NY Sens Urge FTZ Board to Accept Oneida County Alternative Site Application
New York Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand in a letter to U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Executive Secretary Andrew McGilvray backed up Oneida County, N.Y.’s application to the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize under the Alternative Site Framework,…
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the senators announced April 25 (here) and (here). If the alternate framework application is approved, Oneida County businesses could save money on duty payments, as the approval would provide the county the ability to identify usage-driven sites anywhere within it within 30 days for warehouse/distribution activities and 120 days for production activities, rather than the current “subzone” application process, which can last seven months or longer, the senators said in the letter.