---
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"
date: "2026-07-12"
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](/usc/19/1677.md?p=5B-D-ii) 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.)