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DR-CAFTA Information
Information on DR-CAFTA is very important to our business, so we have included here some relevant information that will help you in the decision making process.

The products that we sell are all DR-CAFTA approved, we can provide CERTIFICATES of ORIGIN at your request. Even on the buttons that we bring from China and Italy.  Trim and Accesories are not consider part of the essential caracter of the garment, and they can be of any origin. Exceptions to this rule are The Sewing Thread which has to be DR-CAFTA origin,  ELASTICS which all of the elastics under clasification 5806-20 or 6002 have to be made in DR-CAFTA region, but they can be made with yarn from outside the Region. Pocketing and some Visible Linings are also required to be from DR-CAFTA origin.

Last August 15, 2008 new changes were made on the DR-CAFTA rules.

US: New DR-CAFTA rules take effect

http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=101718&lk=ek

15 August 2008 | Source: just-style.com

Two new rules of origin under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) come in to force today (15 August) to promote regional production.

Under the so-called pocketing amendment, the pocket used in apparel must be formed and finished in the region to qualify for duty-free treatment.

While the cumulation provision permits a limited quantity of woven apparel containing Mexican or Canadian inputs to enter the United States duty-free.

US Trade Representative Susan C Schwab says the amendments "marks another important step forward in the integration of apparel manufacturing in the region.

"The provisions will strengthen our already strong economic relationship with our trading partners in the region, and will create new opportunities for the use of US fabric and yarn in apparel production in the region."

 
 
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