Comments Solicited on Loosening ROO for Viscose Rayon Yarn in Chile FTA

For more than seven years, the Chilean government has asked the U.S. to adjust the rules of origin in their trade agreement for woven fabrics of artificial filament yarn in subheadings 5408.22-5408.23 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to allow the use of filament yarn of viscose rayon classified in subheadings 5403.10, 5403.31, 5403.32, and 5403.41 from countries other than the U.S. or Chile.

The Committee for Implementation of Textile Agreements is asking whether there are any U.S. firms who can supply these types of yarns, with comments due by April 6. The U.S. government previously asked this question in 2015, and no one came forward, but it did not relax the rule of origin to allow yarns that did not come from either Chile or the U.S. Chile asked again in November for the U.S. to make the adjustment to the FTA.