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Office of Textiles and Apparel
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Trade Preference Programs

Trade Preference Programs

Trade Preference Programs are unilateral preference programs that are legislated by Congress. With respect to textiles and apparel, these preference programs provide duty-free treatment to certain textile and apparel products from designated beneficiary countries that meet the program’s rules of origin.

U.S. Textile and Apparel Trade Data:

U.S. Imports under Trade Preference Programs

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
The Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
The Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership For Encouragement Act (HOPE Act)
Nepal Trade Preference Program