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The United States is the worlds largest importer of textiles and apparel, accounting for an estimated26 percent of world imports by value in 2005.1 U.S. textile and apparel imports were subject to tariff rates that were among the highest of any product sector. The average tariffs based on 2005 dutiable imports were 4.4 percent for textilemill articles, 6.4 percent for textile products, and 10.6 percent ad valoremfor apparel.2 Imports of textiles and apparel from some countrieswere also subject to quotas in 2005. Although imports from WTO member countriesentered mostly quota-free after January 1, 2005, imports of certain textile andapparel articles from China were subject to safeguard measures under thetextile safeguard provision in Chinas WTO Accession Agreement. Additionally,some textile and apparel imports from three non-WTO member countries (Belarus,Ukraine, and Vietnam) were subject to quotas.3 The Commissionestimates the restrictiveness of the quotas in terms of their ETEs.4In 2005, ETEs on apparel goods represented 2.6 percent of the total value ofU.S. imports of apparel, but ETEs for textile mill articles and textile products were approximately zero percent.



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1 This figure hasincreased from 22 percent in 2004, but may overstate the U.S. share, as import values for 2005 are still unreported for many countries. Based onUnited Nations trade data, as reported by the World Integrated Trade Solution.


2 These tariff values arebased on the NAICS nomenclature. Under NAICS, textile mill articles comprise intermediate inputs (e.g., yarn and fabric), and textile products consist mainly of made-up textile articles, including towels, bedding, and other housefurnishings. See table 3-1 for additional information on the NAICS categoriesrelated to textiles and

apparel.


3 These non-WTO countriesare subject to quotas imposed by the president under section 204 of the AgriculturalAct of 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1854), which authorizes the president to enter intoagreements with foreign governments to limit trade in textiles and apparel withthe United States and to issue regulations to carry out such agreements. TheVietnamese quotas were eliminated upon its accession to the WTO on January 11,2007.


4 The degree ofrestrictiveness is measured as an ETE because quota licenses impose costs thatare similar to export taxes on exporters in foreign countries. Procedures usedto derive these estimates are discussed later in this chapter.




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