If you are establishing a Foreign Trade Zone site, we can help guide your team through the necessary guidelines from customs. FTZ boards can control different foreign trade zones areas around the U.S. for improving manufacturing efficiencies, gaining temporary access to equipment and supplies, and for many other reasons. CDI can make the process of setting up your FTZ more efficient, cost-effective and regulatory compliant. Let us handle the paperwork so the logistics can happen.
CDI also handles all documents needed to place items into FTZ. Although, FTZ processes seem to be slow and require manual document completion, filing and follow up, CDI has been submitting electronically for years.
E214 Processing:
- Utilizing E214, CDI can speedup processing time and permitting to transfer goods. E214 permits are used to transfer inside port limits, and can be important and strategically valuable for industries like auto manufacturers.
CBP Form 216 processing:
- CBP Form 216, Foreign-Trade Zone Activity Permit, is used by companies to request approval to manipulate, manufacture, exhibit, or destroy merchandise in an FTZ.
Representing operators and applicants
Whether you’re an FTZ operator who owns the site, or the applicant who needs something imported to the FTZ, CDI will work together with all parties to help make the necessary connections and deal with all the paperwork.
Consulting
CDI offers a variety of consulting services for customers who are not familiar with how CBP requirements or trade zones work. CDI Brokers have the experience to process CBP requires faster with electronic processing, while guiding your staff through the importation process smoothly.