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Commerce Increases Haiti Knit Apparel TPL for FY 2015

The Commerce Department is increasing the knit apparel tariff preference level under the Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act for fiscal year 2015 (here). The agency says imports from Haiti under the knit apparel TPL rose above 52 million…

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square meter equivalents (SMEs) for the period Oct. 1, 2014 through Sept. 30, 2015, so the TPL for the period is automatically being increased to 200 million SMEs. The TPL for the period Oct. 1, 2015 through Sept. 30, 2016 will remain at 70 million SMEs until FY 2016 imports reach or exceed 52 million SMEs, said Commerce.