Eastern Iowa FTZ Applies for ASF Reorganization, Expansion

The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission submitted an application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize FTZ 175 under the Alternative Site Framework, and expand the zone to cover 30 counties in Eastern Iowa, according to an FTZ Board Federal Register notice. Under the reorganization, the zone's service area would cover Appanoose, Benton, Blackhawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Grundy, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Mahaska, Monroe, Muscatine, Poweshiek, Scott, Tama, Van Buren, Wapello, and Washington Counties. The zone would be adjacent to the Quad-Cities and Des Moines Ports 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 May 12.