ATPDEA Beneficiary Countries: Aggregate Cap for 2004/2005 Announced
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice announcing the aggregate quantity of apparel that is eligible to receive duty-free treatment under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) when made from ATPDEA beneficiary country (i.e., Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, or Peru) fabric, fabric components, or components knit-to-shape, etc. from ATPDEA/U.S. yarns, as specified in HTS 9821.11.25 and U.S. notes 3(d) and 3(e) to Subchapter XXI below:
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| 12-Month Period: 10/01/04 - 09/30/05 |
| Aggregate Cap |
|---|
| (HTS 9821.11.25) |
(Apparel articles entered in excess of this cap will be subject to otherwise applicable tariffs.)
| Apparel articles imported from a designated ATPDEA beneficiary country that are sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more such countries from fabrics or from fabric components formed or from components knit-to-shape in one or more such countries, from yarns wholly formed in the U.S. or in one or more such countries (including fabrics not formed from yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable in heading 5602 or 5603 of the tariff schedule and are formed in one or more such countries); the foregoing apparel articles imported under the terms of U.S. Note 3(d) and U.S. Note 3(e) to this subchapter. |
| (U.S. Note 3(d) provides the formula and percentages (which increase in each of five subsequent time periods) used to calculate the cap. |
| U.S. Note 3(e) allows 9821.11.25 goods to also be made from any of the fabrics, fabric components formed, or components knit-to-shape described in 9821.11.01 through 9821.11.10, inclusive, unless such articles are made exclusively from any of the fabrics, fabric components formed or components knit-to-shape described in such subheadings.) |
(See today's ITT, 04092750 1, for BP summary of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) notice announcing this aggregate cap.)
CITA contact - Richard Stetson (202) 482-3400
CITA notice (FR Pub 09/22/04) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/E4-2319.pdf
BP Note
As of September 17, 2004, the 2003/2004 ATPDEA aggregate cap for HTS 9821.11.25 (which closes September 30, 2004) was 30.51% filled and was not estimated to close early.