CBP Final Rule on Country of Origin of Textile and Apparel Products Available
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a final rule, which adopts its October 2005 interim rule, with changes, in order to finalize its amendments to 19 CFR Parts 12, 102, 141, 144, 146 and 163 relating to the country of origin of textile and apparel products.
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(This rulemaking largely reflects changes brought about by the expiration on January 1, 2005 of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and the resulting elimination of quotas on the entry of textile and apparel products from World Trade Organization (WTO) members.)
The final rule is effective March 17, 2011. (See future issue of ITT for full details of this final rule.)
2005 Regulatory Changes Eliminated Textile Declaration Requirement, Etc.
CBP states that the primary regulatory change implemented in 2005 consisted of the elimination of the requirement that a textile declaration be submitted for all importations of textile and apparel products.
In addition, to improve the quality of reporting the identity of the manufacturer of imported textile and apparel products, the 2005 interim rule amended CBP’s regulations to require importers to identify the manufacturer of such products through a manufacturer identification code (MID).
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 10/06/05 and 10/26/05 news, 05100605 and 05102610, for BP summaries of the interim rule.)
CBP contact- Roberts Abels (202) 863-6503
(CBP Dec. 11-09)