Fashion Industry Urges Congress, CBP to Move Forward with Trade Initiatives
The U.S. Fashion Industry Association called for the “immediate” renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences and tariff preference levels for U.S.-Nicaragua garment trade through the Central American Free Trade Agreement in a Jan.…
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27 letter to leaders of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees (here). AGOA is due to expire at the end of the current fiscal year, while GSP expired in July 2013 and the CAFTA Nicaragua provisions lapsed on Dec. 31, 2014. USFIA President Julia Hughes also urged for CBP's "speedy implementation" of the apparel, footwear and textile Center of Excellence and Expertise. The group also voiced support for the development of the International Trade Data System.