TRADE PREFERENCE PROGRAMS The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) If you have any questions about this program, please contact Donald Niewiaroski at the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Textiles and Apparel at 202-482-4058 or by e-mail. Summary of AGOA Apparel, Footwear, and Non-Textile Travel Goods Provisions Quick Reference Chart of AGOA Provisions AGOA Preferences: Country Eligibility, Apparel Eligibility, and Textile Eligibility (Category 0 and Category 9) Category 9 Preferential treatment for Folklore articles, handloomed/handmade articles, and ethnic printed fabrics that are produced in and exported from: Botswana Lesotho Namibia South Africa Burkina Faso (Additional Benefits) Madagascar Niger Swaziland Ethiopia Malawi Nigeria Tanzania Ghana Mali Senegal Tanzania (amended) Kenya Mozambique Sierra Leone Zambia Instructions for eligible AGOA governments to apply for Category 9 Benefits U.S. Customs and Border Protection Slides on Folklore and Category 9 Benefits Certificate of Origin Certificate of Origin (Updated June 2008 w/ Category 0) Abundant Supply ITC Federal Register Notice Relating to Abundant Supply under AGOA (FR Feb. 2007) Commercial Availability Commercial Availability Documents Database U.S. Trade Data ● U.S. imports under Trade Preference Programs ● Utilization of Certain Tariff Rate Quotas ● Current Cap for Apparel Articles Assembled in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African Countries from Regional and Third-Country Fabric For More Information ● Office of the U.S. Trade Representative - AGOA website ● U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) - AGOA website ● Agoa.Gov ● What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: The African Growth and Opportunity Act (CBP, August 2003) ● Textile Preference Programs AGOA, CBTPA, ATPDEA (CBP training presentation) Legislative History and Text ● The Trade and Development Act of 2000 (H.R. 434; Public Law 106-200) full text ● The Trade Act of 2000 Title I (AGOA I) ● Presidential Proclamation 7350 of October 4, 2000 to Implement AGOA I ● AGOA Interim Regulations, 2000 ● Delegation of Authority (Executive Order 13191 of January 22, 2001) to Implement AGOA I ● The Trade Act of 2002 SEC. 3108 (AGOA II) ● Presidential Proclamation 7626 of November 18, 2002 (AGOA II) ● AGOA Interim Regulations, March 2003 ● AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 (AGOA III); Public Law 108-274 ● Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006 Title VI (AGOA IV); Public Law 109-432 ● Presidential Proclamation 7912 of June 29, 2005 To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of Preferences and Certain Rules of Origin Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, and for Other Purposes ● Presidential Proclamation 8157 of June 29 2007 To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of Preferences, Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, and for Other Purposes ● Andean Tade Preference Extension (H.R. 7222: Public Law 110-436, Oct. 16, 2008) -- Section 3. African Growth and Opportunity Act ● Presidential Proclamation 8323, November 25, 2008--To Provide for Duty-free Treatment Under the Earned Import Allowance Program, And for Other Purposes (including amendments to AGOA) ● Presidential Proclamation 8468 of December 23, 2009--To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act ● Presidential Proclamation 8618 of December 21, 2010 – To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, and for Other Purposes ● Presidential Proclamation 8741 of October 25, 2011–To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Announcement of Eligibility: AGOA Visa Requirements (Federal Register Notice, January 2001) Benin Ghana Mauritius Sierra Leone Botswana Kenya Mozambique South Africa Burkina Faso Lesotho Namibia Swaziland Cameroon Liberia Niger Tanzania Cape Verde Madagascar Nigeria Uganda Chad Malawi Rwanda Zambia Ethiopia Mali Senegal

Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA)
U.S. Department of Commerce
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