New Mexico FTZ Applies for ASF Reorganization

The Board of County Commissioners of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, has submitted an application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize FTZ 197 under the Alternative Site Framework, said the FTZ Board in a Federal Register notice. Under the reorganization, the service area would cover Dona Ana County, New Mexico, which sits on the U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso. ASF streamlines processes for designation of new FTZ subzones and usage driven sites within the service area by allowing companies to request zone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process. Comments on the application are due by April 1.