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worn clothing and other worn articles classified under heading 63.09 of the HS, unless the Parties agree otherwise on the basis of the recommendations presented to the Commission by the Committee on Trade in Worn Clothing.
Section 10: Definitions
For purposes of this Annex:
carryforward means the allocation to the present year of a portion of the following year's limit, which must be accounted for by an equivalent decrease in the following year's limit;
carryover means the allocation to the present year of an unused portion of the previous year's limit;
category means a grouping of textile or apparel goods, as further defined in Appendix 10.1;
consensus means, when applied to recommendations of the Committee on Trade in Worn Clothing, a recommendation is approved if no member of the Committee formally objects to its approval;
consultation level ("level"), including designated consultation level, means a level of exports, for a particular textile or apparel good, which may be increased in accordance with the provisions of Appendix 3.1 as a result of consultations requested by the exporting Party, in contrast to a specific limit which is increased by the specific rates provided for in Appendix 3.1;
exporting Party means the Party from whose territory textile or apparel goods are exported;
flexibility provisions means the provisions set forth in paragraph 7 of Appendix 3.1;
importing Party means the Party into whose territory textile or apparel goods are imported;
integrated into the GATT, when referring to a textile or apparel good, means that good has become subject to the obligations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade pursuant to any successor agreement to the Multifiber Arrangement;
non-wool fabric means fabric in chief weight of any fiber other than wool, except woven fabric in chief weight of cotton or man-made fiber, containing 36 percent or more by weight wool;
non-wool made-up textile good means a good in chief weight of any fiber other than wool;
oxford cloth means fabrics woven as plain weave except that two or more warp ends are woven as one (taped warp);
restriction means any import or export limitation, except for customs duties, taxes or other duties or charges, whether made effective through quotas, licenses, permits, import or export price requirements, or any other measure;
specific limit ("limit"), means a level of exports, specified in Appendix 3.1, for a particular textile or apparel good which may be increased only in accordance with the provisions and specific rates set forth in Appendix 3.1;
square meters equivalent (SME) means a common unit of measurement for textile and apparel goods; primary units of measure (e.g., units, dozens, kilograms) are converted to SMEs using the conversion factors set forth in Schedule 3.1.3 of Appendix 3.1;
tariff preference level (TPL) means a mechanism by which to apply the preferential rate of customs duty to imports of a particular non-originating good up to a specified quantity;
transition period means a period of 10 years from the date of entry into force of this Agreement; and
wool apparel means:
(i) apparel in chief weight of wool,
(ii) woven apparel in chief weight of man-made fibers containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool, and
(iii) knitted or crocheted apparel in chief weight of man-made fibers containing 23 percent or more by weight of wool.
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List of Goods Covered by Annex 300-B
The descriptions listed in this Appendix are provided for ease of reference only; for legal purposes, coverage shall be determined according to the terms of the Harmonized System.
HS No. Description
Ch. 30 Pharmaceutical Products
3005 90 Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like
Ch. 39 Plastics and articles thereof
ex 3921 12 (Woven, knitted or non-woven fabric coated, covered or laminated with plastics ex 3921 13 ex 3921 90)
Ch. 42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers
ex 4202 12 (Luggage, handbags and flatgoods with an outer surface predominantly of textile materials ex 4202 22) ex 4202 32) ex 4202 92)
Ch. 50 Silk
5004 00 Silk yarn (other than yarn spun from silk waste) not for retail sale 5005 00 Yarn spun from silk waste, not for retail sale 5006 00 Silk yarn and yarn spun from silk waste, for retail sale; silk- worm gut 5007 10 Woven fabric of noil silk 5007 20 Woven fabric of silk or silk waste, other than noil silk, 85% or more of such fibers 5007 90 Woven fabric of silk, nes
Ch. 51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric
5105 10 Carded wool 5105 21 Combed wool in fragments 5105 29 Wool tops and other combed wool, other than combed wool in fragments 5105 30 Fine animal hair, carded or combed 5106 10 Yarn of carded wool, ò85% wool, not for retail sale 5106 20 Yarn of carded, wool, <85% wool, not for retail sale 5107 10 Yarn of combed wool, ò85% wool, not for retail sale 5107 20 Yarn of combed wool, <85% wool, not for retail sale 5108 10