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A
Apparel Accessory vs. Other Made Up Article
Advisory Council on Trade Enforcement and Compliance ("ACTEC")
Africa Growth and Opportunity Act ("AGOA")
Amorphous Silica Fabric ("ASF") AD/CVD
Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act ("ATPDEA")
Antidumping duty ("AD")
Argentina
Artificial Fiber
Association of Southeast Asian Nations ("ASEAN")
Australia

B
Bahrain
Bamboo
Berry Amendment
Botswana
Brassieres
Brazil
Broadcloth
Brunei Darussalam
Byrd Amendment
Burma (Myanmar)
Buy American Act

C
Canada
Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act ("CBTPA")
Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement ("CAFTA" or "DR-CAFTA" or "CAFTA-DR")
Care Labeling
Cashmere definition
Cashmere tariff classification and trade stats
Chile
China
Coated Textiles
Coir (coconut) fiber
Colombia
U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement ("CTPA")
Column 2 Rate of Duty
Commercial Availability ("Short Supply")
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements ("CITA")
Commonswealth of Northern Mariana Islands ("CNMI")
Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC")
Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 ("Byrd Amendment")
Convention on International Trade in Endangered or threatened Species ("CITES")
Cotton dust
Cotton yarn number
Countervailing duty ("CVD")
Correlation: Textile and Apparel Categories with the HTSUS
Currency Manipulation
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP")
CBP Binding Rulings (Selected Rulings)
Customs Valuation
CBP Import Procedures

D
De Minimis
Denier
Dick Bourdon Flock Fund
Duty Drawback
DR-CAFTA Short Supply List
Doha Round of World Trade Talks
Dominican Republic Earned Allowance Program ("DR 2-for-1")

E
Endangered or threatened species
Eo nomine
Essential character rule

F
Fast Track (Trade Promotion Authority) ("TPA")
Federal Prison Industries ("FPI")
Federal Trade Commission ("FTC")
Festive Articles
Flock Tariff Classification
Foreign Trade Zone ("FTZ")
FTZ FTA Parity Proposal.
Free Trade Agreement ("FTA")

G
Generalized System of Preferences ("GSP")
Gimped yarn
Guatemala

H
Haiti
The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System ("Harmonized System")
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("HTSUS")
Harris Tweed
Honduras

I
India
Insular Possessions
Intellectual Property Rights ("IPR")
U.S. International Trade Commssion ("USITC")
Israel FTA

J
Japan
U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement ("Jordan FTA")

K
Kenya
Kissell Amendment
Knit-to-Shape
Korea
U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement ("KORUS")
Kuwait

L
Lest-Developed Country ("LDC")
Loop Wale-Yarn

M
Madagascar
Made in USA
Malaysia
Man-Made Fiber ("MMF")
Manufacturing Council
Mauritius
Merchandise Processing Free ("MPF")
Metric conversion
Mexico
Mineral Wool and Wool Fiberglass
Micro-Denier Suede ("MDS")
Miscellaneous Tariff Bill ("MTB")
Mongolia
Morocco
U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement ("USMFTA")
Most Favored Nation ("MFN")
Multifiber Arrangement ("MFA")
Burma (Myanmar)

N
Napped fabric
Narrow elastic fabric
National Sheep Industry Improvement Center ("NSIIC")
Nepal
New Zealand
Nicaragua
North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA")
North American Industry Classification System ("NIACS")
Normal Trade Relations ("NTR")
Nylon (special rule in certain trade programs)

O
U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement
Opportunity Zones
U.S. OUTDOOR Act
Outward Processing

P
Panama ("Panama TPA")
U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement ("Panama TPA")
Park B. Smith v. United States
Pima cotton
Pima Cotton Trust Fund
Peru
U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement ("PTPA")
Plain weave
Poplin
Printcloth
Presidential Authority over Trade

Q
Qualifying Industrial Zone ("QIZ")

R
Rayon (Viscose)
Reconstruction Opportunity Zone ("ROZ")
Re-Importation
Rules of Origin ("ROO")
Rubie's Costume Co. v. United States
Russia

S
Section 232 Tariffs
Section 301 Tariffs
Sewing thread in trade agreements
Sheeting
Commercial Availability ("Short Supply")
Singapore
South Africa
Spandex
Specialty and Industrial Fabrics (OTEXA Group 206)
Square construction
Synthetic Fiber
Swiss Formula Tariff Reductions

T
Taiwan
Tariff Preference Level ("TPL")
Technical Textiles
Textile Fiber Products Identification Act ("Textile Act")
Thailand
Thread Count
Trade Promotion Authority ("TPA")
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership ("T-TIP")
Trans-Pacific Partnership ("TPP")
Turkey

U
United Kingdom
United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement ("USMCA")
United States Trade Representative ("USTR")
Upholstery
Uruguay Round

V
Vicuna
Vietnam
Visible lining rule

W
Wool
Wool grades
Wool Super S Numbers
Wool Payments, Grants, and Tariff Reductions ("Wool Program")
Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 ("Wool Act" or "WPLA")
World Trade Organization ("WTO")
Worn clothing

Y
Yarn number, cotton

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