PUBLIC LAW 106-200—MAY 18, 2000 114 STAT. 263 findings or trimmings of foreign origin, if the value of such findings and trimmings do not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the components of the assembled article. Examples of findings and trimmings are sewing thread, hooks and eyes, snaps, buttons, "bow buds", decorative lace trim, elastic strips, and zippers, including zipper tapes and labels. Elastic strips are considered findings or trimmings only if they are each less than 1 inch in width and used in the production of brassieres. (B) CERTAIN INTERLININGS.— (i) GENERAL RULE.— An article otherwise eligible for preferential treatment under this section shall not be ineligible for such treatment because the article contains certain interlinings of foreign origin, if the value of such interlinings (and any findings and trimmings) does not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the components of the assembled article. (ii) INTERLININGS DESCRIBED.— Interlinings eligible for the treatment described in clause (i) include only a chest type plate, a "hymo" piece, or "sleeve header", of woven or weft-inserted warp knit construction and of coarse animal hair or man-made filaments. (iii) TERMINATION OF TREATMENT. —The treatment described in this subparagraph shall terminate if the President makes a determination that United States manufacturers are producing such interlinings in the United States in commercial quantities. (C) EXCEPTION. —In the case of an article described in subsection (b)(2), sewing thread shall not be treated as findings or trimmings under subparagraph (A). (2) DE MINIMIS RULE.— An article otherwise eligible for preferential treatment under this section shall not be ineligible for such treatment because the article contains fibers or yarns not wholly formed in the United States or one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries if the total weight of all such fibers and yarns is not more than 7 percent of the total weight of the article. (e) DEFINITIONS. —In this section and section 113: (1) AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING. — The term "Agreement on Textiles and Clothing" means the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing referred to in section 101(d)(4) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(4)). (2) BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRY, ETC.— The terms "beneficiary sub-Saharan African country" and "beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries" have the same meaning as such terms have under section 506A(c) of the Trade Act of 1974. (3) NAFTA. —The term "NAFTA" means the North American Free Trade Agreement entered into between the United States, Mexico, and Canada on December 17, 1992, (f) EFFECTIVE DATE. — This section takes effect on October 1, Termination 2000, and shall remain in effect through September 30, 2008. date. SEC. 113. PROTECTIONS AGAINST TRANSSHIPMENT. 19 USC 3722. (a) PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT CONDITIONED ON ENFORCEMENT MEASURES. —
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