The CAFTA-DR yarn-forward rule and the exports that qualify
- Manual: opening a garment factory
- CAFTA-DR: rules of origin and tariffs
- Audited
Under CAFTA-DR's yarn-forward rule of origin, the spinning of the yarn, the making of the fabric and the final assembly must all take place in the United States and/or the region for the garment to enter the United States duty-free, with limited exceptions (USTR; trade-association summary from VESTEX). According to FASH455, 79.69% of Guatemalan apparel exports qualified under yarn-forward — vintage to be verified. The ranking "14th-largest supplier to the United States with a 1.94% share" was withdrawn in the 2026-08-22 audit because it does not appear on the trade.gov page it was attributed to (that page describes rules of origin, not rankings); position, share and year will be fixed with OTEXA in the data phase.
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- Apparel exports qualifying under yarn-forward
- 79.69%
- Rank #14 / 1.94% share as a US supplier
- withdrawn — not found in the source
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