Business & Commerce

CBP seeks comments on extending AGOA textile certificate paperwork

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Low Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This notice keeps in place, without changes, the paperwork requirement for AGOA textile and apparel imports. Exporters, producers, or their agents must prepare a certificate of origin when claiming duty-free treatment, and importers must have that certificate when making the claim and provide it to CBP if asked. The practical effect is limited. Businesses importing eligible textile and apparel goods from sub-Saharan African countries under AGOA should continue using the existing certificate process. CBP is asking for public comments by June 5, 2026 on whether the collection is necessary, accurate, clear, and not overly burdensome.

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Key Changes

  • Extends the existing AGOA textile certificate of origin information collection without changes
  • Keeps the requirement for importers to hold the certificate when claiming AGOA preferential treatment
  • Opens a 30-day public comment period ending June 5, 2026

Obligations

What this law requires

medium

Exporters, producers, or their authorized agents with knowledge of the facts must prepare an AGOA textile certificate of origin when preferential duty-free treatment is claimed for eligible textile or apparel articles.

exporters of eligible AGOA textile and apparel articlesproducers of eligible AGOA textile and apparel articlesauthorized agents of exporters or producers
At the time preferential treatment is claimed for the imported goods
reporting
medium

Exporters, producers, or their authorized agents must provide the completed AGOA textile certificate of origin to the importer for use in claiming preferential treatment.

exporters of eligible AGOA textile and apparel articlesproducers of eligible AGOA textile and apparel articlesauthorized agents of exporters or producers
Before or by the time the importer makes the preferential treatment claim
disclosure
high

Importers claiming AGOA preferential treatment for eligible textile and apparel articles must have the certificate of origin in their possession at the time of the claim.

importers of eligible AGOA textile and apparel articles
At the time of the preferential treatment claim
operational
high

Importers claiming AGOA preferential treatment must provide the AGOA textile certificate of origin to U.S. Customs and Border Protection upon request.

importers of eligible AGOA textile and apparel articles
Upon CBP request
disclosure
low

Public comments on the information collection must be submitted in English through reginfo.gov to be assured consideration.

businesses submitting public commentsaffected agencies submitting public commentsmembers of the public submitting comments
No later than June 5, 2026
reporting

Affected Parties

Importers of AGOA-eligible textile and apparel goodsExporters and producers in eligible sub-Saharan African countries+1 more…

Tags

AGOA,textile imports,certificate of origin…

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