Notice2026-19191
Limitations of Duty-Free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African Countries From Regional and Third-Country Fabric
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Published
September 18, 2026
Effective
October 1, 2026
Issuing agencies
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 180 (Friday, September 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59114-59115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19191]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Limitations of Duty-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)
ACTION: Publishing the New Quantitative Limit on Duty-Free Benefits for
Certain Apparel Assembled in Sub-Saharan Africa
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DATES: The new limitations became effective October 1, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Newberg, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-7578.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Title I, Section 112(b)(3) of the Trade and Development
Act of 2000
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(TDA 2000), Public Law (Pub. L.) 106-200, as amended by Division B,
Title XXI, section 3108 of the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107-210;
Section 7(b)(2) of the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004, Public Law 108-
274; Division D, Title VI, section 6002 of the Tax Relief and Health
Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA 2006), Public Law 109-432, and section 1 of The
African Growth and Opportunity Amendments (Pub. 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);
Title I, Section 103(b)(2) and (3) of the Trade Preferences Extension
Act of 2015, Public Law 114-27, June 29, 2015; Division I, Section 5019
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Pub. L. 119-75); and
Division B, Section 2008 of the Continuing Appropriations and
Extensions Act, 2027 (Pub. L. 119-103).
Title I of TDA 2000 provides for duty-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-
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 or former beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries,
subject to quantitative limitations. 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. Public Law 119-103 extended preferential
treatment under these programs through December 31, 2028.
The AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 provides that the quantitative
limitation 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 2008(b)(2) of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions
Act, 2027. Of this overall amount, apparel imported during the same
period 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 for which data
are available. See Section 112(b)(3)(B)(ii)(II) of TDA 2000, as amended
by Section 2008(b)(3) of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions
Act, 2027. 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 period beginning on October 1, 2026, and extending through
September 30, 2027, the aggregate quantity of imports eligible for
preferential treatment under these provisions is 1,690,799,016 square
meters equivalent. Of this amount, 845,399,508 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.
Joshua Kroon,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 2026-19191 Filed 9-17-26; 8:45 am]
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