Nigeria is Eligible for
AGOA Duty-Free Treatment
for Certain Handloomed or Handmade
Fabrics/Articles, Certain Folklore Articles,
and Certain Ethnic
Printed Fabrics
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has
issued a notice stating that, effective August 1, 2005, certain textile and
apparel goods from Nigeria are eligible for duty-free treatment under the “handloomed, handmade, folklore articles, or ethnic printed
fabrics” provision of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
Eligible Articles Must Be
Produced in and Exported from Nigeria
CITA states that it has consulted with Nigerian authorities and has
determined that the following items are eligible for duty-free treatment under
AGOA if produced in and exported from Nigeria:
·
Hand-loomed
or handmade –
hand-loomed fabrics, hand-loomed articles (e.g., hand-loomed rugs, scarves,
place mats, and tablecloths), and handmade articles made from hand-loomed
fabrics;
·
Folklore – approximately 20 folklore articles
described in Annex A to CITA’s notice (Kaftan, Senegalese, Buba and Sokoto, Kenbe, Dansiki, Gbariye, Isiagu or Chieftaincy, Agbada,
Booboo, Buba and Iro, Yar Jos, Baban
Riga, Jamfa, Yarshara, Dandogo, Abaya, Kaftan Falmara, Zabuni, Kufta, and Falmara). See Annex
A for folklore article requirements (e.g., no modern features such as zippers,
patterns must be traditional or historical to Nigeria, etc); and
·
Ethnic
printed – ethnic printed
fabrics that meet the criteria listed in Annex B to CITA’s
notice. See Annex B for ethnic printed
fabric criteria (e.g., selvedge on both edges; the fabric is classifiable in
HTS 5208.52.30 or 5208.32.40; the fabric must be manufactured by one of the 11
listed companies; etc.).
(CITA explains that AGOA provides duty-free treatment for imports of
certain hand-loomed, handmade, folklore articles or ethnic printed fabrics that
are certified as such by the competent authority in the beneficiary country. CITA notes that the AGOA Acceleration Act of
2004 (AGOA III) added ethnic printed fabrics to that list. In addition,
CITA states that Executive Order (EO) 13191 (dated 01/17/01) and
Presidential Proclamation 7912 (dated 06/29/05) authorize CITA to consult with
listed beneficiary countries and to determine which, if any, particular textile
and apparel goods shall be treated as being hand-loomed, handmade, folklore
articles, or ethnic printed fabrics.
See ITT’s Online Archives or
05/12/04 and 07/14/04 news, (Ref: 04051220) and (Ref: 04071405), for BP
summaries on the new “ethnic printed fabrics” provision of H.R. 4103 (AGOA III)
and President Bush’s signing of AGOA III into law, respectively. See ITT’s Online Archives or 09/16/04 news,
(Ref: 04091610), for BP summary of Proclamation 7808 which modified the HTS
with respect to AGOA III, etc. See ITT’s
Online Archives or 07/28/05 news, (Ref: 05072805), for final part of BP’s
summary on Proclamation 7912 which modified EO 13191 to reflect the addition of
ethnic printed fabrics.)
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Excerpt from July 29, 2005
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