Form ITA 359P ITA 359P Annual Report to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board from Gran

Annual Report from Foreign-Trade Zones

Foreign-Trade Zones Annual Report 2024

Annual Report from Foreign-Trade Zones (Inactive Zones)

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Expiration date: xx/xx/20xx



ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD

BY GRANTEES OF FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES AND SUBZONES

A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0625-0109. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be from 1 to 76 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are required to obtain benefits. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Foreign-Trade Zones, Attn: Juanita Chen, 1401 Constitution Ave NW, Room 21013, Washington, DC 20230 or [email protected].


PART 1: ZONE PROJECT SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 1-DECEMBER 31

  1. Grantee Contact Name:

  2. Grantee Phone Number:

  3. Grantee Email Address:

  4. Was foreign-status merchandise stored within the zone under zone procedures during the year?

If the answer is no, complete questions 5-6 below:

  1. Describe the promotion and marketing efforts that are being undertaken to provide local companies with information on using the zone.

  2. Has the zone ever been used for the admission and storage of zone status merchandise? If yes, indicate when.

If the answer is yes, complete questions 7-16 of Part 1 below for all warehouse and distribution operations within the general-purpose zone and any subzones. In addition, complete a separate Part 2

(Production Operations) for each zone or subzone operation involved in production.

  1. Provide a summary of the warehouse and distribution activity that occurred within the zone. Specifically discuss any developments or trends in shipments or activity and any value-added activity that occurred within active zone space.

  2. Discuss how the zone contributes to the local economy and local economic development efforts, including the FTZ impact on local employment, port activity, industrial development, international trade and investment. If applicable, describe in what ways the zone has been used locally by the logistics industry and other companies to address supply chain issues.

  3. Total number of warehouse operators who had activity during the calendar year;

  4. The number employed by warehouse/distribution operators within activated areas was ____ persons.

Employment figures should include both direct and contract persons. For part time workers, please report a full time equivalent (e.g., 60 contract employees working for 6 months would equal a full time equivalent of 30 workers).

  1. MOVEMENT OF MERCHANDISE

This section should include the movement of merchandise for all zone and subzone operations that did not require FTZ Board production authority. (There is a separate section below where production operations that occurred within the zone or any subzone will be reported individually.)

Zone reports should reflect only activity within activated portions of zones/subzones. Foreign and domestic merchandise handled within activated FTZ areas should be reported.


Merchandise in the Zone at Beginning and End of Calendar Year


Beginning End

Value Value


Domestic Status $ $


Foreign Status

Total: $ $



Merchandise Received Value

Domestic Status $


Foreign Status


From Other U.S. FTZ's:


Domestic Status


Foreign Status


Total: $



Merchandise Forwarded Value


To The U.S. Market $


To Foreign Countries (Exports)

To Other U.S. FTZ's


Total: $


Merchandise destroyed: $


Explanation of Discrepancies:

a. Does Beginning Inventory + Total Merchandise Received - Total Merchandise Forwarded - Merchandise Destroyed = Ending Inventory? If not, explain.

b. Is the level of Merchandise Received this year significantly different from the previous year? If yes, explain.

c. Is the Ending Inventory from the previous year equal to the Beginning Inventory for this year?


  1. Categories of Foreign Status Merchandise Received


Category Value Main Countries of Origin


$ ___________________

___________________

___________________

___________________

___________________

Total: $


  1. Foreign Status Merchandise Received:


Non-privileged Foreign $

Privileged Foreign $ .


  1. Customs duties collected on merchandise entered from the zone during the calendar year amounted to $ .


  1. (Optional) Attachment field: You may attach any photographs of the zone or any information you feel may be useful.


  1. Total Value of Shipments:

    1. Value of Shipments to the U.S. Market

    2. Value of Exports

    3. Total Value of Shipments


PART 2: PRODUCTION OPERATORS FOR JANUARY 1-DECEMBER 31

A separate Part 2, questions 1-19 should be included for each production operation that occurred within the zone or any subzone. This reporting of production applies to any activity requiring FTZ Board approval under the Board’s regulations (15 CFR Part 400). (Note that any oil refinery operations should use the oil refinery-specific Part 2 that follows this section.)

Zone reports should reflect only activity within activated portions of zones/subzones. Foreign and domestic merchandise handled within activated FTZ areas should be reported.

  1. Site/Subzone Number

  2. Company Name

  3. Company Contact Name

  4. Company Contact Phone Number

  5. Company Contact Email Address

  6. Total Number of Activated Acres

  7. Briefly describe the activity that is occurring under zone procedures. Have there been any changes to the type or level of activity or facilities within the past year?

  8. Employment within the FTZ operation (includes direct and contract, reported on a full-time equivalent basis).

9. Explain the extent to which FTZ status has helped your facility compete with plants abroad (this includes competition with other company facilities located abroad to expand or maintain product lines in the U.S.).

  1. Provide the percent of total production that is directly or indirectly exported _____%. The indirect exports to be reported are shipments that are entered for consumption prior to subsequent re-exportation or shipments to a customer or related facility that are later exported (whenever known). You may rely on estimates for indirect exports, but it is important that each operator do its best to account for all export activity that is supported by their FTZ operation.

  2. If the manufacturing activity is subject to restriction, list the restriction(s) and describe the method of compliance.

12. MOVEMENT OF MERCHANDISE


Merchandise in the Zone at Beginning and End of Calendar Year

Beginning End

Value Value


Domestic Status $ $


Foreign Status

Total: $ $



Merchandise Received Value

Domestic Status $


Foreign Status


From Other U.S. FTZ's:


Domestic Status


Foreign Status


Total: $


Merchandise Forwarded Value


To The U.S. Market $


To Foreign Countries (Exports)


To Other U.S. FTZ's


Total: $


Merchandise destroyed: $


Explanation of Discrepancies:

  1. Does Beginning Inventory + Total Merchandise Received - Total Merchandise Forwarded - Merchandise Destroyed = Ending Inventory? If not, explain.


b. Is the level of Merchandise Received this year significantly different from the previous year? If yes, explain.

c. Is the Ending Inventory from the previous year equal to the Beginning Inventory for this year?


  1. Categories of Foreign Status Merchandise Received


Category Value Main Countries of Origin


$ ___________________

___________________

___________________

___________________

___________________

Total: $


  1. Categories of Merchandise Forwarded


Category Value


$

Total: $

  1. Foreign Status Merchandise Received:


Non-privileged Foreign $

Privileged Foreign $


  1. Customs duties collected on merchandise entered into U.S. Customs territory from the operation during the calendar year amounted to $ .


  1. (Optional) Attachment field: You may attach any photographs of the operation or any information you feel may be useful.


  1. Total Value of Shipments

    1. Value of Shipments to the U.S. Market

    2. Value of Exports

    3. Total Value of Shipments


PART 2 FOR OIL REFINERY OPERATORS FOR JANUARY 1-DECEMBER 31

Zone reports should reflect only activity within activated portions of zones/subzones. Foreign and domestic merchandise handled within activated FTZ areas should be reported.

  1. Site/Subzone Number

  2. Company Name

  3. Company Contact Name

  4. Company Contact Phone Number

  5. Company Contact Email Address

  6. Activated Acres

  7. Activation Date

  8. Total product and feedstock storage capacity in barrels.

  9. Employment – direct and indirect (including contract employees), reported on a full-time equivalent basis.

  10. List primary non-crude receipts on an average daily basis.

  11. What percent of the primary non-crude receipts are sourced from abroad?

  12. List primary non-NPF attributed products (fuels, lubricants, etc.).

  13. The primary non-NPF attributed products account for __% of total output.

  14. Provide a description of types of customers for non-NPF products shipped from the refinery. In describing customers, do not provide customer names or specific customer information. We are seeking general information about general types or categories of customers by industry and/or by use.

  15. Identify exports by product and volume.

  16. List primary products produced from NPF attributed feedstocks.

  17. NPF attributed products account for __% of total output.

  18. Provide a description of types of customers for petrochemical products.

  19. Provide the percent of total production that is directly or indirectly exported _____%. The indirect exports to be reported are shipments that are entered for consumption prior to subsequent re-exportation or shipments to a customer or related facility that are later exported (whenever known). You may rely on estimates for indirect exports, but it is important that each operator does its best to account for all export activity that is supported by their FTZ operation.

  20. Current rated crude distillation capacity (BPD).

  21. Volume of total crude oil receipts on an average daily basis (BPD).

  22. Volume of foreign crude oil receipts on an average daily basis (BPD).

  23. Estimated percentage of foreign crude receipts under 25 degrees API.

  24. Provide the number and date of the most recent Board Order.

  25. What capacity (BPD or BPD equivalent) was approved by the Board in the above order?

Grants of authority are approved for a given level of activity. In the case of oil refineries, the levels of activity are stated in terms of current rated crude distillation capacity. A plant may increase its capacity, but the level of approved zone activity for the plant remains at the level approved under the refinery's current Board Order. Significant increases in activity above Board-approved levels require an expanded authorization.

  1. Is the refinery operating within the approved scope of authority? Explain.

  2. Indicate how zone savings assist the company in its international competitiveness efforts (e.g., reduce operating costs, improve margins, help make exports more competitive, maintain or increase refinery capacity through processing unit upgrades or additions at U.S. refinery versus foreign refinery in a global industry).

In describing how FTZ status has affected the refinery, please give examples and anecdotal information that you feel relevant. We recognize that FTZ status may be only a contributing factor.

  1. Current estimate of annual zone duty savings.

  2. Provide an estimate for the value-added activity that takes place under zone procedures (labor, profit, overhead, etc.). One way to estimate value-added is: Value of Sales from Plant minus Value of merchandise Received at Plant. Value-added should not be included in the Movement of Merchandise figures below.

  3. Describe public-type benefits (both direct and indirect) to the local and national economy. Please give specific examples. As it applies to your plant, you may describe with any or all of the following:

    1. Affected domestic production employment and refinery capacity

    2. Helped to offset environmental compliance costs

    3. Helped to preserve U.S. refining capacity

    4. Contributed to increased investment in U.S. refining

In describing industry impact, information may be presented to the FTZ Board on a company-wide or industry-wide basis (rather than from individual refineries). In this manner the accumulated impact of all of a company's facilities or the use of zone procedures in the industry as a whole may be discussed rather than on an individual basis.

  1. If the operation is subject to restriction, please describe method of compliance.

  2. Movement of Merchandise


Merchandise in the Zone at Beginning and End of Calendar Year

Beginning End

Value Value


Domestic Status $ $


Foreign Status

Total: $ $



Merchandise Received Value

Domestic Status $


Foreign Status


From Other U.S. FTZ's:


Domestic Status


Foreign Status


Total: $

Merchandise Forwarded Value


To The U.S. Market $


To Foreign Countries (Exports)


To Other U.S. FTZ's


Total: $


Merchandise destroyed: $


Explanation of Discrepancies:

a. Does Beginning Inventory + Total Merchandise Received - Total Merchandise Forwarded - Merchandise Destroyed = Ending Inventory? If not, explain.

b. Is the level of Merchandise Received this year significantly different from the previous year? If yes, explain.

c. Is the Ending Inventory from the previous year equal to the Beginning Inventory for this year?


  1. Categories of Foreign Status Merchandise Received


Category Value Main Countries of Origin


$ ___________________

___________________

___________________

___________________

___________________

Total: $


  1. Categories of Merchandise Forwarded


Category Value


$

Total: $

  1. Foreign Status Merchandise Received:


Non-privileged Foreign $

Privileged Foreign $


  1. Customs duties collected on merchandise entered into U.S. Customs territory from the operation during the year amounted to $ .


  1. (Optional) Attachment field: You may attach any photographs of the operation or any information you feel may be useful.


  1. Total Value of Shipments

    1. Value of Shipments to the U.S. Market

    2. Value of Exports

    3. Total Value of Shipments


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