---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 400.29"
title: "15"
number: "400.29"
heading: "Application fees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/400.29"
---

# §400.29. Application fees.

- (a) **In general.** This section sets forth a uniform system of charges in the form of fees to recover some costs incurred by the Foreign-Trade Zones staff of the Department of Commerce in processing the applications listed in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section. The legal authority for the fees is [31 U.S.C. 9701](/usc/31/9701.md), which provides for the collection of user fees by agencies of the Federal Government.
- (b) **Uniform system of user fee charges.** The following fee schedule establishes fees for certain types of applications and requests for authority on the basis of their estimated average processing time.
  - (1) Additional zones ([§ 400.21](/cfr/15/400.21.md); [§ 400.11(a)(2)](/cfr/15/400.11.md?p=a-2))—$3,200.
  - (2) Subzones ([§ 400.25](/cfr/15/400.25.md)):
    - (i) **Not involving production activity or involving production activity with fewer than three products—** $4,000.
    - (ii) **Production activity with three or more products—** $6,500.
  - (3) Expansions ([§ 400.24(b)](/cfr/15/400.24.md?p=b))—$1,600.
- (c) **Timing and manner of payment.** Application fees shall be paid prior to the FTZ Board docketing an application and in a manner specified by the Executive Secretary.

## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 12139, Feb. 28, 2012, as amended at 89 FR 8528, Feb. 8, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (Pub. L. 73-397, 48 Stat. 998-1003 (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u)).

### Source

Source: 77 FR 12139, Feb. 28, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[77 FR 12139, Feb. 28, 2012, as amended at 89 FR 8528, Feb. 8, 2024]