Nepal Accounts for Minuscule Amount of Imported Apparel and Textiles, ITC Report Finds
Nepal supplied less than 0.05 percent of total U.S. imports of textiles and apparel in 2015, according to an International Trade Commission report on import sensitivity of certain products in the category from that country (here). U.S. imports from the…
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country within the 66 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheadings reviewed fell 7 percent between May 2015 and May 2016, the agency said. The report covered products including certain luggage, handbags, pocket goods, travel bags, carpets and textile floor coverings, scarves, blankets, hats and gloves. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative requested the report, which also found the U.S. didn’t import products belonging to 20 of the HTS subheadings under review. In July, USTR requested a World Trade Organization waiver to allow it to implement a program authorized by recently enacted customs reauthorization legislation that would give duty-free treatment to certain products from Nepal (see 1606290042). USTR didn’t comment.