Foreign trade zones
Applications, CBP forms, and regulatory answers for the FTZ community, with the citation attached.
ChatFTZ is an AI chat and knowledge retrieval tool for anyone working in foreign trade zones: grantees, operators, 3PLs, importers, exporters, and the consultants and software providers who serve them. Ask a question in plain language and get an answer rooted in FTZ rules, regulations, and guidance documents, each traced to its source. Draft zone applications, complete CBP forms, and look up what the regulation actually says.
Why teams use ChatFTZ
Submit sooner
Turn days of manual research and drafting into hours. Applications keep moving instead of stalling on a blank page.
Get it right the first time
Complete, standardized submissions mean fewer questions from the FTZ Board and CBP, and fewer costly resubmissions.
Find the answer, not the page
Get a direct answer in seconds instead of combing through hundreds of pages of regulations or hitting Ctrl F and hoping the right phrase turns up.
What it does
ChatFTZ is an AI chat and knowledge retrieval tool built on FTZ rules, regulations, and guidance documents. Ask anything about zone operations and get an answer drawn from the controlling text, with the citation attached.
Zone applications, drafted with you
Work through ASF and TSF applications, subzone requests, boundary modifications, expansions, and waivers in conversation. Example answers help you submit a complete, standardized application the first time.
Guided CBP forms 214 and 216
A step-by-step intake chat collects what each field needs and produces a ready-to-file form, instead of a blank PDF and a stack of instructions.
Grounded in the regulations
Answers draw on 19 CFR Part 146, FTZ Board rules, and CBP guidance, with citations back to the governing section so you can verify before you act.
Who it's for
Grantees
Standardize application preparation and submission, cut delays, and start the conversation with a strong draft.
Operators, importers & exporters
Fill CBP forms 214 and 216 with guided support, and get regulation answers for day-to-day zone operations.
Government
Consistent, regulation-referenced applications make review and coordination with grantees and CBP faster.
Consultants & software providers
Extend your FTZ practice or product with regulation-lookup and form-filling support your clients can use directly.