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 114 STAT. 258 PUBLIC LAW 106-200—MAY 18, 2000 "(1) IN GENERAL. —The President may provide duty-free treatment for any article described in section 503(b)(1)(B) through (G) that is the growth, product, or manufacture of a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country described in subsection (a), if, after receiving the advice of the International Trade Commission in accordance with section 503(e), the President determines that such article is not import-sensitive in the context of imports from beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. "(2) RULES OF ORIGIN. —The duty-free treatment provided under paragraph (1) shall apply to any article described in that paragraph that meets the requirements of section 503(a)(2), except that— "(A) if the cost or value of materials produced in the customs territory of the United States is included with respect to that article, an amount not to exceed 15 percent of the appraised value of the article at the time it is entered that is attributed to such United States cost or value may be applied toward determining the percentage referred to in subparagraph (A) of section 503(a)(2); and "(B) the cost or value of the materials included with respect to that article that are produced in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries shall be applied in determining such percentage. " (c) BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES, ETC.— For purposes of this title, the terms 'beneficiary sub-Saharan African country' and 'beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries' mean a country or countries listed in section 107 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act that the President has determined is eligible under subsection (a) of this section.". (b) WAIVER OF COMPETITIVE NEED LIMITATION.— Section 503(c)(2)(D) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(D)) is amended to read as follows: "(D) LEAST-DEVELOPED BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING COUN- TRIES AND BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUN- TRIES.— Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any leastdeveloped beneficiary developing country or any beneficiary sub-Saharan African country. ". 19 USC 3721. SEC. 112. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TEXTILES AND APPAREL. (a) PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.— Textile and apparel articles described in subsection (b) that are imported directly into the customs territory of the United States from a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country described in section 506A(c) of the Trade Act of 1974, shall enter the United States free of duty and free of any quantitative limitations in accordance with the provisions set forth in subsection (b), if the country has satisfied the requirements set forth in section 113. (b) PRODUCTS COVERED. — The preferential treatment described in subsection (a) shall apply only to the following textile and apparel products: (1) APPAREL ARTICLES ASSEMBLED IN BENEFICIARY SUB- SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES.—Apparel articles assembled in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries from fabrics wholly formed and cut in the United States, from yams wholly formed in the United States, (including fabrics not formed from yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable under heading

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