Proc. 7626 Title 3--The President I. The following new subheading is inserted in numerical sequence in subchapter XiX, with the material inserted in the columns entitled "Heading/Subheading", "Article Description", and "Rates of Duty 1-Special":
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"98 l 9,11.30 Apparel articles sewn or othersvise assembled m one or : : more such countries with thread formed in the Urnted : : States, the fbregoing 0) from components cut in the : ; United States and in one or more such countries from : : lhbric wholly formed in the United States from yams : : wholly formed In the Urnted States 0ncludmg lhbrics not: : fornwd from yams, if such fabrics are class\177fiable under : : heading 5602 or 5603 of the tariff schedule), or (i0 li'om: : components kmt-to-shape m the United States and one or: : more such countries froIll yarllS wholly fortlied in the : : Urnted States, or (iii) from any combination of two or : : more of the foregoing knithng-to-shape or cutting : : operations ........................................................................ : : Free" Section ii. Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after October I, 2002, chapter 98 of the HTS is modified as follows: A. U.S. note 2(b) to subchapter XIX of such chapter is modified by deleting from the tabulation "2.0714" and by inserting in lieu thereof "4.2414", by deleting "2.3571" and by inserting in lieu thereof "4.7931", by deleting "2.6428" and by inserting in lieu thereof"5.3448", by deleting "2.9285" and by inserting in lieu thereof "5.8965", by deleting "3.2142" and by inserting in lieu thereof"6.4482", and by deleting "3.5" and by inserting in lieu thereof"7.0"; and B. Such U.S. note 2(b) is further modified by deleting "subheadings" and by inserting in lieu thereof the "subheading", by deleting the phrase "and 9819.11.12", and by inserting below the tabulation the following new material and tabulation: "Apparel articles from a lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country enumerated m subdivision (d) of th\177s note, when such articles are described in and entered uader subheading 9819.11.12, shall be counted toward the limit set forth in this note for apparel articles described in and entered under subheading 9819.11.09 and shall, in each of the one-year periods begirm\177ng on October 1, 2002, and October I, 2003, be limited to an aggregate quantity not to exceed the applicable percentage set forth herein of aggcegate square me\177er equivalents of all apparel articles imported iato the United States in the preceding 12-month period for which data are available: 12-momh Perrod Applicable Percen[age October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003 2.0714 October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004 2.3571 Such apparel articles described in subheading 9819.1 L 12 during the 12-month periods enumerated above shall be allowed to enter regardless of the country of orlgin of the \177abric or yam used to make such articles." 182
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