Participation in Dominican Republic "Two-for-One" Apparel Program Continues Decline, Says ITC
The “Two for One” Earned Import Allowance Program is still failing to stop a steep decline in apparel exports from the Dominican Republic to the U.S., said the International Trade Commission in its annual report on the program released on…
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July 25. Just as the American Apparel and Footwear Association had reported in April, the ITC found that 2013 imports of apparel from the Dominican Republic were down 76% in 2013 from a year earlier. Only 5 out of 12 companies registered for the program actually used it in 2013, down from 7 out of 12 the prior year. The ITC again made the same three recommendations on how to fix the program, which allows duty free access for Dominican Republic apparel exporters that use U.S. fabric: lowering the two-for-one ratio of U.S. to foreign fabric to a one-for-one ratio; including other types of fabrics and apparel items in the program; and changing the requirement that dyeing, finishing, and printing of eligible fabrics take place in the U.S.