COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS ISSUES NOTICE: LIMITATION OF DUTY-FREE IMPORTS OF APPAREL ARTICLES ASSEMBLED IN HAITI UNDER THE CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Committee For The Implementation Of Textile Agreements has issued a notice called: Limitation of Duty-Free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in Haiti Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 12 by Joshua Kroon, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Summary: The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, as amended, provides duty-free treatment for certain apparel articles imported directly from Haiti. One of the preferences is known as the "value-added" provision, which provides preferential tariff treatment for apparel that meets a minimum threshold percentage of value added in Haiti, certain other beneficiary and free trad...