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US Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) Management

FTZ Management: Knowledge Based Articles - Expanded ZoneID for FTZ Admission Adds

CSMS #51127478 has provided information on where FTZ Customers can obtain their Expanded 9-character Zone ID.
The ONESOURCE USFTZ team would like to encourage customers to contact the support team with their confirmed 9-charcter Zone ID to complete this update prior to the March 19, 2022, mandatory filing date
. CSMS #50858555 indicates that starting March 19, 2022, FTZ e214 admission filings will begin to receive rejections with error codes 233, 234, and 235 if the 9-character Zone ID is not provided. Please see both CSMS messages below, for further information regarding this update.
CS
MS #51127478 - Deployment of Expanded Zone IDs
Foreign Trade Zone 9-character [aka Expanded] Zone IDs have been deployed in ACE. The Trade has been made aware of this transition through a Federal Register Notice and through subsequent CSMS messages beginning in September of 2020.
The e214 FTZ Admission, the Cargo Release transaction, the Entry Summary transaction, and Automated Export System (AES) filings have all been enhanced to accept the 9-character Zone ID identifier.
The 9-character Zone ID is a unique identifier assigned to each FTZ Site location and has a one-to-one association to the FTZ Site FIRMS Code.
Three components make up the 9-character Zone ID:
1.
3 digits
: FTZ Board-assigned number to the Zone Project with leading zeros (e.g., 172, 026, 001)
2.
3 alpha-numeric
: Subzone Site: FTZ Board-assigned Subzone designation with leading zeros (e.g., 00A, 00C, 0AB); or, General Purpose Zone Site (TSF acreage), Usage Driven or Magnet Site (ASF) FTZ-Board-assigned designation with leading zeros
3.
3 alpha-numeric
: Site Number assigned by CBP to each Operator’s FIRMS Code. The trade cannot choose this.
Please note
: There is not a definitive relationship between the 9-character Zone ID and the Legacy 7-character identifier which may have been used previously. Trade users should not attempt to "create" their own Zone ID. Instead, trade users should refer to the ACE Secure Data Portal to retrieve the 9-character Zone ID identifier assigned to a specific FIRMS Code.
FTZ Operators who have access to the ACE Secure Data Portal view of their FTZ Sites can find the 9-character Zone ID identifier for a specific FTZ Site location in two places:
  • Modernized Portal: A field in the header of the FTZ Site profile called "Zone ID #" displays the full 9-character Zone ID identifier.
  • Trade partners that do not have Portal view access to the FTZ Site information may apply for an ACE Secure Portal Account at the following link: https://www.cbp.gov/trade/automated/getting-started/portal-applying.
General questions concerning this information may addressed to: cscwarehousing@cbp.dhs.gov
CSMS #50858555 - CBP to require expanded ZoneID for FTZ Admission Adds
As of March 19, 2022, CBP will no longer accept Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Admission Adds without the expanded Zone ID included in the FT10 header data. The Zone ID expanded from 7 to 9 characters and must be included on the FT10 Record or the FTZ Admission will reject. Appendix P has been updated (version 2.2) to include the new error codes (233, 234, 235) related to this implementation. An update to the description for error 004 was also made in this Appendix P version.
This requirement is expected in CBP’s Certification region by January 31, 2022.
This change has already occurred in Entry Summary.
See CSMS #45116249, 45244014

This article applies to:

  • Product: ONESOURCE Global Trade
  • Sub-Product: US Regimes & Connectivity

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