CBP Instructions on New 9915.61.05 for Certain CAFTA-DR Trousers/Shorts from Nicaragua
U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice to its Web site stating that effective for goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after April 1, 2006, new Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) 9915.61.05 is required for certain Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) originating trousers, breeches, or short from Nicaragua.
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(See ITT's Online Archives or 07/14/06 news, 06071405 for BP summary of Proclamation 8034, which among other things, provides for this new Chapter 99 tariff number.)
New Chapter 99 Number Required for Trousers/Shorts Made of U.S. Fabric/Yarn
According to CBP, HTS 9915.61.05 must be used to enter originating cotton and man-made fiber (MMF) trousers, breeches, or shorts from Nicaragua that are made from U.S. formed fabric of U.S. formed yarn, and classified under any of the following Chapter 62 subheadings:
| 6203.42.40 | 6203.43.35 |
| 6203.49.80 | 6204.62.40 |
| 6204.69.25 | 6204.69.60 |
| 6210.40.90 | 6210.50.50 |
| 6211.20.38 | 6211.20.68 |
| 6211.42.00 | 6211.43.00 |
In addition, such originating goods entered under HTS 9915.61.05 must also use the special program indicator (SPI) "P" and the HTS Chapter 62 provision.
(In a recently revised document on textile and apparel tariff shift rules, under the title "Earned TPL," CBP had stated that HTS 9915.61.05 will be used to measure imports from Nicaragua of cotton/MMF trousers using U.S. fabric from U.S. yarn (as a subset of originating goods made from yarn and fabric from any DR-CAFTA country). If Nicaragua doesn't live up to its commitment to ship a certain volume of MMF and cotton trousers made of U.S. fabric of U.S. yarn (formerly under CBTPA), CBP had stated that Nicaragua's TPL may be reduced by a commensurate amount in the subsequent year.)
CBP contact: Jacqueline Sprungle (202) 344-2277
TBT-06-017-01, dated 07/24/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/tbts/tbt2006/tbt_06_017_01.ctt/tbt_06_017_01.doc.