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 118 STAT. 824 PUBLIC LAW 108–274—JULY 13, 2004 a country by reason of its entering into a free trade agreement with the United States.’’. (b) APPAREL ARTICLES.—(1) Section 112(b)(1) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘(including’’ and inserting ‘‘or both (including’’. (2) Section 112(b)(3) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721 (b)(3)) is amended— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking ‘‘either in the United States or one or more beneficiary sub Saharan African countries’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘in the United States or one or more beneficiary sub Saharan African countries or former beneficiary sub Saharan African countries, or both’’; and (ii) by striking ‘‘subject to the following:’’ and inserting ‘‘whether or not the apparel articles are also made from any of the fabrics, fabric components formed, or components knit to shape described in paragraph (1) or (2) (unless the apparel articles are made exclusively from any of the fab rics, fabric components formed, or components knit to shape described in paragraph (1) or (2)), subject to the following:’’; and (B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following: ‘‘(A) LIMITATIONS ON BENEFITS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Preferential treatment under this paragraph shall be extended in the 1 year period beginning October 1, 2003, and in each of the 11 suc ceeding 1 year periods, to imports of apparel articles in an amount not to exceed the applicable percentage of the aggregate square meter equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States in the preceding 12 month period for which data are avail able. ‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘applicable percentage’ means— ‘‘(I) 4.747 percent for the 1 year period begin ning October 1, 2003, increased in each of the 5 succeeding 1 year periods by equal increments, so that for the 1 year period beginning October 1, 2007, the applicable percentage does not exceed 7 percent; and ‘‘(II) for each succeeding 1 year period until September 30, 2015, not to exceed 7 percent. ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR LESSER DEVELOPED COUN TRIES.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Preferential treatment under this paragraph shall be extended though September 30, 2007, for apparel articles wholly assembled, or knit to shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more lesser developed beneficiary sub Saharan Afri can countries, regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles, in an amount not to exceed the applicable percentage of the aggregate square meter equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States in

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