Treasury Department, Customs Service
This document sets forth interim amendments to those provisions of the Customs Regulations that implement the trade benefits for Caribbean Basin countries contained in section 213(b) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (the CBERA). The interim regulatory amendments involve the textile and apparel provisions of section 213(b) and in part reflect changes made to those statutory provisions by section 3107 of the Trade Act of 2002. The specific statutory changes addressed in this document involve the amendment of several provisions to clarify the status of apparel articles assembled from knit-to-shape components, the addition of language requiring any dyeing, printing, and finishing of certain fabrics to be done in the United States, the inclusion of exception language in the brassieres provision regarding articles entered under other CBERA apparel provisions, the addition of a provision permitting the dyeing, printing, and finishing of thread in the Caribbean region, and the addition of a new provision to cover additional production scenarios involving the United States and the Caribbean region. This document also includes a number of other changes to the CBERA textile and apparel implementing regulations to clarify a number of issues that arose after their original publication.
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 10 [T.D. 03-12] RIN 1515-AD22 AGENCY: Customs Service, Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Interim regulations; solicitation of comments. SUMMARY: This document sets forth interim amendments to those provisions of the Customs Regulations that implement the trade benefits for Caribbean Basin countries contained in section 213(b) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (the CBERA). The interim regulatory amendments involve the textile and apparel provisions of section 213(b) and in part reflect changes made to those statutory provisions by section 3107 of the Trade Act of 2002. The specific statutory changes addressed in this document involve the amendment of several provisions to clarify the status of apparel articles assembled from knit-to-shape components, the addition of language requiring any dyeing, printing, and finishing of certain fabrics to be done in the United States, the inclusion of exception language in the brassieres provision regarding articles entered under other CBERA apparel provisions, the addition of a provision permitting the dyeing, printing, and finishing of thread in the Caribbean region, and the addition of a new provision to cover additional production scenarios involving the United States and the Caribbean region. This document also includes a number of other changes to the CBERA textile and apparel implementing regulations to clarify a number of issues that arose after their original publi…
Citation: 68 FR 13827
