Publication Number: 4027

Report Title: Denim Fabric: Commercial Availability in AGOA Countries During Fiscal Year 2009

Investigation Number: AGOA-003

Author's name(s): Kimberlie Freund, Andrea Boron, William Gearhart

Date Published: August 2008

Report Description/Introductory Text: Denim Fabric: Commercial Availability in AGOA Countries During Fiscal Year 2009, is the public report in connection with the second set of determinations that the Commission has been required to make under section 112 (c)(2)(B)(ii) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) since section 112(c) was amended in December 2006.

Based on the information developed in the investigation, the Commissioners determined, (1) that denim fabric produced in beneficiary sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries will be available in commercial quantities during the period October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009 (fiscal year 2009) for use by lesser developed beneficiary (LDB) SSA countries in the production of apparel articles receiving U.S. preferential treatment, and (2) that the quantity of such denim fabric that will be so available during fiscal year 2009 is 18,260,400 square meter equivalents. Commissioner Dean A. Pinkert determines that the quantity that will be so available during fiscal year 2009 is within a range from 19,054,860 to 20,515,692 square meter equivalents.

Topics Covered: African Growth and Opportunity Act, AGOA, LDB , SSA apparel manufacturers, SSA denim producers, U.S. imports of apparel, denim, textiles, apparel, Abundant Supply

HTS Numbers: 5209.42.00, 6201.92.2031, 6201.92.2041, 6201.92.2051, 6201.92.2061, 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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