Textiles and Quotas |
- | Are My Goods Subject to Quota? -
08/28/2009 Provides information to assist in determining whether merchandise is subject to quota restrictions as well as links to relevant references. | |
| Trade Agreements Over the last decade, the number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and preferential trade legislation programs has increased significantly. In response to this current trade environment reality, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has designated Trade Agreements (TA) as a Priority Trade Issue (PTI). The objective of the TA PTI is to advance CBP’s mission by working with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate legitimate trade and address areas of non-compliance while effectively communicating the terms of our free trade agreements and preferential trade legislation. The TA PTI is limited to goods other than textiles and apparel, as textiles and apparel products are handled under a separate Textiles PTI. | |
| Quota Frequently Asked Questions The purpose of this question and answer compilation is to provide a useful consolidated resource for information on quota-related topics with links (blue/underlined text) to relevant content elsewhere on the Internet. The HQ Quota Branch welcomes your comments and suggestions. | |
| Commodity Status Report for Tariff Rate Quotas - 03/12/2012 The weekly commodity status report is for imported agriculture, food products, textile products, and other merchandise subject to Tariff Rate Quotas/Tariff Preference Levels. | |
- | DR-CAFTA Pocketing Amendment -
01/07/2008 A copy of the agreement signed between all Dominican Republic - Central America - United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) parties to modify the textile rules of origin. This document includes the annex that shows the new rules of origin. | | pdf - 1,248 KB. | |
| Electronic Certification System (eCERT) An electronic government-to-government system for transmitting a certificate, like an export license/certificate or a certificate of eligibility, used for importation into the United States for specific commodities as a requirement to qualify for in-quota or tariff preference rates of duty. | |
| FTA Training This is part of the training materials provided by CBP to field Import Specialists for textile preferential treatment rules. | |
| Historical Tariff-Rate Quota/Tariff Preference Level Fill Rates This list of files contains spreadsheets with historical fill rates for completed quota periods. Tariff-rate quotas and tariff preference levels by year/quota period (and country where applicable) are included. Please note, while HQ Quota endeavors to provide current information, this data may not reflect additions or deletions made to particular restraint limits since the last update. Information on fill rates for current periods is available on the Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report. | |
| China Textile MOU -
02/25/2008 This includes information on the U.S.-China Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The Governments of the United States and China established agreed levels for certain textile products, exported to the United States during three one-year periods beginning on January 1, 2006. Frequently Asked Questions now available. | |
| Quota Book Transmittals (QBTs) - 01/24/2013 Quota information issued for the trade community by the HQ Quota Branch, Textile/Apparel Policy and Programs Division | |
| Textile Status Report for Absolute Quotas Status report for imported textile/apparel merchandise subject to absolute quotas and safeguards. Daily Textile Status Reports are no longer available because there are no absolute quotas currently in place. | |
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