Dillard's Requests Addition of Polyester Print Fabric to CAFTA Short Supply List
BWA and Dillard's filed a request on March 20 with the Commerce Department’s Office of Textiles and Apparel to add a fabric to the short supply list under the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (here). The company says it…
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cannot find in commercial quantities a woven modal-polyester print fabric classifiable in tariff schedule subheadings 5516.14 and 5516.24. Under short supply provisions of CAFTA-DR, fibers, yarns and fabrics that are not available in commercial quantities from suppliers in the U.S. may be placed on the short supply list in Annex 3.25. A textile or apparel good imported into the U.S. containing fibers, yarns or fabrics that are included on the list in Annex 3.25 is treated as if it is an originating good, regardless of the actual origin of those inputs.