Textiles and Apparel

Announcements

05/11/2012 – New! : Webinar materials: “Haiti HOPE: Understanding Labor Eligibility Requirements”
05/02/2012 – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has published the 2012 Special 301 report , which identifies a wide range of intellectual property rights concerns in foreign markets.
04/26/2012 – Sourcing in the Americas at the MAGIC Sourcing Show, August 20-23, 2012, Las Vegas. Exhibition booth registration deadline: May 25. New!
04/03/2012 – The U.S. Trade Representative released the following annual reports: 2012 National Trade Estimates Report on Foreign Trade Barriers and Technical Barriers to Trade Report (TBT Report)
03/28/2012 – USITC to Investigate the Effect of Correcting the U.S.-Korea Product-Specific Rules of Origin To Add References to HS 6104.32 (women’s and girls’ knit cotton suit-type jackets and blazers). Comments due to USITC by April 18, 2012.
03/21/2012 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Interim Regulations and Solicitation of Comments to Amend CBP’s Rules to Implement the US-Korea FTA. Comments due to CBP by May 18, 2012.
03/19/2012 – Interim Procedures for Considering Requests Under the Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement and Estimate of Burden for Collection of Information. Comments on the interim procedures due 04/18/2012.
03/19/2012 – Interim Procedures for Considering Requests from the Public for Textile and Apparel Safeguard Actions on Imports from Korea and Estimate of Burden for Collection of Information. Comments on the interim procedures due 04/18/2012.
03/15/2012 – See the new and improved STOPfakes.gov , an online resource for U.S. companies looking for information on obtaining intellectual property rights (IPR) and enforcing their rights overseas.
02/14/2012 – Determination to approve CAFTA-DR Commercial Availability Request : Certain faux suede bonded to faux fur pile fabric - 165.2012.01.09.Fabric.Alston&BirdforSRothschild&Co,Inc

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