On December 21, 2020, the International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register a notification of annual quantitative limit on imports of certain apparel from Haiti. The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), as amended by the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act (HOPE), provides duty-free treatment for certain apparel articles imported directly from Haiti. One of the preferences is known as the “value-added” provision, which requires that apparel meet a minimum threshold percentage of value added in Haiti, the United States, and/or certain beneficiary countries. The provision is subject to a quantitative limitation, which is calculated as a percentage of total apparel imports into the United States for each 12-month period. For the period from December 20, 2020 through December 19, 2021, the quantity of imports eligible for preferential treatment under the value-added provision is 337,967,087 square meters equivalent. The new limitations become effective December 20, 2020.
