Section 400.29 - Application fees(a)In general. This section sets forth a uniform system of charges in the form of fees to recover some costs incurred by the Foreign-Trade Zones staff of the Department of Commerce in processing the applications listed in paragraph (b) of this section. The legal authority for the fees is 31 U.S.C. 9701 , which provides for the collection of user fees by agencies of the Federal Government.(b)Uniform system of user fee charges. The following fee schedule establishes fees for certain types of applications and requests for authority on the basis of their estimated average processing time. (1) Additional zones (§ 400.21 ; § 400.11(a)(2) )-$3,200.(2) Subzones (§ 400.25 ): (i) Not involving production activity or involving production activity with fewer than three products-$4,000.(ii) Production activity with three or more products-$6,500.(3) Expansions (§ 400.24(b) )-$1,600.(c)Timing and manner of payment. Application fees shall be paid prior to the FTZ Board docketing an application and in a manner specified by the Executive Secretary.