---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 81f"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "81f"
heading: "Application for establishment and expansion of zone"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/81f"
units:
  - "Chapter 1A — Foreign Trade Zones"
---

# §81f. Application for establishment and expansion of zone

- (a) **Application for establishment; requirements—** Each application shall [state](/usc/19/81a.md?p=c) in detail—
  - (1) The location and qualifications of the area in which it is proposed to establish a [zone](/usc/19/81a.md?p=i), showing (A) the land and water or land or water area or land area alone if the application is for its establishment in or adjacent to an interior port; (B) the means of segregation from customs territory; (C) the fitness of the area for a [zone](/usc/19/81a.md?p=i); and (D) the possibilities of expansion of the [zone](/usc/19/81a.md?p=i) area;
  - (2) The facilities and appurtenances which it is proposed to provide and the preliminary plans and estimate of the cost thereof, and the existing facilities and appurtenances which it is proposed to utilize;
  - (3) The time within which the [applicant](/usc/19/81a.md?p=g) proposes to commence and complete the construction of the [zone](/usc/19/81a.md?p=i) and facilities and appurtenances;
  - (4) The methods proposed to finance the undertaking;
  - (5) Such other information as the [Board](/usc/19/81a.md?p=b) may require.
- (b) **Amendment of application; expansion of zone—** The [Board](/usc/19/81a.md?p=b) may upon its own initiative or upon request permit the amendment of the application. Any expansion of the area of an established [zone](/usc/19/81a.md?p=i) shall be made and approved in the same manner as an original application.

## Source credit

(June 18, 1934, ch. 590, § 6, 48 Stat. 1000.)