Exceptions to yarn-forward: short supply, wool and TPL
- Trade agreements and market access
- Agreements and preferences in force
- not audited
The CAFTA-DR text provides several flexibilities to the yarn-forward rule. Annex 3.25 establishes the short supply list: inputs not commercially available in the region that may be imported from third countries without losing origin. Annex 3.27 grants preferential treatment to wool garments. Annex 3.28 sets a tariff preference level (TPL) for non-originating garments from Nicaragua. Annex 3.29 covers textile goods outside the specific sections. Guatemala has no TPL of its own: the treaty's TPL belongs to Nicaragua. The current content of the short supply list, the status or expiry of the Nicaraguan TPL and the cumulation rules with Mexico remain to be verified against the legal text and OTEXA.
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