Friday, October 2, 2026

Determination Under the Textile and Apparel Commercial Availability Provision of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (``CAFTA-DR'')

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (``CITA'') has determined that certain faux leather fabric bonded to a pile fabric, as specified below, is not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA-DR countries. The product is added to the list in Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR in unrestricted quantities.

Specifications: Certain Faux Leather Fabric Bonded to a Pile Fabric

HTS: 6001.10; 6001.92.00.
Fabric Type: Knit fabric, faux leather bonded to a pile fabric.
Fiber Content:
Face: Faux leather fabric constructed from a 100% polyester knit fabric.
Back: Sherpa knit pile fabric 60-64% polyester, 36-40% acrylic.

Yarn Size:
    Face: 75 Denier sea-island filament 100% polyester used for both warp and weft.
    Back: Binding polyester 150 denier polyester combined with tops acrylic fiber, weighing between 8 to 18 grams.

Thread Count:
    Face: Wales/cm 32, Course/cm 32.
    Back: Wales/cm 7, Course/cm 8.
    Weight: 442-488 grams per square meter.
    Width: 137 to 143 centimeters (equivalent to 53.9 inches to 56.30 inches).

Weave: Knit in both, face and back.

Coloration:
    Face: Roll dyed, colors: black, brown and green and overprinted;
    Back side: fiber Dyed in colors black, brown and green.
    
Finishing: Bonded using the Moltopren heat process, which involves a flame lamination technique that fuses the layers through controlled heat and pressure.
    
The finished sherpa hair has a height of approximately 4 to 7 mm in the back.

Additional Information: Sea island fiber is also known as super-conjugate fiber or butterfly polyester yarn, is formed by a core component dispersed in another polymer in a longitudinally continuous way. Polymer material forms the core part, which is also called the island phase or dispersed phase. Another polymer is called sea component, sea phase, or continuous phase. Because original dispersed phase fiber presents as an island state in the fiber section, it is called sea-island fiber.

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