Border free-trade program growth cited; national backlog slowing approvals, board hears
An agency official told the advisory board that the airport's FTC/FTZ program now lists 65 operators with 76 sites (62 active), reported a backlog at the national office and said job-count figures are being adjusted upward from last year's 323 to more than 500 currently, with an estimate of about 550 by month end.
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An agency official briefed the Rio International Airport advisory board on the local foreign-trade/FTC program’s current status, saying the program now has 65 operators with 76 sites (62 active and 14 awaiting CBP activation because of missing paperwork). The official said the National FTC board has a backlog of roughly 350 cases and that approvals nationwide have been slow (the official reported four approvals from November through February).
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