Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
AGENCY:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION:
General notice.
SUMMARY:
This notice announces that the deployment date for the expanded zone identification number modifications to the electronic Foreign Trade Zone admission applications test is delayed until April 25, 2021. On September 25, 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection published a notice in the Federal Register announcing modifications to the electronic FTZ admission applications test including, inter alia, the expansion of the zone identification number from seven to nine digits. These zone identification number changes were to have been implemented on January 25, 2021, and this notice announces that the deployment date in the Automated Commercial Environment is delayed until April 25, 2021.
DATES:
The expanded zone identification number will be implemented as of April 25, 2021. This test will continue until concluded by way of announcement in the Federal Register .
ADDRESSES:
Comments concerning this notice and any aspect of this test may be submitted at any time during the test via email to Cargo & Conveyance Security, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, at FTZe214Test@cbp.dhs.gov, with a subject line identifier reading “Comment on Electronic FTZ Admission Application FRN.”
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For operational questions, contact Lydia Jackson, Cargo & Conveyance Security, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, at 202-344-3055 or FTZe214Test@cbp.dhs.gov. For technical questions, contact Arnold Buratty, Cargo Systems Program Directorate, Office of Information and Technology, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, at 571-468-5309 or Arnold.Buratty@cbp.dhs.gov.