
Portland
San Diego
San Francisco
San Juan
Seattle
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 for merchandise reported to CBP via air, sea, and rail manifest, which permits a participant to submit an e214 to CBP via the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) of the Automated Commercial System (ACS). See ITT's Online Archives or 08/22/05 news, 05082205, for BP summary.
In March 2007, CBP announced that it was continuing the voluntary test for the submission of the e214s for an additional six months from March 26, 2007. See ITT's Online Archives or 04/12/07 news, 07041215, for BP summary.)
CBP notice on e214 field offices (dated 11/01/07) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/cargo_control/ftz/214website.xml
BP Note on Ports that Accept the e214
According to CBP's most recent update (September 28, 2007), the following ports have been trained to accept the e214: Baltimore, MD; Harrisburg, PA; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA; Wilmington, DE; Boston, MA; Worcester, 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; Greenville, SC; Detroit, MI; Port Huron, MI; Battle Creek, MI; Grand Rapids, MI; Detroit Airport, MI; Anchorage, AK; Honolulu, HI; Seattle, WA; Moses Lake, WA; Blaine, WA; Atlanta, GA; Savannah, GA; San Diego, CA; Otay Mesa, CA; Calexico, CA; Birmingham, AL; Mobile, AL; Memphis, TN; El Paso, TX, Santa Teresa, NM; and Miami, FL.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 10/03/07 news, 07100315, for BP summary of CBP's update.)