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On February 24, 2015, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to provide written comments in connection with the USITC’s sixth annual review evaluating the effectiveness of Earned Import Allowance Program (EIAP) for certain apparel from the Dominican Republic. The EIAP authorizes certain apparel articles wholly assembled in the Dominican Republic to enter the United States free of duty if accompanied by a certificate that shows evidence of the purchase of certain U.S. fabric. More specifically, the program allows producers (in the Dominican Republic) that purchase a certain quantity of qualifying U.S. fabric to produce certain cotton bottoms in the Dominican Republic to receive a credit that can be used to ship a certain quantity of eligible apparel using third country fabrics from the Dominican Republic to the United States free of duty. The USITC has announced its schedule, including deadlines for filing written submissions, in connection with the preparation of its sixth annual review in investigation No. 332–503, Earned Import Allowance Program: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Program for Certain Apparel from the Dominican Republic, Sixth Annual Review. See the notice for deadline dates. |
