CAFTA-DR, the yarn-forward rule and the US reciprocal tariff
- Sectors and investment opportunities
- Apparel and textiles
- not audited
According to FASH455, 79.69% of Guatemalan apparel exports qualified under the CAFTA-DR yarn-forward rule (yarn from the United States or the CAFTA region); the year of the figure is still to be confirmed. In 2025-2026 the tariff picture vis-à-vis the US is the ART + Section 301 layer: Guatemala keeps a 10% baseline (301 action of 23-Jul-2026; other countries 12.5%) and the exclusions cover ≈70% of Guatemalan exports — yarn-forward-compliant apparel falls within that universe of exclusions, not under a total removal of the tariff. MTAR LLC published an analysis of the US–Guatemala reciprocal agreement; both sources are secondary and must be verified against USTR before publication.
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Figures
- Apparel exports under the yarn-forward rule
- 79.69%
- US reciprocal tariff (ART + Section 301 layer)
- 10% base rate for Guatemala; exclusions ≈70% of exports
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