PUBLIC LAW 107-210—AUG. 6, 2002 116 STAT. 1039 one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan Mrican countries from yarns originating either in the United States or one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan Mrican countries (including fabrics not formed from yarns, if such fabrics are classified under heading 5602 or 5603 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and are wholly formed in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries), or from components knit-to-shape in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries from yarns originating either in the United States or one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan Afi-ican countries, or apparel articles wholly formed on seamless knitting machines in a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country from yarns originating either in the United States or one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, subject to the following:"; and (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: "(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR LESSER DEVELOPED COUN- TRIES.— " (i) IN GENERAL. — Subject to subparagraph (A), preferential treatment under this paragraph shall be extended through September 30, 2004, for apparel articles wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles. "(ii) LESSER DEVELOPED BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRY. —For purposes of clause (i), the term 'lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country' means— "(I) a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country that had a per capita gross national product of less than $1,500 in 1998, as measured by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; "(II) Botswana; and "(III) Namibia.". (4) Paragraph (4)(B) is amended by striking "18.5" and inserting "21.5". (5) Section 112(b) of such Act is further amended by adding 19 USC 3121. at the end the following new paragraph: "(7) APPAREL ARTICLES ASSEMBLED IN ONE OR MORE BENE- FICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES FROM UNITED STATES AND BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRY COMPO- NENTS. — Apparel articles sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries with thread formed in the United States from components cut in the United States and one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries from fabric wholly formed in the United States from yarns wholly formed in the United States, or from components knit-to-shape in the United States and one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries from yarns wholly formed in the United States, or both (including fabrics not formed from yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable under heading 5602 or 5603 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States).", (b) INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON CERTAIN BENEFITS. — The 19 USC 3121 applicable percentage under clause (ii) of section 112(b)(3)(A) of note. 99-194O-03 -9:QL3Part2
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