Limitation of Duty-Free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in Haiti Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), as Amended by the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership Encouragement Act (HOPE), 79279 [2022-28047]
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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 247 / Tuesday, December 27, 2022 / Notices
Dated: December 19, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022–28101 Filed 12–23–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Limitation of Duty-Free Imports of
Apparel Articles Assembled in Haiti
Under the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act (CBERA), as Amended
by the Haitian Hemispheric
Opportunity Through Partnership
Encouragement Act (HOPE)
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of Annual
Quantitative Limit on Imports of Certain
Apparel from Haiti.
AGENCY:
CBERA, 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
requires that apparel meet a minimum
threshold percentage of value added in
Haiti, the United States, and/or certain
beneficiary countries. The provision is
subject to a quantitativ elimitation,
which is calculated as a percentage of
total apparel imports into the United
States for each 12-month period. For the
period from December 20, 2022 through
December 19, 2023, the quantity of
imports eligible for preferential
treatment under the value-added
provision is 412,506,163 square meters
equivalent.
DATES: The new limitations become
applicable December 20, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurie Mease, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482–2043.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 213A of the
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
(19 U.S.C. 2703a) (‘‘CBERA’’), as
amended; and as implemented by
Presidential Proc. No. 8114, 72 FR
13655 (March 22, 2007), and No. 8596,
75 FR 68153 (November 4, 2010).
Background: Section 213A(b)(1)(B) of
CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C.
2703a(b)(1)(B)), outlines the
requirements for certain apparel articles
imported directly from Haiti to qualify
for duty-free treatment under a ‘‘valueadded’’ provision. In order to qualify for
duty-free treatment, apparel articles
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must be wholly assembled, or knit-toshape, in Haiti from any combination of
fabrics, fabric components, components
knit-to-shape, and yarns, as long as the
sum of the cost or value of materials
produced in Haiti or one or more
beneficiary countries, as described in
CBERA, as amended, or any
combination thereof, plus the direct
costs of processing operations
performed in Haiti or one or more
beneficiary countries, as described in
CBERA, as amended, or any
combination thereof, is not less than an
applicable percentage of the declared
customs value of such apparel articles.
Pursuant to CBERA, as amended, the
applicable percentage for the period
December 20, 2022 through December
19, 2023, is 60 percent.
For every twelve-month period
following the effective date of CBERA,
as amended, duty-free treatment under
the value-added provision is subject to
a quantitative limitation. CBERA, as
amended, provides that the quantitative
limitation will be recalculated for each
subsequent 12-month period. Section
213A(b)(1)(C) of CBERA, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(1)(C)), requires that,
for the twelve-month period beginning
on December 20, 2022, the quantitative
limitation for qualifying apparel
imported from Haiti under the valueadded provision will be an amount
equivalent to 1.25 percent of the
aggregate square meter equivalent of all
apparel articles imported into the
United States in the most recent 12month period for which data are
available. The aggregate square meters
equivalent of all apparel articles
imported into the United States is
derived from the set of Harmonized
System lines listed in the Annex to the
World Trade Organization Agreement
on Textiles and Clothing (‘‘ATC’’), and
the conversion factors for units of
measure into square meter equivalents
used by the United States in
implementing the ATC.
For purposes of this notice, the most
recent 12-month period for which data
are available as of December 20, 2022 is
the 12-month period ending on October
31, 2022. Therefore, for the one-year
period beginning on December 20, 2022
and extending through December 19,
2022, the quantity of imports eligible for
preferential treatment under the valueadded provision is 412,506,163 square
meters equivalent. Apparel articles
entered in excess of these quantities will
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be subject to otherwise applicable
tariffs.
Jennifer Knight,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles,
Consumer Goods, Materials, Critical Minerals
and Metals.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Limitation of Duty-Free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in
Haiti Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), as
Amended by the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership
Encouragement Act (HOPE)
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of Annual Quantitative Limit on Imports of
Certain Apparel from Haiti.
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SUMMARY: CBERA, 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 requires that apparel
meet a minimum threshold percentage of value added in Haiti, the United
States, and/or certain beneficiary countries. The provision is subject
to a quantitativ elimitation, which is calculated as a percentage of
total apparel imports into the United States for each 12-month period.
For the period from December 20, 2022 through December 19, 2023, the
quantity of imports eligible for preferential treatment under the
value-added provision is 412,506,163 square meters equivalent.
DATES: The new limitations become applicable December 20, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Mease, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-2043.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) (``CBERA''), as amended; and as implemented by
Presidential Proc. No. 8114, 72 FR 13655 (March 22, 2007), and No.
8596, 75 FR 68153 (November 4, 2010).
Background: Section 213A(b)(1)(B) of CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C.
2703a(b)(1)(B)), outlines the requirements for certain apparel articles
imported directly from Haiti to qualify for duty-free treatment under a
``value-added'' provision. In order to qualify for duty-free treatment,
apparel articles must be wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape, in Haiti
from any combination of fabrics, fabric components, components knit-to-
shape, and yarns, as long as the sum of the cost or value of materials
produced in Haiti or one or more beneficiary countries, as described in
CBERA, as amended, or any combination thereof, plus the direct costs of
processing operations performed in Haiti or one or more beneficiary
countries, as described in CBERA, as amended, or any combination
thereof, is not less than an applicable percentage of the declared
customs value of such apparel articles. Pursuant to CBERA, as amended,
the applicable percentage for the period December 20, 2022 through
December 19, 2023, is 60 percent.
For every twelve-month period following the effective date of
CBERA, as amended, duty-free treatment under the value-added provision
is subject to a quantitative limitation. CBERA, as amended, provides
that the quantitative limitation will be recalculated for each
subsequent 12-month period. Section 213A(b)(1)(C) of CBERA, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(1)(C)), requires that, for the twelve-month period
beginning on December 20, 2022, the quantitative limitation for
qualifying apparel imported from Haiti under the value-added provision
will be an amount equivalent to 1.25 percent of the aggregate square
meter equivalent of all apparel articles imported into the United
States in the most recent 12-month period for which data are available.
The aggregate square meters equivalent of all apparel articles imported
into the United States is derived from the set of Harmonized System
lines listed in the Annex to the World Trade Organization Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing (``ATC''), and the conversion factors for units
of measure into square meter equivalents used by the United States in
implementing the ATC.
For purposes of this notice, the most recent 12-month period for
which data are available as of December 20, 2022 is the 12-month period
ending on October 31, 2022. Therefore, for the one-year period
beginning on December 20, 2022 and extending through December 19, 2022,
the quantity of imports eligible for preferential treatment under the
value-added provision is 412,506,163 square meters equivalent. Apparel
articles entered in excess of these quantities will be subject to
otherwise applicable tariffs.
Jennifer Knight,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, Consumer Goods, Materials,
Critical Minerals and Metals.
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