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24. UNITED STATES-CARIBBEAN BASIN TRADE PARTNERSHIP ACT (CBTPA) The United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act expands the trade benefits currently available to Caribbean and Central American countries under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. (The Recovery Act is more commonly known as the Caribbean Basin Initiative, or CBI.) The CBTPA allows specific textile and apparel articles to enter the United States free of duty or restrictions on quantity, provided certain conditions are met. It also extends NAFTA standards of duty to non-textile articles that were previously excluded from duty-free treatment under the CBI program. The trade benefits provided by the CBTPA apply during the transition period that began October 1, 2000, and end on the earlier of September 30, 2008, or the date on which a freetrade agreement enters into force between the United States and the CBTPA beneficiary countries. (See Title II of the Trade and Development Act of 2000, enacted May 18, 2000 [Public Law 106-200, 114 Stat. 251] for details.) BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES The following countries have been designated as CBPTA beneficiary countries for the purposes of the CBPTA: Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Costa Rica Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Montserrat Netherland Antilles Nicaragua Panama St. Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago British Virgin Islands CBTPA’s enhanced trade benefits are available to countries designated as CBTPA beneficiary countries. To receive these benefits, CBTPA countries must have satisfied the trade pact’s requirements that the eligible country has implemented procedures and requirements that are similar in all material respects to the relevant procedures and requirements under Chapter Five of NAFTA. To date, the following countries have been designated by USTR as eligible for preferential treatment under the CBTPA because they have met the procedures established for qualifying for CBTPA. Importers are advised to contact their local port for a more recent list: Belize Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Panama Nicaragua Trinidad and Tobago The USTR publishes in the Federal Register the names of CBPTA beneficiary countries and when they became eligible for preferential treatment. (These notices modify General Note 17 of the HTS by listing the countries that satisfy the requirements.) ELIGIBLE ITEMS Preferential Treatment for Certain Textile and Apparel Articles Certain textile and apparel articles may enter the United States free of duty and quantitative restrictions. The textile and apparel articles eligible for preferential treatment are: IMPORTING INTO THE UNITED STATES 49
1. Apparel articles assembled in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries from fabrics wholly formed and cut in the United States, from yarns wholly formed in the United States. 2. Apparel articles cut in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries from fabric wholly formed in the United States, from yarns wholly formed in the United States, if those articles are assembled in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries with sewing thread formed in the United States. 3. Certain apparel articles knit to shape in a CBTPA beneficiary country from yarns wholly formed in the United States, and certain knitted or crocheted apparel articles cut and wholly assembled in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries from fabrics formed in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries or in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries and the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States. Apparel in this category is subject to annual quantitative limits expressed in square meter equivalents (SMEs). For the one-year period beginning October 1, 2000, the quantitative limit is 250,000,000 SMEs. In each succeeding one-year period through September 30, 2004, the quantitative limit will be increased by 16 percent, compounded annually. In each one-year period thereafter through September 30, 2008, the quantitative limit will be the amount in effect for the one-year period that ended September 30, 2004, unless another amount is provided by law. 4. Certain non-underwear T-shirts made in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries from fabric formed in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries from yarns wholly formed in the United States. Apparel in this category is subject to annual quantitative limits, which are expressed in dozens. For the one-year period beginning October 1, 2000, the quantitative limit is 4,200,000 dozen. In each succeeding one-year period through September 30, 2004, the quantitative limit will be increased by 16 percent, compounded annually. In each one-year period thereafter through September 30, 2008, the quantitative limit will be the amount in effect for the oneyear period that ended September 30, 2004, unless another amount is provided by law. 5. Brassieres cut and sewn or otherwise assembled in the United States, or one or more beneficiary CBTPA countries, or both. Underwear in this category is subject to the following requirement: In each of seven one-year periods starting October 1, 2001, at least 75 percent of the total declared customs value of the fabric contained in the articles entered the preceding year must be attributed to the aggregate cost of the fabric components formed in the United States. 6. Apparel articles that are both cut (or knit to shape) and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries from fabric or yarn not available in commercial quantities in the United States. This category of apparel covers: a) apparel assembled from fabrics or yarns determined to be in short supply in the context of NAFTA, and b) articles assembled from other fabrics or yarns that the President has proclaimed to be entitled to preferential treatment, based on findings that the fabrics and yarns cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner. 7. Hand-loomed, handmade, and folklore articles. After consulting with CBTPA beneficiary countries, the United States will identify particular textile and apparel goods that all parties agree are handloomed, handmade, or folklore articles.Articles so determined (i.e., as being hand-loomed, handmade, or folklore) must then be certified by the 50 U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE
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