9903.55.01

U.S. note 32(a)

(a) For the purposes of subheading 9903.55.01 of this subchapter, the maximum annual aggregate quantity of all fine denier PSF products as defined in paragraph (c) below, that are admitted into the United States temporarily free of duty under bond and entered under statistical reporting number 9813.00.0520, when such goods are not the product of a country subject to exclusion as defined in paragraph (b), in any of the periods enumerated below shall be as follows: If entered during the period from November 23, 2024, through November 22, 2025 ............ 0 kilograms If entered during the period from November 23, 2025, through November 22, 2026 ............ 453,592 kilograms If entered during the period from November 23, 2026, through November 22, 2027 ............ 907,185 kilograms If entered during the period from November 23, 2027, through November 22, 2028 ............ 1,360,777 kilograms

U.S. note 32(b)

(b) For the purposes of this note and the application of subheading 9903.55.01, the following countries shall not be subject to the quantitative restriction for goods admitted into the United States temporarily free of duty under bond which are entered under statistical reporting number 9813.00.0520 provided for herein:

(i) Canada and Mexico;

(ii) Australia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Israel, Panama, Peru, and Singapore;

(iii) The following developing countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen (Republic of), Zambia and Zimbabwe; and

(iv) The following Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act beneficiary countries and territories: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.

U.S. note 32(c)

(c) Scope.

(i) For the purposes of subheading 9903.55.01 of this subchapter, the term "fine denier polyester staple fiber" ("fine denier PSF") means fine denier polyester staple fiber, not carded or combed, measuring less than 3.3 decitex (3 denier) in diameter, whether coated or uncoated. The scope covers products classifiable in subheading 5503.20.00 and described in statistical reporting number 5503.20.0025 or 9813.00.0520.

(ii) Subheading 9903.55.01 shall not cover—

(1) PSF equal to or greater than 3.3 decitex (more than 3 denier, inclusive) currently classifiable under HTS subheading 5503.20.00 and described in statistical reporting numbers 5503.20.0045 and 5503.20.0065; and

(2) Low-melt PSF defined as a bi-component polyester fiber having a polyester fiber component that melts at a lower temperature than the other polyester fiber component, which is currently classifiable in HTS statistical reporting number 5503.20.0015.