Notice2021-21314
Limitations of Duty- and Quota-Free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African Countries From Regional and Third-Country Fabric
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Published
September 30, 2021
Effective
October 1, 2021
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Commerce Department
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 187 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 54152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21314]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Limitations of Duty- and Quota-Free Imports of Apparel Articles
Assembled in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African Countries From Regional
and Third-Country Fabric
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Publishing the new 12-month cap on duty- and quota-free
benefits.
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DATES: Effective Date: The new limitations become effective October 1,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Newberg, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 510-3982 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ffbe7e0e2eefca1e1eaf8edeafde8cffbfdeeebeaa1e8e0f9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="47332f282a2634692922302522352007333526232269202831">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: Title I, Section 112(b)(3) of the
Trade and Development Act of 2000 (TDA 2000), Public Law (P.L.) 106-
200, as amended by Division B, Title XXI, section 3108 of the Trade Act
of 2002, P.L. 107-210; Section 7(b)(2) of the AGOA Acceleration Act of
2004, P.L. 108-274; Division D, Title VI, section 6002 of the Tax
Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA 2006), P.L. 109-432, and
section 1 of The African Growth and Opportunity Amendments (P.L. 112-
163), August 10, 2012; Presidential Proclamation 7350 of October 2,
2000 (65 FR 59321); Presidential Proclamation 7626 of November 13, 2002
(67 FR 69459); and Title I, Section 103(b)(2) and (3) of the Trade
Preferences Extension Act of 2015, P.L. 114-27, June 29, 2015.
Title I of TDA 2000 provides for duty- and quota-free treatment for
certain textile and apparel articles imported from designated
beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. Section 112(b)(3) of TDA
2000 provides duty- and quota-free treatment for apparel articles
wholly assembled in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries from fabric wholly formed in one or more beneficiary sub-
Saharan African countries from yarn originating in the United States or
one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. This
preferential treatment is also available for apparel articles assembled
in one or more lesser-developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries, regardless of the country of origin of the fabric used to
make such articles, subject to quantitative limitation. P.L. 114-27
extended this special rule for lesser-developed countries through
September 30, 2025.
The AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 provides that the quantitative
limitation for the 12-month period beginning October 1, 2021 will be an
amount not to exceed seven percent of the aggregate square meter
equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States in
the preceding 12-month period for which data are available. See Section
112(b)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of TDA 2000, as amended by Section 7(b)(2)(B) of
the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004. Of this overall amount, apparel
imported under the special rule for lesser-developed countries is
limited to an amount not to exceed 3.5 percent of all apparel articles
imported into the United States in the preceding 12-month period. See
Section 112(b)(3)(B)(ii)(II) of TDA 2000, as amended by Section
6002(a)(3) of TRHCA 2006. The Annex to Presidential Proclamation 7350
of October 2, 2000 directed CITA to publish the aggregate quantity of
imports allowed during each 12-month period in the Federal Register.
For the one-year period, beginning on October 1, 2021, and
extending through September 30, 2022, the aggregate quantity of imports
eligible for preferential treatment under these provisions is
2,066,936,295 square meters equivalent. Of this amount, 1,033,468,148
square meters equivalent is available to apparel articles imported
under the special rule for lesser-developed countries. Apparel articles
entered in excess of these quantities will be subject to otherwise
applicable tariffs.
These quantities are calculated using the aggregate square meter
equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States,
derived from the set of Harmonized System lines listed in the Annex to
the World Trade Organization Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC),
and the conversion factors for units of measure into square meter
equivalents used by the United States in implementing the ATC.
Dated: September 27, 2021.
Paul E. Morris,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 2021-21314 Filed 9-29-21; 8:45 am]
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