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Commerce Increases Haiti Knit Apparel TPL for FY 2014

The Commerce Department is increasing the knit apparel tariff preference level under the Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act for fiscal year 2014. The agency says imports from Haiti under the knit apparel TPL rose above 52 million square…

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meter equivalents (SMEs) for the period Oct. 1, 2013 through Sept. 30, 2014, so the TPL for the period is automatically being increased from 70 million SMEs to 200 million SMEs. The TPL for the period Oct. 1, 2014 through Sept. 30, 2015 will remain at 70 million SMEs until FY 2015 imports reach or exceed 52 million SMEs, said Commerce.