QB 17-121 2017 CAFTA Cumulation

COMMODITIES:

Apparel goods of chapter 62, cut or knit-to-shape, and sewn or otherwise assembled in a CAFTA-DR country, utilizing materials from Mexico, as provided for in chapter 98, subchapter XXII, U.S. Note 21

QUOTA PERIOD:

January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017

OPENING DATE:

Tuesday January 3, 2013

RESTRAINT LEVELS:

Overall Limit               100,000,000 square meter equivalents (SME) – Goods of chapter 62

Sub-limits                    45,000,000 SME – Trousers, skirts, and parts thereof, of cotton or man-made fibers, or subject to cotton or man-made fiber restraints (see chapter 98,

                                         subchapter XXII, U.S. note 21(b)(i) for qualifying HTS numbers)

20,000,000 SME – Cotton blue denim trousers and skirts (see chapter 98, subchapter XXII, U.S. note 21(b)(ii) for qualifying HTS numbers)

1,000,000 SME – Apparel goods, not knitted or crocheted, containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or subject to wool restraints (see chapter 98, subchapter XXII, U.S. note 21(b)(iii) for qualifying HTS numbers)

HTS NUMBERS:

First Tariff Field                  Second Tariff Field

9822.05.11                             See chapter 98, subchapter XXII, U.S. Note 21(b) for detail                                                     

9822.05.13                             See chapter 98, subchapter XXII, U.S. Note 21(c) for details of certain wool garments

                                                    that are exempt from the limit

REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS:

Use entry type code 02, 06, 07, 12, 23, 32, 38, or 52

Report in units of measure as shown in the HTS

No further editions of this QBT for CAFTA-DR Cumulation – Limits for Mexican Imports will be issued until amendments in agreements or changes in quota amounts occur.

Questions from the importing community regarding this electronic message should be referred to the local CBP port.  The port may refer questions through email to HQ QUOTA.