Countries Eligible for AGOA Textile Benefits: Aggregate Regional TPL and "Third Country" Sublimit for 2005/2006 Announced
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice announcing the 2005/2006 quantities of apparel made from African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) fabric and/or AGOA/U.S. yarn, or apparel made from any fabric or yarn, that are eligible to receive duty-free treatment under the AGOA pursuant to HTS 9819.11.09 and/or 9819.11.12 as amendedby the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 (AGOA III):
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| Countries Eligible for AGOA Textile Benefits: |
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| Eff 10/01/05 FR Pub 09/26/0512-Month Period: 10/01/05 - 09/30/06 |
| Aggregate TPL(HTS 9819.11.09 and 9819.11.12) |
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| Sublimit(HTS 9819.11.12) |
(Apparel articles entered in excess of this TPL and/or sublimit will be subject to otherwise applicable tariffs.)
| 9819.11.09 | Apparel articles wholly assembled in one or more AGOA beneficiary countries from fabrics wholly formed in one or more AGOA beneficiary countries from yarns originating either in the U.S. or one or more AGOA beneficiary (including fabrics not formed from yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable under heading 5602 or 5603 of the HTS and are wholly formed and cut in one or more AGOA beneficiary countries), or from components knit-to-shape in one or more AGOA beneficiary countries from yarns originating either in the U.S. or one or more AGOA beneficiary countries or former AGOA beneficiary countries, or both, or apparel articles wholly formed on seamless knitting machines in an AGOA beneficiary country from yarns originating either in the U.S. or one or more AGOA beneficiary countries or former AGOA beneficiary countries, or both, whether or not the apparel articles are also made from any of the fabrics, fabric components formed, or components knit-to-shape that are specified as being of a type required in the apparel articles of subheadings 9819.11.03 or 9819.11.06 (unless the apparel articles are made exclusively from any of the fabrics, fabric components formed, or components knit-to-shape that are specified as being of the type required in the apparel articles of subheadings 9819.11.03 or 9819.11.06.) |
| 9819.11.12 | Apparel articles wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more lesser developed AGOA beneficiary countries regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles. (This HTS number is available through September 30, 2007.) |
(Note that the HTS uses the terms "former beneficiary sub-Saharan African country(ies)" or "beneficiary sub-Saharan African country(ies)" while this ITT notice uses the terms former AGOA beneficiary country(ies) or AGOA beneficiary country(ies).)
(See ITT's Online Archives or 09/20/05 news, 05092010, for BP summary of the reminder of the upcoming CITA notice on the 2005/2006 AGOA aggregate TPL and sublimit, etc. See ITT's Online Archives or 09/15/04 and 09/16/04 news, 04091510 and 04091610), for applicable parts of BP's summary on Presidential Proclamation 7808 which made various changes to the HTS with respect to AGOA III, etc.)
CITA contact - Anna Flaaten (202) 482-3400
CITA notice (FR Pub 09/26/05) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-19276.pdf
BP Note
According to the 2005 HTS, of the 37 currently designated AGOA beneficiary countries, the following 24 have been determined to be eligible fro the AGOA textile benefits: Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.