CBTPA TPL for Non-Underwear T-Shirts Filled on August 3, 2004
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources, the duty- and quota-free Tariff Preference Level (TPL) for certain non-underwear T-shirts made in one or more USTR-listed U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) beneficiary countries and entered under HTS 9820.11.12 filled on August 3, 2004 at 1:40 p.m.
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HTS 9820.11.12 provides duty- and quota-free treatment for a specified 12-month quantity of non-underwear T-shirts classified in HTS 6109.10.00 or 6109.90.10, made in one or more USTR-listed CBTPA beneficiary countries from fabric formed in one or more USTR-listed CBTPA beneficiary countries from yarns wholly formed in the U.S.
This TPL for non-underwear T-shirts reopens on October 1, 2004 for another 12-month period. The 12-month level for the October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005 period will be 12,000,000 dozen.
(Note that this TPL did not close early in 2003, but closed early on August 28th in 2002. See ITT's Online Archives or 09/11/02 news, 02091110 for BP summary of 2002 closing.
See ITT's Online Archives or 09/26/03 news, 03092615, for BP summary of CBP's notice announcing the 2003/2004 TPLs for this TPL, etc.. See ITT's Online Archives or 08/01/02 and 11/18/02 news, 02080105 and 02111810 respectively, for BP summaries on 2004/2005 level for this TPL. )