Publication Number: 4021

Report Title: Denim Fabric: Use in AGOA Countries During Fiscal Year 2007

Investigation Number: AGOA-002

Author's name(s): Justino De La Cruz, Dawn Heuschel, William Green, Cindy E. Cohen, Jackie Jones, Andrea Boron, Kimberlie Freund, William W. Gearhart

Date Published: July 2008

Report Description/Introductory Text: Denim Fabric: Use in AGOA Countries During Fiscal Year 2007, is the public report in connection with the first determination that the Commission has been required to make under section 112(c)(2)(B)(iii) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) since section 112(c) was amended in December 2006.

All six Commissioners determined that 21,120,000 square meter equivalents (SMEs) of qualifying denim fabric produced in beneficiary sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries were used in lesser-developed beneficiary (LDB) SSA countries to produce apparel exported to the United States that received preferential treatment under the AGOA during fiscal year (FY) 2007. Under the statute, the Commission must add the 8,880,000 SME difference between the amount of denim fabric deemed to be available for FY 2007 (30,000,000 SMEs) and the amount found to have been used during FY 2007 to the amount of denim fabric that the Commission determined will be available during FY 2008. The adjusted quantity of qualifying denim fabric that will be so available during FY 2008 is 30,183,613 SMEs.

Topics Covered: African Growth and Opportunity Act, Amendments, AGOA countries, U.S. imports of apparel, LDB SSA apparel manufactures, U.S. International Trade Commission determination, Fiscal Year 2007, textiles, questionnaires, U.S. trade, AGOA preferences

Countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

HTS Numbers: 6201.92.2031, 6201.92.2041, 6201.92.2051, 6201.92.2061, 6201.92.2071, 6203.32.2030, 6203.42.4011, 6203.42.4016, 6203.42.4031, 6203.42.4036, 6203.42.4041, 6203.42.4046, 6203.42.4051, 6203.42.4056, 6203.42.4061, 6204.52.2030, 6204.52.2040, 6204.52.2070, 6204.52.2080, 6204.62.4011, 6204.62.4021, 6204.62.4036, 6204.62.4041, 6204.62.4046, 6204.62.4051, 6204.62.4056, 6204.62.4061, 6204.62.4066, 6206.30.3041

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