Lakewood, N.J. FTZ Applies for ASF Reorganization, Expansion

The Township of Lakewood, New Jersey submitted an application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize FTZ 235 under the Alternative Site Framework, and expand the zone to cover five counties in Central New Jersey, according to an FTZB Federal Register notice. Under the reorganization, the zone's service area would cover Ocean, Middlesex, Monmouth, Union, and Burlington Counties in New Jersey. The zone would be adjacent to the Philadelphia Port of Entry. ASF streamlines processes for designation of new FTZ subzones and usage driven sites within the larger service area by allowing companies to request zone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process. Comments on the application are due by Jan. 14.