Rules of Origin for Textile and Apparel Products

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Treasury Customs Service 19 CFR Part 102 [T.D. 03-08] RIN 1515-AC80 AGENCY: Customs Service, Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This document adopts as a final rule, with a clarification, the interim rule amending the Customs Regulations to align the existing country of origin rules for certain textile and apparel products with the statutory amendments to section 334 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, as set forth in section 405 within title IV of the Trade and Development Act of 2000. The document also adopts as final the interim rule making technical corrections to the rules of origin for textile and apparel products. EFFECTIVE DATE: February 25, 2003. FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Reese, Textile Branch, Office of Regulations and Rulings, U.S. Customs Service, Tel. (202) 572-8790. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Section 334 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), Public Law 103-465, 108 Stat. 4809 ( 19 U.S.C. 3592 ), directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe rules implementing certain principles for determining the origin of textiles and apparel products. Section 102.21 of the Customs Regulations ( 19 CFR 102.21 ) implements section 334 of the URAA. Section 405 of title IV of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (the Act), Public Law 106-200 , 114 Stat. 251, amended section 334 of the URAA. Specifically, section 405(a) amended section 334(b)(2) of the URAA by redesignating paragraphs (b)(2)(A) and (B) as p…