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TRATAMIENTO ARANCELARIO
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Mesa, aparador, escritorio, biblioteca y vitrina: se clasifican en la
posición arancelaria 9403.60 del Nomenclador de Importaciones de
Estados Unidos (HTSUS) que corresponde a los demás muebles de
madera, distintos de los utilizados en oficinas, cocinas y dormitorios y
tienen un arancel de importación de 0%.
-
Sillas y sillones: se clasifican en la posición arancelaria 9401.61 del
Nomenclador de Importaciones de Estados Unidos (HTSUS) que
corresponde a los demás asientos con armazón de madera con relleno,
distintos de los utilizados en aviones, vehículos a motor, con altura
regulable, jardín o camping y los de mimbre, caña o materiales similares
y tienen un arancel de importación de 0%.
-
Mesas de luz, camas, roperos, cómodas y percheros: se clasifican en la
posición arancelaria 9403.50 del Nomenclador de Importaciones de
Estados Unidos (HTSUS) que corresponde a los muebles de madera del
tipo de los utilizados dormitorios y tiene un arancel de importación de
0%.
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Arañas y apliques de base de bronce: se clasifican en la posición
arancelaria 9405.10.40 del Nomenclador de Importaciones de Estados
Unidos (HTSUS) que corresponde a lámparas y demás aparatos
eléctricos de alumbrado, para colgar o fijar al techo o pared, excepto los
del tipo de los utilizados para el alumbrado de espacios o vías públicas
y tienen un arancel de importación de 3,9%.
Sin embargo los productos se encuentran beneficiados por el Sistema
Generalizado de Preferencias (SGP), por lo cual no tributan pago de
arancel de importación los productos de origen argentino.
-
Las demás arañas y apliques distintas de las de base de bronce: se
clasifican en la posición arancelaria 9405.10.80 del Nomenclador de
Importaciones de Estados Unidos (HTSUS) y tienen un arancel de
importación de 3,9%.
Sin embargo los productos de encuentran beneficiados por el Sistema
Generalizado de Preferencias (SGP), por lo cual no tributan pago de
arancel de importación los productos de origen argentino.
-
Adornos de bronce: se clasifican en la posición arancelaria 8306.29.00
del Nomenclador de Importaciones de Estados Unidos (HTSUS) que
corresponde a las demás estatuillas, artículos de adorno y sus partes
distintos de los plateados con metales preciosos y sus partes y tienen un
arancel de importación de 0%.
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Cuadros: se clasifican en la posición arancelaria 4911.91 del
Nomenclador de Importaciones de Estados Unidos (HTSUS) que
corresponde las demás estampas, grabados y fotografías, distintos del
material utilizado para propaganda comercial y catálogos comerciales y
tienen un arancel de importación de 0%
IMPUESTOS INTERNOS
El impuesto a las ventas varía en cada estado, además existen impuestos a
nivel de cada condado.
El Impuesto a las ventas se puede consultar en:
http://thestc.com/STRates.stm
REGULACIONES
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Muebles con contenido de productos textiles, deben ser etiquetados de
acuerdo a la Textile Fiber Product Identification Act (TFPIA), la misma
se puede consultar en 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parte 303
(se adjunta)
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Estándares de inflamabilidad de fabricación se pueden consultar en 15
United States Code (USC) 1191-1204 (se adjunta)
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Etiquetado de país de origen de productos textiles se pueden consultar
en 19 CFR 12.130 (se adjunta)
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Etiquetado de productos de lana se pueden consultar en 15 USC 68-68j
(se adjunta)
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CFR (Code of Federal Regulations), USC (United States Code) y
Federal Register (FR) se pueden consultar en: www.gpo.gov
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Información general sobre productos textiles se pueden consultar:
www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/textilejump.htm
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Estándar sobre arañas (UL 1571 Safety Chandeliers Luminaries) y
sobre productos de iluminación (UL 1598 Luminaries) se pueden
adquirir en: http://www.comm-2000.com/help/how_to_order.aspx
IMPORTADORES
Whitewood Industries
7 Clox Ave. PO Box 1087
Thomasville, NC 27261
Tel: 336-472-0303
Fax: 336-472-2329
Contacto: Senad Bulgina
E-mail: [email protected]
Wesbite: www.whitewood.com
Bernards Inc.
537 Archdale Blvd.
Archdale, NC 27263
Tel: 336-861-7400
Fax: 336-861-7007
Contacto: Jeff Friedman
Lexington Furniture Industries
411 S. Salisbury St.
Lexington, NC 27292
Tel: 336-249-5300
Fax: 336-236-5925
Contacto: Laura Wood
Website: www.lexington.com
Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
401 E. Main Street
Thomasville, NC 27361
Tel: 336-472-4000
Fax: 336-472-4071
Contacto: Shiara Gibson
SIMEX International
PO Box 49
High Point, NC 27761
Tel: 338-885-4010
Fax: 336-885-7977
Contacto: Stacy Hufchenfon
Global Furniture
1641 Chestnut Tree Rd.
Mooresville, NC 28117
Tel: 704-664-6107
Fax: 704-664-6105
Contacto: Jim Jones
Kemp Enterprises
2805 Trent Rd.
New Bern, NC 28562
Tel: 252-633-3669
Fax: 252-633-3997
Contacto: Judy Sydon
Website: www.kempent.com
Broyhill Furniture Industries
1 Broyhill Park
Lenoir, NC 28633
Tel: 828-785-3475
Fax: 828-758-3720
Contacto: Lee Globe
Website: www.broyhillfurn.com
Bernhardt Furniture Company
P.O. Box 740
Lenoir, NC 28645
Tel: 828-758-9811
Fax: 828-754-0321
Contacto: Philip Swiger
Website: www.bernhardt.com
Fairfield Chair Co.
P.O. Box 1710
Lenoir, NC 28645
Tel: 828-758-5571
Fax: 828-758-0211
Contacto: Larry Holler
Website: www.fairfieldchair.com
CASAS DE ANTIGUEDADES
Antique Imports
125 East Street
Frederick, Maryland 21701
Tel: 301-662-6200
Fax: 301-662-7764
Website: http://pages.frederickcounty.com/antiques/imports.htm
Antiques at the Ice House
221 East Street
Frederick, MD 21701
Tel: 301-663-8995
Embassy Antiques, LTD
307 East Second Street
Tel: 301-698-1791
Fax: 301-698-2498
Website: www.embassyantiques.com
The Brass and Copper
13 South Carroll Street
Tel: 301-663-420
Contact: Donald Reedy
Hudson House Antiques
1 South High Street
Funkstown, Maryland 21734
Tel: 301-733-1632
Memory Lane Antiques
1350 Dual Highway
Hagerstown, MD21740
Tel: 301-733-7491
Fax: 301-733-0010
Fiacre Antiques & Reproduction Furniture
22 West Main Street
New Market, MD 21774
Tel: 301-865-2787
Fax: 301-865-2787
ASOCIACIONES
American Furniture Manufacturer’s Association
223 South Wrenn Street
Tel: 336-884-5000
Fax: 336-884-5303
Website: www.afma4u.org
International Wholesale Furniture Association
PO Box 2482
Tel: 336-884-1566
Fax: 336-884-1350
Website: www.iwfa.net
National Home Furnishings Association
PO Box 2396
Tel: 336-884-1566
Fax: 336-884-13530
Website: www.nhfa.org
American Society of Furniture Designers
PO Box 2688
Tel: 336-576-1273
Fax: 336-576-1573
Website: www.asfd.com
Antique and Collectible Associations
P O Box 4389
Davidson, NC 28036
Tel: 704-895-9088
Fax: 704-895-0230
Website: www.antiqueandcollectible.com
FERIAS
International Home Furnishing Market
305 W. High Street
High Pont, NC
Tel: 336-821-1500
Fax: 336-821-1502
Fecha: 14-20 Abril, 2005
Periodicidad: 2 veces al año
Lugar: Downtown High Point &Thomasville
Contacto: Ann Richards
Website: www.ihfc.com
International Home Furnishing Market
305 W. High Street
High Pont, NC
Tel: 336-821-1500
Fax: 336-821-1502
Fecha: 20-26 Octubre, 2005
Periodicidad: 2 veces al año
Lugar: Downtown High Point &Thomasville
Contacto: Ann Richards
Website: www.ihfc.com
Metrolina Expo Fine Antiques & Collectables Show
7100 Statesville Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28202
Tel: 704-596-4643
Fecha: 3-6 Febrero, 2005
Periodicidad: Mensual
Lugar: Metrolina Expo Trade Center
Contacto: Lidia Sullivan
Website: www.dmgantiqueshows.com
Comentario: Se sugiere consultar la website atento que periodicidad de dicho show es
mensual.
IMPORTACIONES ESTADOUNIDENSES
IMPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE MESA, APARADOR, ESCRITORIO
BIBLIOTECA Y VITRINA (P.A. 9403.60)
PAIS
China
Canada
Indonesia
Italy
Thailand
Malaysia
Mexico
Taiwan
Vietnam
Philippines
Brazil
Denmark
United Kingdom
France
Hong Kong
Poland
India
Germany
Spain
Honduras
Finland
Sweden
Egypt
Slovenia
Chile
Peru
Belgium
Romania
Korea
Czech Republic
Lithuania
Slovak Republic
Colombia
Argentina
Netherlands
Japan
Guatemala
Swaziland
Switzerland
Turkey
Greece
South Africa
Bulgaria
New Zealand
Portugal
2001
1,077,253,309
566,730,645
196,244,941
197,113,413
148,056,134
163,805,679
148,221,840
167,888,095
9,128,458
78,184,555
41,393,731
59,050,235
61,010,397
57,282,364
33,488,109
25,650,430
18,424,170
17,415,200
20,344,328
15,682,810
7,672,289
13,320,191
12,339,259
14,811,142
9,435,070
7,310,367
7,153,193
6,965,319
7,722,234
5,745,848
1,435,905
1,382,721
5,413,231
3,842,527
6,552,337
1,701,490
5,658,540
3,348,931
4,266,795
1,443,579
379,226
6,428,986
827,116
998,179
1,996,417
2002
1,576,195,812
569,448,229
209,138,815
205,205,604
186,614,546
194,106,019
162,582,362
147,030,084
42,353,005
79,026,458
67,567,569
52,209,706
54,842,810
50,788,010
30,777,308
28,126,956
25,353,753
19,735,910
18,623,413
14,143,810
8,976,790
13,864,847
10,931,453
12,983,809
8,310,937
7,590,219
9,287,170
6,533,042
7,625,298
5,313,757
3,174,124
2,786,610
4,730,231
3,357,460
8,450,995
2,626,666
5,938,305
3,858,139
4,090,754
2,565,676
1,198,994
5,279,076
1,297,381
886,693
2,851,811
2003
1,868,817,202
559,001,087
208,365,152
198,927,781
195,746,011
192,390,432
161,186,023
112,328,653
84,498,041
79,009,709
70,578,898
62,638,101
52,574,789
49,863,419
38,505,140
38,098,771
35,080,183
25,078,192
19,687,800
14,983,919
11,983,532
11,851,174
11,138,290
10,752,206
9,774,849
7,717,119
7,385,228
7,265,737
6,884,796
6,098,247
5,869,250
5,628,257
5,582,529
5,154,802
5,150,145
4,923,740
4,842,732
3,915,729
3,890,857
3,685,343
3,520,949
3,503,602
2,710,864
2,417,426
2,405,322
Israel
Ireland
Australia
Latvia
Austria
Bosnia-Hercegov
Dominican Rep
Lebanon
Ecuador
Singapore
Croatia
Bolivia
Hungary
Pakistan
Oman
Belarus
Macao
Br Virgin Is
Costa Rica
Burma (Myanmar)
Russia
Morocco
Ukraine
Ghana
Syria
Fiji
Venezuela
United Arab Em
Uruguay
Estonia
Grenada Is
El Salvador
Norway
Zimbabwe
Vatican City
Chad
Cyprus
Nepal
Tunisia
Panama
Nicaragua
Sri Lanka
Monaco
Cameroon
St Helena
Yugoslavia
Paraguay
Namibia
Guyana
Belize
Papua New Guin
Mongolia
1,950,850
1,496,907
3,142,332
873,636
1,283,090
916,840
1,459,232
2,290,647
1,343,980
2,173,933
866,905
511,792
1,749,350
1,028,074
1,594,716
163,622
644,908
64,582
826,043
918,646
687,272
598,402
96,360
277,674
202,787
93,877
187,272
267,456
15,450
626,045
0
150,262
145,754
79,643
0
0
205,261
431,169
20,015
1,490,818
128,515
170,232
10,647
85,652
0
0
44,638
0
86,542
0
0
0
3,685,173
2,044,048
2,250,057
1,859,124
874,163
2,198,587
1,448,301
3,221,044
1,118,512
1,287,413
464,518
1,013,834
2,106,280
866,394
408,721
417,017
701,452
19,527
343,055
633,057
730,415
387,512
187,541
346,025
208,472
88,920
150,372
160,975
178,045
484,258
0
55,356
133,525
68,243
31,519
0
538,185
44,662
46,400
130,425
136,366
113,973
6,250
0
0
0
78,245
12,452
52,085
4,826
0
0
2,254,210
2,182,386
2,104,433
1,737,576
1,598,984
1,566,368
1,321,624
1,317,157
1,145,979
976,773
936,449
923,626
863,840
706,308
702,371
664,662
620,128
603,198
573,804
553,277
548,793
442,639
391,000
357,735
309,297
215,223
204,641
186,945
185,336
150,187
145,493
100,966
90,972
87,160
72,907
72,872
69,117
49,318
48,117
47,967
46,317
42,253
40,706
39,364
33,045
31,654
29,925
29,703
24,075
23,254
23,254
20,000
Cote d'Ivoire
Bahamas
Bermuda
St Vinc & Gren
Kenya
Georgia
Saudi Arabia
Cambodia
Kuwait
Uganda
Sierra Leone
Congo (ROC)
Jamaica
Tanzania
Laos
Niger
Yemen
Togo
Qatar
New Caledonia
Afghanistan
Malta
Mali
Malawi
Madagascar
Macedonia
Luxembourg
Liechtenstein
French Guiana
Zambia
Senegal
Rwanda
Pitcairn Is
Nigeria
Netherlands Ant
Trin & Tobago
Tajikistan
St Kitts-Nevis
Ethiopia
Dominica Is
Congo (DROC)
Cocos Is
Jordan
Iran
Iceland
Haiti
Guadeloupe
Gibraltar
Bahrain
Barbados
Bangladesh
Aruba
0
10,656
35,893
0
32,624
0
21,615
192,192
0
0
73,039
0
14,800
19,646
0
0
0
0
0
10,581
0
16,731
3,308
21,680
5,144
0
21,300
0
0
6,372
4,076
0
5,960
10,000
0
43,230
2,677
2,333
10,185
7,232
4,030
25,832
5,360
0
15,646
11,200
0
234,592
3,831
5,586
27,090
8,150
19,238
23,961
13,455
0
10,175
0
9,970
18,445
8,732
4,371
25,815
0
2,275
24,985
0
0
0
0
0
2,700
22,760
17,031
0
0
0
5,000
12,536
32,504
0
2,239
4,374
8,679
0
2,858
8,142
0
0
3,118
2,600
0
0
18,023
0
3,320
3,554
23,202
3,193
0
0
2,500
0
0
19,250
17,681
17,590
15,829
14,732
12,748
12,060
10,170
8,450
6,925
5,540
5,180
3,600
3,435
3,375
2,950
2,830
2,670
2,500
2,306
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Armenia
Anguilla
TOTAL
0
0
3,272,834,154
5,000
6,165
3,910,066,660
0
0
4,249,095,237
IMPORTACIONES EN UNIDADES DE MESA, APARADOR, ESCRITORIO
BIBLIOTECA Y VITRINAS (P.A. 9403.60)
PAIS
China
Malaysia
Thailand
Vietnam
Indonesia
Taiwan
Italy
Mexico
Finland
Canada
France
Denmark
Lithuania
Brazil
Poland
Hong Kong
India
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Korea
Philippines
Bulgaria
Romania
Colombia
United Kingdom
Latvia
Ukraine
Sweden
Egypt
Belgium
Spain
Bolivia
Argentina
South Africa
Netherlands
Turkey
Honduras
Br Virgin Is
Estonia
Japan
Chile
Morocco
Germany
Macao
Peru
Portugal
Australia
2001
1,257,344
738,489
472,291
689
122,407
208,546
63,705
59,759
111,465
80,206
24,863
26,312
7,695
19,451
56,654
23,153
6,296
3,943
8,849
15,548
13,483
0
13,876
4,211
7,523
579
992
9,166
1,665
1,233
3,414
21
364
386
810
103
539
0
2,343
137
4,041
89
1,237
446
188
101
272
2002
1,617,043
883,307
404,519
62,528
112,871
195,568
105,409
33,216
29,427
60,148
14,330
28,910
12,811
25,893
10,998
14,833
18,745
10,272
14,221
15,132
16,006
188
8,802
3,626
11,314
2,143
2,116
12,701
1,155
1,654
1,478
232
1,300
317
1,126
455
463
0
2,353
45
1,380
31
7,870
1,194
287
92
286
2003
1,758,441
750,893
298,015
124,675
113,627
113,151
95,297
39,459
37,229
29,164
24,362
22,489
22,443
22,421
20,949
20,477
20,437
14,028
13,177
12,672
12,594
9,495
9,145
7,648
7,299
4,560
4,144
3,780
2,131
1,933
1,852
1,762
1,348
1,209
1,206
1,173
1,135
910
720
711
519
455
380
373
338
333
271
Pakistan
Syria
Ecuador
Burma (Myanmar)
Switzerland
Croatia
Nicaragua
Singapore
Ireland
Dominican Rep
Russia
Lebanon
United Arab Em
Israel
Costa Rica
Tunisia
Fiji
Uruguay
New Zealand
St Helena
Austria
Hungary
Sri Lanka
Monaco
Georgia
Saudi Arabia
Cyprus
Panama
Jamaica
Norway
Barbados
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Tanzania
Sierra Leone
Malta
Luxembourg
Oman
Nepal
Liechtenstein
Kuwait
Kenya
El Salvador
Guatemala
Greece
Cocos Is
Cambodia
Burkina Faso
Belarus
TOTAL
142
12
64
431
655
42
147
317
10
1
6,067
108
1
32
346
0
26
1
90
0
2,266
3,816
0
0
0
0
0
24
0
7
1
2
1
0
80
195
0
8
487
0
0
30
0
19
327
0
0
0
9
3,390,648
139
1
50
15
83
58
51
973
125
30
105
53
15
383
2
0
24
23
2
0
75
3,949
0
0
0
0
80
12
0
0
0
1
0
14
0
0
2
0
0
32
1
9
15
5
258
25
4
0
60
3,755,469
202
168
156
135
131
129
125
115
103
89
87
83
79
70
62
40
32
31
20
14
13
12
11
9
6
5
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,632,768
IMPORTACIONES POR DISTRITO DE MESA, APARADOR, ESCRITORIO
BIBLIOTECA Y VITRINA (P.A. 9403.60)
DISTRITO
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY
Detroit, MI
Charlotte, NC
Savannah, GA
Seattle, WA
Chicago, IL
Norfolk, VA
New Orleans, LA
Buffalo, NY
San Francisco, CA
Ogdensburg, NY
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Miami, FL
Charleston, SC
San Diego, CA
Philadelphia, PA
Cleveland, OH
Laredo, TX
Houston-Galveston, TX
Tampa, FL
Great Falls, MT
Baltimore, MD
St. Louis, MO
Pembina, ND
San Juan, PR
Boston, MA
Mobile, AL
Columbia-Snake, OR
St. Albans, VT
Minneapolis, MN
Honolulu, HI
Nogales, AZ
Duluth, MN
El Paso, TX
Portland, ME
Washington, DC
Milwaukee, WI
Anchorage, AK
Providence, RI
Virgin Islands of the United S
Port Arthur, TX
TOTAL
2001
685,399,547
312,835,846
263,422,968
204,588,284
139,320,621
144,689,430
96,449,508
71,362,303
134,507,647
124,846,910
104,283,690
121,049,816
77,488,555
88,828,438
83,687,742
79,959,117
67,709,200
45,959,293
58,807,036
44,399,185
44,608,953
35,572,267
34,126,060
26,868,234
39,618,102
26,954,168
25,008,874
17,637,376
15,843,096
15,452,173
5,490,571
9,885,129
5,851,747
560,349
7,725,383
6,573,398
1,040,489
2,616,480
1,258,748
240,684
293,764
12,973
3,272,834,154
2002
819,156,814
372,719,540
273,617,935
281,376,669
199,773,112
168,494,659
157,746,901
102,194,981
194,388,259
133,978,458
111,514,364
122,415,729
95,261,806
102,512,956
72,834,410
91,650,052
75,711,583
67,427,489
62,938,662
53,681,534
51,798,381
35,651,092
33,864,985
31,926,960
38,550,407
34,365,737
21,954,577
24,918,580
19,263,921
14,945,117
7,169,680
9,563,517
8,094,763
1,600,398
6,560,963
4,029,096
2,039,763
2,638,632
649,849
420,937
653,421
9,971
3,910,066,660
2003
997,770,328
393,696,462
284,442,598
232,992,208
220,325,981
184,402,486
177,482,082
173,265,907
153,463,603
137,909,453
119,040,159
111,372,211
105,637,118
104,824,048
94,037,928
88,267,214
87,350,787
79,962,990
65,459,859
62,303,098
54,301,379
45,011,568
40,964,714
35,377,738
30,082,092
29,424,929
24,953,667
19,803,774
18,591,386
16,254,375
13,847,390
9,727,261
8,888,583
8,458,066
7,597,010
3,850,679
3,622,048
2,418,357
895,369
572,910
431,693
13,729
4,249,095,237
IMPORTACIONES POR PROGRAMA DE MESA. APARADOR, ESCRITORIO
PROGRAMA
No program claimed
GSP
TOTAL
2001
3,272,801,861
32,293
3,272,834,154
2002
3,910,047,662
18,998
3,910,066,660
2003
4,249,054,927
40,310
4,249,095,237
IMPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE MESA, APARADOR, ESCRITORIO
BIBLIOTECA Y VITRINA (P.A. 9403.60) DESAGREGADA A 10 DIGITOS
DESCRIPCION
9403604000- BENT-WOOD
FURNITURE, NESOI
9403608040-WOODEN
DINING TABLES
FURNITURE, NESOI
9403608080-WOODEN
FURNITURE, NESOI
TOTAL
2001
2002
2003
12,923,638
12,490,403
18,263,929
263,449,169
321,867,070
316,766,818
2,996,461,347
3,575,709,187
3,914,064,490
3,272,834,154
3,910,066,660
4,249,095,237
IMPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE SILLAS Y SILLONES (P.A. 9401.61)
PAIS
Italy
China
Mexico
Canada
Brazil
Malaysia
Romania
Thailand
Indonesia
Vietnam
Norway
Germany
Hong Kong
Taiwan
France
United Kingdom
Bulgaria
Spain
Denmark
Philippines
Poland
Turkey
Greece
Honduras
Slovenia
India
Netherlands
Egypt
Sweden
Argentina
Dominican Rep
Bolivia
Czech Republic
Lithuania
Belgium
Switzerland
Fiji
Hungary
Finland
Korea
Singapore
South Africa
Colombia
United Arab Em
Ecuador
Austria
Pakistan
2001
537,495,954
180,015,008
176,042,580
205,946,032
6,034,956
18,574,571
1,606,873
15,579,062
14,155,201
831,549
8,770,536
4,862,166
4,045,638
15,197,186
10,617,808
7,421,121
5,264,051
6,768,392
4,814,639
5,167,088
4,305,814
1,141,676
1,535,015
61,748
1,275,400
346,465
2,132,821
1,013,176
1,057,550
1,517,581
975,325
52,808
1,183,194
495,998
1,015,676
973,335
433,714
433,173
129,343
467,640
246,836
479,211
554,504
49,328
80,367
250,847
61,400
2002
538,960,375
328,405,658
213,086,899
229,636,411
17,355,176
24,284,483
19,683,393
22,279,708
17,741,507
7,291,776
9,374,287
6,767,925
5,831,300
11,907,608
10,397,556
6,615,460
7,131,527
6,797,728
5,574,348
4,514,730
4,015,919
1,743,822
265,933
129,802
1,427,224
1,058,836
2,833,421
1,225,772
1,381,157
859,648
1,282,405
317,056
1,083,176
939,192
939,430
1,076,982
728,099
623,081
116,809
650,014
89,708
510,271
450,822
55,696
167,855
312,664
128,138
2003
567,374,938
526,637,930
245,270,954
243,506,769
37,213,198
35,034,192
29,715,329
24,903,152
16,590,244
11,788,033
11,051,813
10,656,523
10,570,949
8,836,159
8,520,627
6,545,411
6,161,192
6,122,462
5,727,421
5,491,357
4,198,413
3,645,278
3,389,078
3,136,874
1,979,770
1,852,928
1,812,627
1,777,869
1,732,893
1,673,752
1,300,057
1,232,875
1,064,854
1,023,142
943,365
933,703
751,449
738,963
605,726
518,865
513,975
494,832
459,271
253,286
247,530
225,294
218,791
Uruguay
Ireland
Slovak Republic
Burma (Myanmar)
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Lebanon
Peru
Israel
Costa Rica
Croatia
Portugal
Tunisia
Ukraine
Latvia
Bosnia-Hercegov
Cyprus
New Caledonia
El Salvador
Monaco
Russia
Venezuela
Estonia
Tokelau Is
Syria
Belarus
Nicaragua
Saudi Arabia
Trin & Tobago
Ghana
Guatemala
Morocco
Macao
Sri Lanka
Jordan
Kuwait
Swaziland
Panama
Cameroon
Chile
Guyana
Botswana
Niger
Azerbaijan
Zimbabwe
Turkmenistan
Sierra Leone
Paraguay
Mozambique
Luxembourg
Liechtenstein
24,125
363,267
19,810
3,084
1,378,670
44,446
124,089
271,197
142,672
137,848
55,841
21,917
17,760
0
0
0
0
3,160
0
19,760
0
191,808
0
75,631
0
80,222
16,098
0
0
44,034
0
36,866
8,482
9,242
8,935
0
0
13,612
0
0
26,597
0
0
0
0
22,080
0
0
3,220
0
3,759
8,890
52,851
374,708
56,722
106,810
219,111
110,983
86,857
245,316
99,484
221,110
72,185
0
48,564
0
5,315
36,713
7,918
16,128
0
30,240
8,958
131,963
0
137,512
0
16,561
18,033
12,353
2,247
4,851
0
8,711
27,306
0
11,844
0
0
0
9,460
0
31,028
0
0
0
25,489
2,580
3,000
6,848
0
27,800
0
0
202,819
192,146
185,881
184,112
167,366
158,738
153,639
145,540
141,349
115,302
111,725
110,995
98,867
85,186
82,631
76,865
76,541
73,004
70,198
54,528
51,362
50,730
45,240
43,802
40,705
32,810
25,070
22,885
20,331
19,839
19,645
18,600
17,259
11,530
9,450
9,100
8,740
5,615
5,092
4,599
4,081
3,230
3,000
2,159
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kenya
Jamaica
Iceland
Haiti
Gibraltar
Namibia
Dominica Is
Cote d'Ivoire
Belize
TOTAL
9,350
4,000
5,825
2,306
120,292
0
4,137
19,386
28,447
1,254,851,221
0
0
2,140
0
0
3,996
0
37,252
0
1,520,371,734
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,857,406,419
IMPORTACIONES EN UNIDADES DE SILLAS Y SILLONES (P.A. 9401.61)
PAIS
China
Italy
Mexico
Canada
Malaysia
Thailand
Bulgaria
Vietnam
Taiwan
Brazil
Indonesia
Romania
Greece
Hong Kong
France
India
Lithuania
Slovenia
Philippines
Denmark
Spain
Poland
Czech Republic
Turkey
United Kingdom
Honduras
Germany
Bolivia
Norway
Egypt
Argentina
Belgium
Dominican Rep
Netherlands
Sweden
Korea
Finland
Colombia
Costa Rica
Japan
Hungary
Croatia
Singapore
Austria
Burma (Myanmar)
Bosnia-Hercegov
New Caledonia
Peru
2001
3,777,706
2,475,986
1,029,195
1,028,915
921,955
297,846
301,339
10,658
417,938
37,303
199,339
25,998
92,664
52,357
133,796
8,433
56,761
200,941
35,094
37,050
44,165
62,311
34,474
10,134
29,134
817
13,097
467
16,429
9,581
8,531
15,991
8,546
7,997
5,343
4,842
488
3,848
826
356
5,712
762
2,714
551
29
0
0
1,628
2002
5,843,640
2,531,351
1,104,420
1,225,207
1,132,331
436,142
423,704
160,547
409,422
213,641
288,738
126,825
17,667
100,783
125,786
26,623
46,765
46,668
33,389
42,876
54,132
70,921
29,037
11,806
21,073
1,847
27,561
5,197
19,328
14,490
8,503
3,621
11,214
17,256
4,496
10,026
917
15,145
1,130
345
3,893
0
1,189
1,149
1,698
380
0
1,535
2003
7,668,462
2,856,671
1,438,193
1,325,434
1,253,007
519,358
354,460
279,220
258,403
243,130
227,892
215,082
190,011
120,179
104,890
50,428
48,042
45,232
45,141
42,116
41,030
36,091
32,986
30,715
21,212
21,142
20,368
19,049
18,593
16,048
13,245
10,838
9,836
8,334
6,781
6,172
6,117
5,991
4,852
4,358
3,545
2,600
2,483
2,376
2,169
1,849
1,656
1,654
Lebanon
New Zealand
Nicaragua
South Africa
Fiji
Slovak Republic
Ireland
Switzerland
Ecuador
Pakistan
Latvia
Cyprus
Portugal
Venezuela
Uruguay
United Arab Em
Trin & Tobago
Russia
Ukraine
Israel
Australia
Tunisia
El Salvador
Jordan
Cameroon
Guyana
Morocco
Syria
Macao
Chile
Tokelau Is
Ghana
Guatemala
Saudi Arabia
Estonia
Sri Lanka
Belarus
Kuwait
Monaco
Panama
Botswana
Niger
Swaziland
Azerbaijan
Zimbabwe
Turkmenistan
Sierra Leone
Paraguay
Mozambique
Luxembourg
Liechtenstein
Kenya
2,445
174
0
1,179
1,225
592
5,002
777
332
344
0
22
64
0
35
148
409
1,318
0
495
127,277
0
66
0
0
0
436
459
38
564
0
0
988
0
209
68
94
0
0
0
0
0
18
0
68
0
0
21
0
12
38
16
922
502
716
3,742
1,518
1,907
2,150
15,589
670
7,997
276
217
6,245
0
169
361
28
1,075
61
475
1,313
0
454
0
0
0
560
133
0
317
0
0
31
12
603
405
95
0
4
97
0
0
0
60
3
1
80
0
97
0
0
0
1,616
1,580
1,530
1,278
1,047
1,046
945
935
895
861
765
644
521
515
465
446
393
358
318
305
304
240
204
176
146
108
108
102
101
100
99
90
86
83
43
42
38
33
16
8
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jamaica
Iceland
Haiti
Gibraltar
Namibia
Dominica Is
Cote d'Ivoire
Belize
TOTAL
4
4
87
1,611
0
3
88
119
11,576,896
0
2
0
0
4
0
144
0
14,723,449
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17,656,036
IMPORTACIONES POR DISTRITO DE SILLAS Y SILLONES (P.A. 9401.61)
DISTRITO
2001
2002
2003
New York, NY
238,144,192
269,925,477
317,333,641
Los Angeles, CA
141,385,914
190,912,548
258,903,039
San Diego, CA
121,195,861
150,486,985
168,940,277
Norfolk, VA
60,584,904
72,733,925
93,493,010
Detroit, MI
71,852,827
85,433,623
92,780,700
68,185,741
57,011,230
89,296,239
Charleston, SC
51,458,850
43,595,976
69,876,688
Laredo, TX
51,000,155
57,716,563
67,032,239
Miami, FL
42,944,437
51,341,773
65,454,779
Charlotte, NC
18,774,123
34,217,864
63,808,762
Savannah, GA
34,872,021
44,913,990
58,625,992
Buffalo, NY
37,483,472
40,659,482
51,737,579
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
26,769,285
34,428,371
40,725,001
42,608,274
49,556,418
49,279,666
Ogdensburg, NY
34,324,827
43,744,310
48,460,850
Chicago, IL
30,197,746
43,376,476
47,467,468
Pembina, ND
44,154,158
46,869,487
38,755,272
10,356,338
24,625,599
30,331,078
Tampa, FL
18,726,289
20,841,486
24,917,062
Great Falls, MT
14,496,240
23,068,503
22,043,864
Cleveland, OH
8,094,870
18,672,488
19,478,760
San Juan, PR
13,458,620
19,594,682
19,122,167
New Orleans, LA
17,526,441
15,363,701
18,569,361
Minneapolis, MN
2,383,617
10,744,086
12,225,859
Baltimore, MD
12,752,400
11,085,107
11,429,031
St. Albans, VT
10,434,723
10,140,344
10,705,851
Boston, MA
6,430,311
8,138,924
9,342,316
St. Louis, MO
4,302,879
8,930,784
8,914,072
Mobile, AL
4,477,658
6,778,481
8,655,186
Philadelphia, PA
8,679,846
7,817,187
8,106,192
Columbia-Snake, OR
El Paso, TX
7,099,647
2,672,962
6,157,357
4,249,003
6,502,035
5,098,732
Honolulu, HI
2,440,680
3,766,806
4,977,088
55,936
928,400
2,342,994
1,808,370
2,340,429
2,159,192
Washington, DC
Nogales, AZ
Duluth, MN
9,789
286,778
872,903
Milwaukee, WI
597,036
333,190
422,361
Anchorage, AK
195,845
135,684
211,602
Portland, ME
72,196
89,215
95,523
17,944
10,516
67,866
3,700
1,254,851,221
0
1,520,371,734
12,705
1,857,406,419
Providence, RI
TOTAL
IMPORTACIONES POR PROGRAMA DE SILLAS Y SILLONES (P.A. 9401.61)
PROGRAMA
No program claimed
TOTAL
2001
1,254,851,221
1,254,851,221
2002
1,520,371,734
1,520,371,734
2003
1,857,406,419
1,857,406,419
IMPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE SILLAS Y SILLONES (P.A. 9401.61)
DESAGREGADA A 10 DIGITOS
DESCRIPCION
9401612010-HOUSEHOLD
SEATS WITH WOODEN
FRAMES, FOR CHAIRS OF
TEAK, UPHOLSTERED
9401612030-SEATS WITH
WOODEN FRAMES, FOR
CHAIRS OF TEAK,
UPHOLSTERED EXCEPT
HOUSEHOLD
SEATS WITH WOODEN
FRAMES, FOR CHAIRS
UPHOLSTERED, NESOI
WOODEN FRAMES, FOR
CHAIRS UPHOLSTERED,
EXCEPT HOUSEHOLD,
NESOI
WOODEN FRAMES, FOR
CHAIRS UPHOLSTERED,
EXCEPT HOUSEHOLD,
NESOI
WOODEN FRAMES,
UPHOLSTERED, NESOI
TOTAL
2001
2002
2003
5,387,415
7,035,413
8,697,197
1,225,991
1,273,070
2,158,825
379,997,676
478,572,636
607,875,322
57,153,678
67,971,744
75,908,134
786,609,671
936,240,372
1,133,578,598
24,476,790
29,278,499
29,188,343
1,254,851,221
1,520,371,734
1,857,406,419
IMPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE MESAS DE LUZ, CAMAS, ROPEROS, COMODAS
Y PERCHEROS (P.A. 9403.50)
PAIS
China
Canada
Italy
Indonesia
Mexico
Brazil
Malaysia
Vietnam
Taiwan
Thailand
Denmark
Chile
Poland
Philippines
Hong Kong
France
Sweden
Lithuania
United Kingdom
Honduras
Spain
Colombia
Slovenia
Romania
Lebanon
Germany
Finland
Argentina
Oman
India
Belgium
Korea
Bolivia
Egypt
Turkey
Peru
Bulgaria
Croatia
Russia
Singapore
Slovak Republic
Latvia
Switzerland
Netherlands
Portugal
Czech Republic
Ukraine
2001
480,018,650
407,875,291
166,297,320
108,317,718
142,886,607
61,538,517
36,558,830
569,781
58,082,237
16,293,084
21,946,658
13,060,350
9,211,327
18,226,426
9,816,499
11,800,395
7,941,832
1,774,700
12,841,573
13,979,995
7,378,505
4,230,198
5,160,765
3,727,562
863,448
1,354,302
977,942
1,443,008
325,107
1,455,627
2,158,267
1,335,989
521,104
1,180,793
520,560
796,384
970,449
1,467,312
934,368
831,708
4,539,420
63,761
515,805
2,642,765
111,778
183,250
268,312
2002
819,099,108
395,329,138
180,030,400
129,422,831
125,959,349
85,299,033
55,738,966
8,554,015
56,727,813
24,786,390
24,663,958
16,878,922
11,337,124
15,391,956
15,515,975
13,575,333
9,712,286
3,904,951
11,420,987
8,929,462
4,602,621
3,936,747
5,440,764
5,447,790
1,305,118
1,792,515
967,104
1,462,407
1,706,164
1,829,254
2,392,508
1,242,692
1,729,438
1,549,015
1,276,493
1,336,058
1,532,456
2,778,166
1,171,911
319,242
1,476,259
273,933
1,331,423
774,555
324,768
281,987
206,758
2003
1,166,359,593
387,592,609
170,703,258
125,393,260
96,824,500
94,848,599
89,590,549
36,291,549
31,545,055
30,303,685
25,701,250
21,144,440
17,116,944
14,792,759
13,463,265
12,723,977
11,831,697
11,443,268
7,326,810
7,094,648
4,840,341
4,286,125
3,953,681
3,522,849
3,509,284
3,388,511
2,541,503
2,366,816
2,192,443
2,133,959
2,025,858
1,909,057
1,452,953
1,439,075
1,432,325
1,350,604
1,189,173
1,082,424
1,007,121
870,136
793,891
734,935
530,596
466,271
430,750
413,486
245,316
Norway
Israel
Ecuador
Pakistan
Japan
Austria
Estonia
Morocco
Hungary
Zimbabwe
South Africa
United Arab Em
Panama
Greece
New Zealand
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Dominican Rep
Venezuela
El Salvador
Australia
Syria
Br Virgin Is
Guatemala
Ireland
Macao
Afghanistan
St Helena
Belize
Cen African Rep
Sri Lanka
Kenya
Nicaragua
Jamaica
Cameroon
Burma (Myanmar)
New Caledonia
Belarus
St Kitts-Nevis
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Cyprus
Trin & Tobago
Fiji
Monaco
Nepal
Bahamas
Cocos Is
Tokelau Is
Tanzania
Somalia
Jordan
4,591
432,899
559,183
204,646
95,650
144,781
106,987
42,211
241,552
249,463
769,123
170,321
39,452
94,281
32,040
328,980
0
149,353
22,789
338,689
55,307
43,933
44,012
123,361
87,120
31,981
0
0
57,853
0
57,633
4,800
63,838
0
7,137
0
6,226
102,686
0
2,651
26,601
18,443
7,219
5,047
0
0
9,162
0
5,000
4,080
2,198
6,500
136,963
321,990
418,527
176,702
125,745
123,040
46,297
32,666
135,241
11,843
621,826
10,837
92,711
853,830
41,815
213,353
58,928
48,674
0
90,459
60,998
16,180
67,461
33,602
199,785
15,458
0
0
0
0
10,545
0
63,074
0
4,504
5,987
0
122,330
0
5,920
0
86,781
0
2,500
6,470
2,535
0
41,736
0
0
0
0
243,517
202,779
191,770
185,313
176,449
157,956
154,750
152,809
139,763
135,888
132,112
116,098
99,454
79,792
79,370
71,327
70,927
57,130
47,972
46,680
45,459
42,415
40,777
34,275
31,660
24,596
23,352
22,995
17,002
15,565
14,995
13,900
12,838
12,600
12,000
10,810
9,248
8,597
7,705
7,070
6,000
5,197
4,757
4,282
3,653
3,241
0
0
0
0
0
0
Iceland
Guadeloupe
Gibraltar
Cote d'Ivoire
Moldova
Malta
Macedonia
Luxembourg
Liechtenstein
Christmas Is
Cambodia
Barbados
TOTAL
11,319
0
205,508
6,750
5,200
11,880
58,586
7,754
0
0
0
0
1,650,103,055
45,215
9,797
0
22,670
0
0
14,857
2,530
36,044
11,160
8,533
9,000
2,065,233,262
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,425,178,043
IMPORTACIONES EN UNIDADES DE MESAS SE LUZ, CAMAS, ROPEROS, COMODAS
PAIS
China
Brazil
Canada
Indonesia
Malaysia
Taiwan
Italy
Mexico
Vietnam
Poland
Sweden
Chile
Thailand
Lithuania
Denmark
Hong Kong
Romania
Honduras
Finland
Philippines
Bolivia
France
Singapore
Slovenia
Bulgaria
Korea
Latvia
United Kingdom
Croatia
Lebanon
Argentina
Ukraine
Spain
Morocco
Colombia
India
Belgium
Germany
Russia
Peru
Turkey
Egypt
Switzerland
Estonia
Israel
Japan
Norway
2001
1,389,065
257,296
537,864
524,683
147,097
353,837
257,883
322,391
93
33,845
31,945
44,589
36,603
11,078
45,477
25,106
27,167
64,133
6,035
18,653
466
8,863
8,966
11,471
12
6,896
1,840
5,645
5,623
1,668
7,805
135
4,026
0
2,727
1,449
1,282
13,238
8,569
438
359
297
2,578
144
556
71
10
2002
2,344,180
411,223
543,520
625,757
227,581
379,037
256,986
289,554
30,117
75,573
60,395
81,233
71,104
18,565
49,768
40,172
39,884
46,504
8,599
18,038
16,496
12,367
127
16,801
1,150
6,083
2,081
3,029
11,940
2,403
3,927
0
3,672
7
9,594
1,637
1,779
823
1,014
368
2,280
1,507
1,279
65
758
66
0
2003
3,136,525
573,491
544,487
515,035
449,664
289,760
252,338
214,000
146,016
129,070
110,955
109,337
95,634
58,084
55,442
46,669
38,163
33,057
24,854
19,635
15,590
11,060
8,521
7,608
6,744
6,174
5,656
5,407
4,973
4,952
4,798
4,271
4,084
3,105
2,866
2,384
2,219
2,017
1,576
1,226
976
780
561
553
364
265
237
Netherlands
Belize
Macao
Cen African Rep
Ecuador
Portugal
Zimbabwe
Pakistan
South Africa
Austria
Venezuela
New Zealand
Panama
Greece
New Caledonia
Sri Lanka
El Salvador
Dominican Rep
Trin & Tobago
Czech Republic
St Helena
Hungary
Australia
Costa Rica
Burma (Myanmar)
Kenya
Fiji
Uruguay
Syria
Kuwait
United Arab Em
Guatemala
Jamaica
Oman
Ireland
Iceland
Guadeloupe
Gibraltar
Cyprus
Cote d'Ivoire
Cocos Is
Christmas Is
Cameroon
Tanzania
Somalia
Saudi Arabia
Nicaragua
Macedonia
Liechtenstein
Barbados
TOTAL
1,280
62
0
0
633
33
290
129
2,516
135
0
7
127
116
0
21
84
0
2
32
0
17
6
74
0
0
6
0
0
0
172
0
0
365
6
166
0
51
25
0
0
0
8
24
14
802
712
94
0
0
4,237,983
371
0
36
0
346
146
2
257
664
7
0
35
47
1,796
0
6
60
19
0
309
0
9
9
17
20
0
1
18
0
0
0
28
0
1,434
259
49
1
0
0
252
37
60
0
0
0
0
690
36
239
1
5,726,304
227
184
182
140
111
88
80
74
70
65
59
57
50
45
41
32
29
28
26
25
18
17
13
12
7
7
6
5
4
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6,952,893
IMPORTACIONES POR DISTRITO DE MESAS DE LUZ, CAMAS, ROPEROS, COMODAS
DISTRITO
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY
Detroit, MI
Savannah, GA
Ogdensburg, NY
Charlotte, NC
Norfolk, VA
Seattle, WA
Miami, FL
Chicago, IL
San Francisco, CA
New Orleans, LA
Charleston, SC
Tampa, FL
San Diego, CA
Buffalo, NY
Philadelphia, PA
San Juan, PR
Cleveland, OH
Pembina, ND
Great Falls, MT
Laredo, TX
Mobile, AL
Baltimore, MD
El Paso, TX
St. Albans, VT
St. Louis, MO
Minneapolis, MN
Duluth, MN
Boston, MA
Columbia-Snake, OR
Portland, ME
Honolulu, HI
Nogales, AZ
Washington, DC
Anchorage, AK
Milwaukee, WI
Providence, RI
Port Arthur, TX
TOTAL
2001
274,887,229
168,123,839
152,291,682
74,572,379
113,245,388
55,341,694
47,612,428
51,506,343
51,036,137
27,858,797
35,642,148
48,622,400
33,887,930
43,957,382
34,139,900
77,204,807
40,038,580
29,250,096
24,211,112
23,233,241
24,800,211
52,257,882
23,304,474
34,671,086
21,436,279
8,082,408
29,489,738
17,902,206
6,492,287
3,056,106
738,309
4,107,563
4,516,594
4,564,738
3,093,327
4,016,669
45,680
235,382
457,563
47,966
120,626
2,449
1,650,103,055
2002
357,622,222
200,018,154
146,571,359
104,750,078
118,295,439
105,521,111
67,276,003
73,141,173
70,008,277
49,626,988
55,822,506
68,402,498
39,071,456
53,574,738
48,075,058
73,814,844
45,196,470
33,956,794
43,096,316
31,910,283
42,890,778
46,468,423
32,941,122
30,302,700
26,975,231
10,085,282
22,344,671
18,368,359
12,812,103
5,624,665
2,449,260
6,681,811
5,883,981
4,199,231
4,060,325
5,837,729
614,427
418,703
321,579
16,581
184,534
0
2,065,233,262
2003
519,943,379
222,823,067
142,686,894
127,236,611
113,159,072
112,203,347
93,586,334
90,069,855
82,616,231
74,125,274
71,729,990
64,103,470
63,897,248
61,073,404
55,714,629
54,825,656
51,012,042
50,505,363
49,646,315
43,578,239
40,347,900
39,661,356
38,236,026
24,547,954
20,398,886
17,007,291
16,914,231
14,566,556
13,405,099
12,024,129
9,574,378
8,784,663
7,091,148
5,934,640
5,537,353
4,811,360
833,845
362,015
297,584
162,695
142,514
0
2,425,178,043
IMPORTACIONES POR PROGRAMA DE MESAS DE LUZ, CAMAS, ROPEROS, COMODAS
PROGRAMA
No program claimed
GSP
TOTAL
2001
1,650,082,515
20,540
1,650,103,055
2002
2,065,211,842
21,420
2,065,233,262
2003
2,425,127,433
50,610
2,425,178,043
IMPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE MESAS DE LUZ, CAMAS, ROPEROS, COMODAS
Y PERCHEROS (P.A. 9403.50) DESAGREGADA A 10 DIGITOS
DESCRIPCION
9403504000-BENT-WOOD
FURNITURE OF A KIND
USED IN THE BEDROOM
9403506000-WOODEN
FURNITURE FOR USE IN
THE BEDROOM, DESIGNED
FOR MOTOR VEHICLE USE
9403509040-WOODEN
FURNITURE FOR USE IN
THE BEDROOM, DESIGNED
FOR MOTOR VEHICLE USE
9403509080-WOODEN
FURNITURE OF A KIND
USED IN THE BEDROOM,
NESOI
TOTAL
2001
2002
2003
10,011,950
6,770,831
11,763,815
27,375
50,570
132,397
472,743,730
637,753,053
770,894,250
1,167,320,000
1,420,658,808
1,642,387,581
1,650,103,055
2,065,233,262
2,425,178,043
IMPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE ARAÑAS Y APLIQUES (P.A. 9405.10)
PAIS
China
Mexico
Canada
Italy
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Germany
Spain
France
Japan
Korea
Philippines
United Kingdom
Czech Republic
Sweden
Denmark
Austria
Switzerland
Ireland
Belgium
India
Netherlands
Hungary
Argentina
Egypt
New Zealand
Morocco
Romania
Poland
Israel
Australia
Turkey
Thailand
Portugal
Norway
Brazil
Syria
Indonesia
Cameroon
Russia
Colombia
Greece
Malaysia
Chile
South Africa
United Arab Em
Finland
Cote d'Ivoire
2001
564,353,950
465,048,856
105,459,747
36,543,832
34,307,891
30,906,291
16,014,239
20,889,862
8,503,368
6,599,497
6,071,520
4,549,088
6,081,124
1,696,998
1,615,713
1,671,558
417,519
392,551
1,516,235
462,617
741,456
717,895
360,231
743,625
484,770
270,857
472,205
0
157,724
308,939
174,015
222,606
256,321
129,521
100,525
62,925
5,410
91,854
0
82,090
82,679
58,662
28,887
5,976
2,500
9,250
42,823
0
2002
717,676,189
466,014,988
94,994,710
34,405,548
29,886,864
35,243,591
15,372,107
18,664,948
12,946,815
6,214,616
5,505,874
5,353,512
5,084,692
1,934,135
1,766,187
3,236,134
527,695
1,265,086
848,408
707,298
695,826
640,556
401,915
376,329
369,532
794,488
321,976
5,465
183,252
272,797
91,203
244,037
170,039
101,155
37,460
14,444
37,330
104,631
13,912
81,003
97,108
15,624
144,280
18,798
127,674
0
13,955
0
2003
853,352,682
537,149,940
86,106,397
40,115,370
31,679,385
30,353,173
18,879,912
18,597,957
16,884,996
9,684,221
8,251,809
6,500,606
5,867,391
2,022,533
1,839,191
1,502,844
1,383,984
1,375,717
864,855
851,123
825,869
744,867
715,253
672,405
466,866
461,974
317,167
275,271
255,094
245,923
241,076
221,351
168,630
161,483
118,979
117,588
97,123
91,627
91,039
79,225
70,594
58,867
51,387
28,994
28,915
27,747
22,346
15,896
Slovak Republic
Vietnam
Honduras
Lebanon
Panama
Singapore
Venezuela
Luxembourg
Uruguay
Lithuania
Macao
Dominican Rep
Pakistan
Guatemala
Saudi Arabia
Bulgaria
Antigua Barbuda
Br Virgin Is
Turkmenistan
St Lucia Is
Sri Lanka
Slovenia
New Caledonia
Moldova
Iceland
Ecuador
Costa Rica
TOTAL
6,942
10,476
0
0
13,168
59,292
0
0
0
23,795
0
5,443
0
0
4,533
8,389
0
0
4,870
0
10,469
2,751
0
64,847
0
0
6,212
1,318,937,389
4,259
35,118
0
9,655
19,336
7,579
2,079
0
14,852
0
0
0
3,640
3,500
0
13,777
2,350
5,140
0
2,183
0
0
9,774
0
2,195
6,100
2,864
1,463,168,587
14,394
14,024
9,805
8,950
8,730
8,523
8,140
7,240
5,963
4,650
3,798
3,140
2,670
2,295
2,069
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,680,042,033
IMPORTACIONES EN UNIDADES DE ARAÑAS Y APLIQUES (P.A. 9405.10)
PAIS
China
Mexico
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Korea
Canada
Italy
Germany
Sweden
Spain
Philippines
India
France
Thailand
Turkey
Hungary
Cameroon
Switzerland
Austria
Czech Republic
United Kingdom
Belgium
Denmark
Japan
Malaysia
Poland
New Zealand
Argentina
Romania
Australia
Finland
Egypt
Netherlands
Norway
Israel
Morocco
Chile
Honduras
Indonesia
Portugal
Syria
Venezuela
Greece
Colombia
Ireland
Macao
Cote d'Ivoire
Brazil
2001
72,431,195
42,772,639
5,184,523
4,344,962
1,886,213
2,640,290
1,268,260
487,918
157,350
189,882
106,305
40,165
27,528
11,220
10,173
28,038
0
14,710
14,796
44,766
30,792
12,189
15,940
22,747
3,389
9,880
2,896
2,130
0
12,799
1,038
3,301
4,359
3,756
24,376
6,111
63
0
1,154
433
398
0
2,092
394
2,128
0
0
326
2002
87,720,135
43,039,092
4,709,725
4,264,752
2,177,545
2,039,140
853,456
562,529
143,105
180,524
121,797
53,770
48,117
4,236
23,050
37,438
139
65,392
19,696
36,532
32,214
52,891
20,919
5,415
39,714
8,991
7,231
2,350
67
10,112
3,129
3,482
2,661
1,005
4,538
5,970
155
0
2,439
763
166
5
644
1,376
1,097
0
0
132
2003
100,564,652
47,132,476
4,273,824
4,003,520
2,839,933
1,390,090
1,050,060
451,805
283,561
168,665
160,622
141,943
94,440
60,294
59,536
58,234
52,334
51,979
43,778
33,525
20,947
17,374
16,034
13,575
11,860
8,193
7,707
7,517
5,677
5,388
3,850
3,777
3,662
3,518
3,318
3,278
2,392
1,931
1,868
1,769
1,676
1,404
1,373
1,352
775
680
560
481
Luxembourg
United Arab Em
Russia
South Africa
Panama
Lithuania
Uruguay
Slovak Republic
Vietnam
Lebanon
Singapore
Dominican Rep
Guatemala
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Bulgaria
Antigua Barbuda
Br Virgin Is
Ecuador
Iceland
Turkmenistan
St Lucia Is
Sri Lanka
Slovenia
New Caledonia
Moldova
Costa Rica
TOTAL
0
44
110
1
1,406
864
0
90
43
0
344
50
0
0
4
1,568
0
0
0
0
90
0
1,596
11
0
4,313
12
131,834,170
0
0
403
350
1,439
0
103
12
97
9
501
0
35
14
0
1,995
14
462
14
21
0
1
0
0
1,998
0
400
146,315,504
470
292
163
68
37
30
21
16
15
11
9
4
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
163,068,347
IMPORTACIONES POR DISTRITO DE ARAÑAS Y APLIQUES (P.A. 9405.10)
DISTRITO
Laredo, TX
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY
Savannah, GA
San Diego, CA
Seattle, WA
Chicago, IL
Cleveland, OH
Charleston, SC
Buffalo, NY
Detroit, MI
Charlotte, NC
Minneapolis, MN
Boston, MA
Philadelphia, PA
New Orleans, LA
Ogdensburg, NY
Miami, FL
El Paso, TX
Norfolk, VA
Great Falls, MT
Columbia-Snake, OR
San Francisco, CA
Tampa, FL
Pembina, ND
Milwaukee, WI
Baltimore, MD
St. Albans, VT
St. Louis, MO
Nogales, AZ
San Juan, PR
Washington, DC
Honolulu, HI
Anchorage, AK
Mobile, AL
Duluth, MN
Portland, ME
Providence, RI
TOTAL
2001
369,677,507
230,176,428
115,012,354
85,520,485
81,601,470
38,707,856
48,079,820
52,971,210
27,908,098
22,255,581
25,248,796
42,130,640
21,695,943
18,598,170
7,241,825
21,090,910
17,809,678
23,560,080
14,034,434
15,570,564
1,282,014
381,368
6,324,403
5,736,105
5,352,008
6,621,007
892,268
3,088,209
1,354,083
3,610,118
2,325,416
1,620,348
857,500
321,278
24,061
38,288
84,404
97,989
28,461
6,212
0
1,318,937,389
2002
377,530,063
263,576,872
139,410,298
101,727,690
81,705,247
33,916,370
76,665,223
54,087,601
32,949,517
30,232,984
31,760,807
39,204,890
21,193,508
21,622,563
19,824,470
22,925,666
22,143,165
22,792,085
15,298,935
9,892,329
3,813,338
2,109,644
7,714,170
5,467,310
5,737,968
6,668,354
1,569,234
3,543,241
2,034,489
2,023,741
2,041,993
544,333
935,028
293,853
55,860
32,372
76,318
0
5,429
0
41,629
1,463,168,587
2003
442,832,971
287,894,033
144,288,101
115,223,658
80,851,894
75,794,670
75,385,772
61,457,284
41,491,834
40,209,963
37,762,580
32,004,735
31,954,005
28,765,853
22,113,548
21,974,758
20,645,541
19,430,215
13,640,953
13,259,582
10,549,821
10,193,387
9,974,611
7,559,048
7,375,064
5,712,043
4,485,523
3,969,778
3,502,367
3,166,205
2,922,329
1,819,530
1,092,987
292,041
216,872
104,791
78,250
25,730
13,510
6,196
0
1,680,042,033
IMPORTACIONES POR PROGRAMA DE ARAÑAS Y APLIQUES (P.A. 9405.10)
PROGRAMA
No program claimed
NAFTA
GSP
Civil Aircraft
Israel- U.S.
Andean Act
Caribbean (CBI)
TOTAL
2001
735,430,720
565,112,760
8,927,991
9,119,569
295,832
31,906
18,611
1,318,937,389
2002
890,127,667
556,592,553
9,605,286
6,457,735
272,797
86,849
25,700
1,463,168,587
2003
1,041,241,200
619,348,164
12,065,918
7,145,257
175,636
63,563
2,295
1,680,042,033
IMPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE ARAÑAS Y APLIQUES (P.A. 9405.10)
DESCRIPCION
2001
2002
2003
CHANDELIER AND OTHER
ELECTRIC CEILING OR
WALL LIGHTING FITTINGS,
EXCLD THOSE USED IN
LIGHTING PUBLIC OPEN
SPACES OR
THOROUGHFARES OF
BRASS
106,343,592
115,859,026
113,299,211
9405104020-CHANDELIER &
OTHER ELEC CEILING OR
EXCLUDING THOSE USED
IN LIGHTING PUBLIC OPEN
SPACES OR
THOROUGHFARES OF
BRASS EXC HOUSEHOLD
21,996,820
20,277,119
29,373,491
CHANDELIER AND OTH
ELEC CEILING/WALL
LIGHTING FITTINGS,
IN LIGHTING PUBLIC
SPACES OF BASE METAL
EXCEPT OF BRASS, NESOI
537,059,678
670,899,111
782,646,444
9405106020-CHANDELIER
AND OTH ELEC
CEILING/WALL LIGHTING
FITTINGS, EXCLUDING
THOSE USED IN LIGHTING
PUBLIC SPACES OF BASE
METAL EXC OF BRASS, NOT
HOUSEHLD, NESOI
505,362,140
505,387,157
569,768,505
CHANDELIER AND OTHER
ELECTRIC CEILING OR
IN LIGHTING PUBLIC
SPACES EXCEPT OF BASS
METAL
116,599,918
110,133,584
126,519,255
9405108020-CHANDELIER
AND OTHER ELECTRIC
CEILING OR WALL
LIGHTING FITTINGS,
IN LIGHTING PUBLIC
SPACES EXCEPT OF BASS
METAL NOT HOUSEHOLD
31,575,241
40,612,590
58,435,127
1,318,937,389
1,463,168,587
1,680,042,033
TOTAL
IMPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE ADORNOS DE BRONCE (P.A. 8306.29)
PAIS
China
India
Thailand
Mexico
France
Taiwan
Philippines
United Kingdom
Italy
Indonesia
Turkey
Hong Kong
Canada
Haiti
Switzerland
Korea
Germany
Poland
Spain
Vietnam
Honduras
Colombia
South Africa
Ireland
Austria
Japan
Singapore
Sweden
Netherlands
Venezuela
Denmark
Belgium
Argentina
Chile
Nepal
Malaysia
Romania
Czech Republic
Greece
Bulgaria
El Salvador
Brazil
Australia
Egypt
Israel
Kenya
Pakistan
Slovak Republic
2001
134,679,666
35,187,575
15,998,481
16,002,776
6,177,928
5,489,973
7,316,923
3,791,600
2,946,622
3,239,119
1,641,985
1,229,686
1,065,165
422,953
265,524
192,663
872,500
245,456
618,478
387,203
527,350
241,388
52,478
286,634
497,101
588,334
0
54,145
146,646
182,416
112,480
105,599
60,972
0
76,328
37,162
22,768
27,195
67,399
0
0
24,759
82,453
65,937
28,606
5,620
12,836
23,244
2002
192,022,839
37,587,140
17,914,713
14,390,536
5,520,734
4,607,812
7,601,692
3,690,914
2,922,819
3,053,248
1,316,950
2,270,176
1,186,302
728,346
506,063
847,727
343,628
244,362
634,443
566,939
526,350
239,867
127,899
460,380
254,619
260,363
212,576
28,527
201,641
184,629
162,226
69,480
36,320
22,135
81,590
101,674
30,013
48,467
98,549
0
28,398
94,292
152,643
26,616
38,628
5,218
35,205
0
2003
210,326,661
35,395,901
19,638,620
13,961,445
7,832,541
6,020,904
5,400,628
4,422,657
3,405,008
3,152,880
1,982,160
1,897,990
1,730,451
1,121,517
965,693
963,070
656,108
616,561
557,701
474,900
453,700
413,764
339,863
318,500
257,703
240,641
231,785
201,668
197,323
155,793
146,336
123,040
121,934
106,493
95,335
94,262
87,562
76,921
76,713
65,997
54,357
48,127
43,648
43,059
41,284
39,687
39,587
37,785
Morocco
Portugal
Hungary
Russia
Cameroon
Mali
Ecuador
Peru
Macao
Burma (Myanmar)
Nigeria
Tanzania
Fr Polynesia
Bangladesh
Syria
New Zealand
Armenia
Costa Rica
Liberia
Guatemala
Ghana
Gabon
Zimbabwe
United Arab Em
Sri Lanka
Saudi Arabia
Norway
Nicaragua
Finland
Dominican Rep
Burkina Faso
Barbados
TOTAL
56,902
68,677
103,134
537,079
9,250
0
10,776
34,686
0
0
0
0
0
7,134
0
36,742
11,571
0
4,000
0
69,667
0
24,571
0
0
3,829
0
0
2,082
10,200
4,057
6,560
242,103,043
36,186
24,987
47,561
22,166
12,535
7,000
42,000
5,560
0
3,346
0
0
0
16,358
0
18,150
0
32,235
0
2,234
17,943
6,800
114,865
7,360
2,867
0
6,998
5,022
17,813
6,000
0
0
301,941,674
31,603
27,234
19,758
17,374
16,400
13,550
8,201
6,768
6,179
6,000
5,100
3,900
3,300
3,092
2,981
2,652
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
324,850,355
PAIS
China
India
Mexico
Thailand
Philippines
Taiwan
Indonesia
Hong Kong
France
Turkey
Italy
Vietnam
Haiti
Honduras
Canada
United Kingdom
Poland
Korea
South Africa
Colombia
Switzerland
Netherlands
Egypt
Venezuela
Romania
Spain
Slovak Republic
Ireland
Denmark
Belgium
Chile
Japan
Brazil
Argentina
Pakistan
Czech Republic
Malaysia
Germany
Nepal
Kenya
Bulgaria
Hungary
Morocco
Austria
Singapore
Israel
Portugal
El Salvador
2001
54,385,850
9,048,884
5,028,496
2,833,774
1,454,239
826,324
946,525
449,080
385,259
318,354
315,808
81,429
122,828
217,464
84,952
285,157
12,884
51,316
10,898
73,609
15,624
27,136
4,631
22,487
6,701
39,437
6,477
14,204
17,384
9,071
0
33,015
3,307
16,641
1,636
3,632
9,656
39,122
5,047
2,448
0
3,668
11,620
2,684
0
694
7,474
0
2002
78,995,851
9,555,716
4,532,369
3,177,827
1,751,388
665,407
907,107
752,745
424,619
266,247
342,041
185,603
137,161
243,083
102,287
152,651
69,091
49,638
4,713
66,055
55,883
71,558
5,286
26,007
7,247
33,302
0
22,772
23,897
8,124
2,003
18,628
15,073
3,529
8,412
7,144
7,135
25,045
6,153
1,127
0
5,551
10,755
1,554
18,512
1,077
4,420
2,250
2003
89,511,196
8,880,175
5,717,281
3,209,822
1,180,385
910,128
717,527
575,400
479,321
434,204
319,192
252,943
186,695
182,244
168,514
151,484
103,974
102,005
85,850
68,096
62,513
47,763
31,314
29,281
26,042
22,506
22,063
20,686
15,733
13,857
13,202
12,437
11,658
10,774
10,448
9,082
8,910
8,703
6,679
6,455
5,783
5,007
3,774
3,556
3,185
2,546
2,526
2,368
Greece
Nigeria
Macao
Cameroon
Australia
Peru
Syria
Sweden
Ecuador
Russia
Mali
Bangladesh
Burma (Myanmar)
Fr Polynesia
New Zealand
Tanzania
Armenia
Costa Rica
Gabon
Liberia
Guatemala
Ghana
Zimbabwe
United Arab Em
Sri Lanka
Saudi Arabia
Norway
Nicaragua
Finland
Dominican Rep
Burkina Faso
Barbados
TOTAL
4,609
0
0
1,354
13,719
290
0
4,730
97
1,535
0
393
0
0
160
0
964
0
0
28
0
11,194
11,571
0
0
105
0
0
12
1,417
457
31
77,289,592
5,225
0
0
1,200
12,570
222
0
3,038
3,600
370
95
931
270
0
104
0
0
221
59
0
619
755
28,504
8
768
0
7
108
117
191
0
0
102,833,025
2,089
1,557
1,000
841
437
336
321
317
279
250
232
140
67
25
15
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
113,663,198
IMPORTACIONES POR DISTRITO DE ADORNOS DE BRONCE (P.A. 8306.29)
DISTRITO
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY
Chicago, IL
Savannah, GA
Cleveland, OH
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Laredo, TX
Norfolk, VA
St. Louis, MO
New Orleans, LA
Charlotte, NC
Charleston, SC
Miami, FL
Baltimore, MD
Philadelphia, PA
San Diego, CA
Minneapolis, MN
Boston, MA
Mobile, AL
Tampa, FL
San Juan, PR
Buffalo, NY
Detroit, MI
Nogales, AZ
Columbia-Snake, OR
Ogdensburg, NY
Anchorage, AK
St. Albans, VT
El Paso, TX
Great Falls, MT
Providence, RI
Honolulu, HI
Portland, ME
Washington, DC
Milwaukee, WI
Duluth, MN
Pembina, ND
TOTAL
2001
71,104,132
21,689,765
17,211,613
18,528,183
7,465,425
5,887,312
9,057,113
6,269,372
9,752,762
5,250,270
9,709,938
8,073,908
4,298,140
6,493,595
4,819,616
2,126,442
5,351,870
5,495,650
1,297,391
5,346,335
2,656,707
3,184,422
2,817,636
1,409,612
1,043,568
819,744
941,579
1,072,007
687,426
106,909
640,321
473,648
329,469
5,479
175,191
359,221
130,109
21,163
0
0
0
242,103,043
2002
93,855,961
23,757,919
21,923,972
23,962,913
15,320,586
9,838,051
9,666,556
8,952,754
8,729,552
9,972,137
6,746,887
9,147,144
4,374,421
9,341,815
5,850,881
2,745,771
6,411,651
4,054,714
2,158,179
3,808,501
3,410,238
3,128,680
3,123,152
1,753,487
1,365,089
2,672,696
1,368,933
919,916
455,022
571,095
520,114
217,920
495,599
324,093
651,423
254,490
71,561
12,881
0
0
4,920
301,941,674
2003
93,997,970
29,304,283
24,786,688
22,233,735
16,526,058
13,737,410
12,242,638
10,712,659
9,903,047
9,817,373
8,299,905
8,157,790
7,700,217
7,080,974
6,738,860
5,538,474
5,323,786
4,045,382
4,017,348
3,461,256
3,329,243
3,258,883
3,135,687
1,873,987
1,695,225
1,498,669
1,448,425
1,253,455
748,758
700,273
597,519
433,077
345,580
305,934
297,807
151,912
75,483
57,886
8,247
5,000
3,452
324,850,355
IMPORTACIONES POR PROGRAMA DE ADORNOS DE BRONCE (P.A. 8306.29)
PROGRAMA
No program claimed
GSP
TOTAL
2001
242,089,573
13,470
242,103,043
2002
301,875,599
66,075
301,941,674
2003
324,834,462
15,893
324,850,355
DESCRIPCION
8306290000-STAUETTES
AND OTHER ORNAMENTS,
AND PARTS THEREOF, OF
BASE METAL NOT PLATED
WITH PRECIOUS METAL
TOTAL
2001
242,103,043
242,103,043
2002
301,941,674
301,941,674
2003
324,850,355
324,850,355
IMPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE CUADROS (P.A. 4911.91)
PAIS
Canada
China
United Kingdom
Germany
Taiwan
Mexico
France
Japan
Italy
Spain
Switzerland
Korea
Sweden
Denmark
Netherlands
Poland
Hong Kong
Australia
Thailand
Malaysia
Austria
Israel
Ireland
Peru
Indonesia
Vietnam
Belgium
India
Brazil
Czech Republic
Argentina
Norway
Singapore
Colombia
South Africa
Greece
Russia
Finland
Ecuador
Portugal
Gabon
Mongolia
Turkey
Albania
Iceland
Barbados
Philippines
New Zealand
2001
99,404,306
13,144,290
14,514,939
11,652,599
8,080,368
18,478,486
7,912,016
2,776,686
2,135,275
1,950,307
3,613,890
1,317,626
861,849
3,509,840
2,018,688
92,486
1,140,383
1,339,680
316,150
342,579
255,822
201,805
118,974
53,433
646,701
22,976
458,276
121,699
109,206
253,222
21,136
113,125
77,825
34,037
113,707
75,996
1,278,487
25,655
0
87,036
0
0
3,680
0
49,500
0
105,577
48,426
2002
132,533,543
35,334,216
14,321,552
14,243,561
9,566,275
11,649,119
6,664,056
1,933,429
3,257,926
3,605,054
2,092,568
1,620,863
1,599,018
1,813,664
33,526,967
297,131
953,520
1,098,131
582,811
206,265
1,531,370
350,047
157,895
246,079
931,180
72,314
500,237
59,988
240,325
84,309
47,781
44,830
90,191
22,154
294,353
64,683
103,607
130,967
9,260
13,024
0
0
21,924
0
0
0
186,409
38,179
2003
146,128,982
40,184,528
14,481,216
13,495,075
10,108,372
9,262,402
7,977,098
3,872,439
3,219,516
2,741,442
2,603,108
2,203,209
2,062,056
1,580,205
1,539,883
1,205,875
1,156,488
822,338
704,003
634,900
531,322
489,531
464,378
336,693
327,856
297,061
292,787
232,914
160,696
153,369
149,228
125,577
123,202
74,959
64,381
57,590
55,427
48,543
37,379
25,369
24,000
20,800
19,457
17,273
16,445
14,600
14,321
10,325
Afghanistan
Dominican Rep
Lebanon
Haiti
Bahamas
Slovenia
Hungary
Egypt
Estonia
Romania
Jordan
Pakistan
Ukraine
Guadeloupe
Senegal
Armenia
Belize
Bermuda
Cameroon
Chile
Costa Rica
Sri Lanka
Slovak Republic
Panama
Monaco
Kenya
Iran
Guyana
Guatemala
Ethiopia
El Salvador
Venezuela
United Arab Em
Syria
Mali
Luxembourg
Lithuania
Latvia
Bulgaria
Belarus
TOTAL
0
22,000
70,890
0
0
27,136
8,000
32,010
0
42,500
14,178
4,003
0
2,153
0
3,365
110,186
15,725
0
164,830
3,430
25,667
6,000
0
0
11,124
8,000
5,646
27,492
0
9,198
97,870
4,780
6,216
5,000
8,014
0
2,220
2,865
3,000
199,622,242
0
16,752
38,641
3,500
0
0
55,481
4,800
0
0
0
3,255
2,678
0
0
0
0
5,000
0
443,918
17,458
0
0
10,924
4,976
0
0
0
7,459
3,929
0
53,213
4,275
0
19,472
0
3,900
20,408
2,250
0
282,863,064
10,252
9,902
8,710
8,000
7,920
6,529
5,868
5,000
4,950
4,650
3,828
3,716
2,899
2,427
2,381
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
270,255,650
IMPORTACIONES EN UNIDADES DE CUADROS (P.A. 4911.91)
PAIS
Canada
China
Mexico
Germany
Taiwan
United Kingdom
Italy
Poland
Spain
Korea
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Denmark
Sweden
France
Indonesia
Thailand
Switzerland
Austria
Australia
Japan
India
Vietnam
Peru
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Israel
Ireland
Singapore
Brazil
Norway
Argentina
South Africa
Colombia
Belgium
Turkey
Ecuador
Russia
Greece
New Zealand
Jordan
Lebanon
Philippines
Dominican Rep
Pakistan
Finland
Portugal
Iceland
2001
9,641,816
2,491,608
8,543,486
264,026
647,566
606,091
154,573
7,871
278,600
228,221
59,672
148,314
976,886
112,025
121,298
227,867
66,686
121,607
6,140
93,968
91,106
11,367
4,387
11,111
103,345
3,582
5,358
25,005
19,019
13,884
29,209
310
3,592
4,837
4,353
620
0
6,424
1,565
3,672
11,004
1,845
346
1,415
450
469
36
92
2002
12,040,167
6,734,550
6,819,405
1,240,167
658,592
565,594
330,379
101,667
330,108
243,696
39,520
144,781
359,196
198,920
150,225
374,483
74,070
100,011
588,260
70,899
49,375
10,820
11,107
36,759
42,932
7,046
11,076
13,143
10,680
89,991
12,847
7,208
9,371
3,108
11,775
5,845
535
2,193
3,803
721
0
670
18,361
7,345
1,220
466
353
0
2003
14,007,728
9,871,002
5,017,690
910,579
823,690
594,788
417,343
367,894
310,035
279,119
269,163
231,356
198,327
179,026
153,704
152,666
147,063
115,632
109,618
70,266
66,400
46,423
38,460
36,887
32,281
31,274
31,022
26,090
19,903
14,965
8,959
7,769
5,438
4,218
3,341
3,093
2,977
1,449
1,361
1,315
1,239
985
965
589
533
317
299
143
Senegal
Bahamas
Gabon
Slovenia
Afghanistan
Albania
Egypt
Mongolia
Romania
Barbados
Ukraine
Hungary
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Estonia
Armenia
Belize
Bermuda
Chile
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Latvia
Kenya
Iran
Guyana
Guatemala
Ethiopia
Venezuela
United Arab Em
Syria
Sri Lanka
Slovak Republic
Panama
Monaco
Mali
Luxembourg
Lithuania
Bulgaria
Belarus
TOTAL
0
0
0
366
0
0
1,966
0
100
0
0
3
5
0
0
6
2,408
358
22,541
44
339
22
4,807
1
94
1,327
0
526
340
464
9,255
42
0
0
10
50
0
468
282
25,202,548
0
0
0
0
0
0
469
0
0
0
55
468
0
10
0
0
0
10
18,781
991
0
72
0
0
0
910
30
1,340
19
0
0
0
51
140
18
0
10
10
0
31,556,824
140
100
100
62
55
32
20
16
16
14
14
14
11
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
34,615,989
IMPORTACIONES POR DISTRITO DE CUADROS (P.A. 4911.91)
DISTRITO
New York, NY
Seattle, WA
Buffalo, NY
Detroit, MI
Los Angeles, CA
Ogdensburg, NY
Pembina, ND
San Diego, CA
New Orleans, LA
San Francisco, CA
Chicago, IL
Cleveland, OH
Philadelphia, PA
Miami, FL
Savannah, GA
St. Louis, MO
Charlotte, NC
Boston, MA
Great Falls, MT
Baltimore, MD
Norfolk, VA
San Juan, PR
Duluth, MN
Anchorage, AK
St. Albans, VT
Mobile, AL
Washington, DC
Tampa, FL
Honolulu, HI
Columbia-Snake, OR
Laredo, TX
Minneapolis, MN
Nogales, AZ
El Paso, TX
Portland, ME
Charleston, SC
Milwaukee, WI
Providence, RI
TOTAL
2001
47,908,256
25,257,749
35,192,456
18,249,410
8,271,338
9,601,397
8,517,417
12,598,051
4,110,301
5,175,907
3,571,843
2,777,427
2,028,360
1,142,684
2,109,299
631,591
830,499
101,609
1,745,857
466,750
200,217
514,894
464,436
272,097
0
461,252
806,538
0
385,157
125,046
17,043
70,287
4,900,182
88,263
788,140
95,469
19,069
73,222
0
47,479
5,250
199,622,242
2002
53,785,962
40,815,387
38,208,235
27,969,333
12,531,217
13,505,583
10,635,308
10,805,858
5,321,521
5,249,389
4,164,224
3,529,727
2,707,596
5,548,225
3,729,402
2,374,284
377,781
488,881
1,575,592
1,256,901
665,551
1,106,347
521,998
32,698,482
113,958
404,607
393,971
69,138
406,142
299,389
85,110
249,499
77,445
301,620
176,505
126,106
21,922
431,404
0
133,464
0
282,863,064
2003
53,837,232
50,371,092
39,665,781
25,380,204
17,046,658
16,668,796
11,695,625
8,509,550
7,821,256
6,129,456
4,988,864
4,465,490
4,132,253
3,417,828
2,601,556
2,175,455
1,491,979
1,371,320
1,360,337
1,225,591
919,949
895,299
742,405
629,637
412,665
370,828
340,023
260,802
244,042
189,734
189,375
178,249
138,450
89,497
81,085
75,873
56,552
39,229
37,672
5,827
2,134
270,255,650
IMPORTACIONES POR PROGRAMA DE CUADROS (P.A. 4911.91)
PROGRAMA
No program claimed
NAFTA
GSP
Israel- U.S.
Andean Act
Caribbean (CBI)
TOTAL
2001
92,802,210
104,997,082
1,477,137
160,352
35,164
150,297
199,622,242
2002
150,284,913
130,202,384
2,049,472
277,721
10,614
37,960
282,863,064
2003
162,332,278
106,040,375
1,455,513
369,164
43,757
14,563
270,255,650
IMPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE ADORNOS DE CUADROS (P.A. 4911.91)
DESCRIPCION
4911911000-PICTURES,
DESIGNS AND
PHOTOGRAPHS, PRINTED
OVER 20 YEARS AT TIME
OF IMPORTATION
DESIGNS AND
NOT OVER 20 YEARS AT
TIME OF IMPORTATION,
SUITABLE FOR USE IN THE
PRODUCTION OF ARTICLES
OF HEADING 4901
2001
2002
2003
15,724,544
38,429,717
9,416,745
5,645,033
5,571,750
3,910,217
4911912020-LITHOGRAPH
POSTERS PRINTED NOT
OVER 20 YEARS AT TIME
OF IMPORTATION, PAPER
OR PAPERBOARD NOT
OVER 0.51 MM IN
THICKNESS
11,790,653
15,633,746
16,044,718
4911912040- LITHOGRAPHS
ON PAPER OR
PAPERBOARD NOT OVER
0.51MM IN THICKNESS,
PRINTED NOT OVER 20
YEARS AT TIME OF
IMPORTATION, NESOI
13,581,371
23,640,643
19,225,507
4911913000-LITHOGRAPHS
ON PAPER OR
PAPERBOARD OVER
0.51MM IN THICKNESS,
PRINTED NOT OVER 20
YEARS AT TIME OF
IMPORTATION
13,628,204
15,719,137
55,620,461
4911914020-POSTERS
PRINTED NOT OVER 20
YEARS AT TIME OF
IMPORTATION, NESOI
DESIGNS AND
NOT OVER 20 YEARS AT
TIME OF IMPORTATION,
NESOI
TOTAL
30,427,178
41,801,974
18,132,357
108,825,259
142,066,097
147,905,645
199,622,242
282,863,064
270,255,650
EXPORTACIONES ESTADOUNIDENSES
EXPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE MESA, APARADOR, ESCRITORIO
EXPORTACIONES
TOTAL
2001
344,919,158
2002
331,910,008
2003
334,263,644
EXPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE SILLAS Y SILLONES (P.A. 9401.61)
EXPORTACIONES
TOTAL
2001
185,258,634
2002
175,210,689
2003
194,323,448
EXPORTACIONES EN UNIDADES DE SILLAS Y SILLONES (P.A. 9401.61)
EXPORTACIONES
TOTAL
2001
4,118,015
2002
4,104,770
2003
4,336,230
EXPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE MESAS DE LUZ, CAMAS, ROPEROS, COMODAS
EXPORTACIONES
TOTAL
2001
103,984,317
2002
88,563,438
2003
77,907,227
EXPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE ARAÑAS Y APLIQUES (P.A. 9405.10)
EXPORTACIONES
TOTAL
2001
151,330,984
2002
157,057,579
2003
165,514,377
EXPORTACIONES EN UNIDADES DE ARAÑAS Y APLIQUES (P.A. 9405.10)
EXPORTACIONES
TOTAL
2001
5,125,924
2002
6,086,294
2003
5,152,499
EXPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE ADORNOS DE BRONCE (P.A. 8306.29)
EXPORTACIONES
TOTAL
2001
8,975,366
2002
7,437,075
2003
8,864,782
EXPORTACIONES EN UNIDADES DE ADORNOS DE BRONCE (P.A. 8306.29)
EXPORTACIONES
TOTAL
2001
4,760,613
2002
4,318,478
2003
4,507,611
EXPORTACIONES EN DOLARES DE CUADROS (P.A. 4911.91)
EXPORTACIONES
TOTAL
2001
180,976,558
2002
166,065,707
2003
148,653,830
EXPORTACIONES EN UNIDADES DE CUADROS (P.A. 4911.91)
EXPORTACIONES
TOTAL
2001
4,443,487
2002
5,043,318
2003
4,480,647
Sources: Data on this site have been compiled from tariff and trade data from the U.S.
Department of Commerce, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. International Trade Commission.
IMPUESTOS INTERNOS
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State sales tax rates along with combined average city and county rates...
North
5.45
Alabama
4%
7.8%
Kentucky
6%
5%
Dakota
%
Alaska
--
1.05
%
Louisiana
4%
8.55
%
Ohio
6%
7.15
%
8.1%
Arizona
5.6%
7.65%
Maine
5%
Oklahoma
4.5%
Arkansas
6%
7.95%
Maryland
5%
Oregon
--
California
6%
7.95%
Massachusett
5%
s
Pennsylvani
a
6%
Colorado
2.9%
6.1%
Mariana
Islands
--
Rhode
Island
7%
Michigan
6%
South
Carolina
5%
5.55
%
South
Dakota
4%
5.2%
Tennessee
7%
9.4%
Texas
6.25
%
7.9%
Utah
4.75
%
6.45
%
Connecticu
6%
t
Delaware
--
Dist. of
Columbia
5.75%
Florida
6%
Georgia
4%
Guam
4%
Hawaii
4%
Idaho
6%
Illinois
Indiana
6.25
%
Minnesota
Mississippi
6.65
%
6.75%
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
6.1%
7.5%
6%
New
Hampshire
6.5%
6.7%
7%
4.225
%
6.8%
-5.5%
6.3%
Vermont
6%
6.5%
7.35
%
Virginia
4%
Virgin
Islands
4%
--
New Jersey
6%
5.95
%
Washington
6.5%
New Mexico
5%
6.1%
West
Virginia
6%
6.25
%
5%
8.35
%
Iowa
5%
6.55
%
New York
4.25%
8.4%
Wisconsin
5%
5.4%
Kansas
5.3%
6.7%
North
Carolina
4.5%
7.05
%
Wyoming
4%
5.25
[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR303]
TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
PART 303_RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE TEXTILE FIBER PRODUCTS IDENTIFICATION
ACT--Table of Contents
Sec.
303.1
303.2
303.3
303.4
Terms defined.
General requirements.
Fibers present in amounts of less than 5 percent.
English language requirement.
[[Page 229]]
303.5 Abbreviations, ditto marks, and asterisks prohibited.
303.6 Generic names of fibers to be used.
303.7 Generic names and definitions for manufactured fibers.
303.8 Procedure for establishing generic names for manufactured fibers.
303.9 Use of fur-bearing animal names and symbols prohibited.
303.10 Fiber content of special types of products.
303.11 Floor coverings containing backings, fillings, and paddings.
303.12 Trimmings of household textile articles.
303.13 Sale of remnants and products made of remnants.
303.14 Products containing unknown fibers.
303.15 Required label and method of affixing.
303.16 Arrangement and disclosure of information on labels.
303.17 Use of fiber trademarks and generic names on labels.
303.18 Terms implying fibers not present.
303.19 Name or other identification required to appear on labels.
303.20 Registered identification numbers.
303.21 Marking of samples, swatches, or specimens and products sold
therefrom.
303.22 Products containing linings, interlinings, fillings, and
paddings.
303.23 Textile fiber products containing superimposed or added fibers.
303.24 Pile fabrics and products composed thereof.
303.25 Sectional disclosure of content.
303.26 Ornamentation.
303.27 Use of the term `Àll'' or ``100%.''
303.28 Products contained in packages.
303.29 Labeling of pairs or products containing two or more units.
303.30 Textile fiber products in form for consumer.
303.31 Invoice in lieu of label.
303.32 Products containing reused stuffing.
303.33 Country where textile fiber products are processed or
manufactured.
303.34 Country of origin in mail order advertising.
303.35 Use of terms ``virgin'' or ``new.''
303.36 Form of separate guaranty.
303.37 Form of continuing guaranty from seller to buyer.
303.38 Continuing guaranty filed with Federal Trade Commission.
303.39 Maintenance of records.
303.40 Use of terms in written advertisements that imply presence of a
fiber.
303.41 Use of fiber trademarks and generic names in advertising.
303.42 Arrangement of information in advertising textile fiber products.
303.43 Fiber content tolerances.
303.44 Products not intended for uses subject to the act.
303.45 Exclusions from the act.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 70 et seq.
Source: 24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, unless otherwise noted.
Sec. 303.1 Terms defined.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise specifically
requires:
(a) The term Act means the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act
(approved September 2, 1958, 85th Congress, 2d Sess.; 15 U.S.C. 70, 72
Stat. 1717).
(b) The terms rule, rules, regulations, and rules and regulations
mean the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission pursuant to
section 7(c) of the Act.
(c) The definition of terms contained in section 2 of the Act shall
be applicable also to such terms when used in rules promulgated under
the Act.
(d) The term United States means the several States, the District of
Columbia, and the Territories and possessions of the United States.
(e) The terms required information and information required mean
such information as is required to be disclosed on labels or invoices
and in advertising under the Act and regulations.
(f) The terms label, labels, labeled, and labeling mean the stamp,
tag, label, or other means of identification, or authorized substitute
therefor, required to be on or affixed to textile fiber products by the
Act and regulations and on which the information required is to appear.
(g) The terms marketing or handling and marketed or handled, when
applied to textile fiber products, mean any one or all of the
transactions set forth in section 3 of the Act.
(h) The terms invoice and invoice or other paper mean an account,
order, memorandum, list, or catalog, which is issued to a purchaser,
consignee, bailee, correspondent, agent, or any other person, in writing
or in some other form capable of being read and preserved in a tangible
form, in connection with the marketing or handling of any textile fiber
product transported or delivered to such person.
(i) The term outer coverings of furniture, mattresses, and box
springs means those coverings as are permanently incorporated in such
articles.
[[Page 230]]
(j) The term wearing apparel means any costume or article of
clothing or covering for any part of the body worn or intended to be
worn by individuals.
(k) The term beddings means sheets, covers, blankets, comforters,
pillows, pillowcases, quilts, bedspreads, pads, and all other textile
fiber products used or intended to be used on or about a bed or other
place for reclining or sleeping but shall not include furniture,
mattresses or box springs.
(l) The term headwear means any textile fiber product worn
exclusively on or about the head or face by individuals.
(m) The term backings, when applied to floor coverings, means that
part of a floor covering to which the pile, face, or outer surface is
woven, tufted, hooked, knitted, or otherwise attached, and which
provides the structural base of the floor covering. The term backing
shall also include fabrics attached to the structural base of the floor
covering in such a way as to form a part of such structural base, but
shall not include the pile, face, or outer surface of the floor covering
or any part thereof.
(n) The term elastic material means a fabric composed of yarn
consisting of an elastomer or a covered elastomer.
(o) The term coated fabric means any fabric which is coated, filled,
impregnated, or laminated with a continuous-film-forming polymeric
composition in such a manner that the weight added to the base fabric is
at least 35 percent of the weight of the fabric before coating, filling,
impregnation, or lamination.
(p) The term upholstered product means articles of furniture
containing stuffing and shall include mattresses and box springs.
(q) The term ornamentation means any fibers or yarns imparting a
visibly discernible pattern or design to a yarn or fabric.
(r) The term fiber trademark means a word or words used by a person
to identify a particular fiber produced or sold by him and to
distinguish it from fibers of the same generic class produced or sold by
others. Such term shall not include any trade mark, product mark, house
mark, trade name or other name which does not identify a particular
fiber.
(s) The term wool means the fiber from the fleece of the sheep or
lamb or hair of the Angora or Cashmere goat (and may include the socalled specialty fibers from the hair of the camel, alpaca, llama, and
vicuna) which has never been reclaimed from any woven or felted wool
product.
(t) The term recycled wool means (1) the resulting fiber when wool
has been woven or felted into a wool product which, without ever having
been utilized in any way by the ultimate consumer, subsequently has been
made into a fibrous state, or (2) the resulting fiber when wool or
reprocessed wool has been spun, woven, knitted, or felted into a wool
product which, after having been used in any way by the ultimate
consumer, subsequently has been made into a fibrous state.
(u) The terms mail order catalog and mail order promotional material
mean any materials, used in the direct sale or direct offering for sale
of textile products, that are disseminated to ultimate consumers in
print or by electronic means, other than by broadcast, and that solicit
ultimate consumers to purchase such textile products by mail, telephone,
electronic mail, or some other method without examining the actual
product purchased.
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 45 FR 44263, July 1, 1980; 50
FR 15106, Apr. 17, 1985; 63 FR 7517, Feb. 13, 1998]
Sec. 303.2 General requirements.
(a) Each textile fiber product, except those exempted or excluded
under section 12 of the Act, shall be labeled or invoiced in conformity
with the requirements of the Act and regulations.
(b) Any advertising of textile fiber products subject to the Act
shall be in conformity with the requirements of the Act and regulations.
(c) The requirements of the Act and regulations shall not be
applicable to products required to be labeled under the Wool Products
Labeling Act of 1939 (Pub. L. 76-850, 15 U.S.C. 68, 54 Stat. 1128).
(d) Any person marketing or handling textile fiber products who
shall cause or direct a processor or finisher to label, invoice, or
otherwise identify any textile fiber product with required information
shall be responsible under
[[Page 231]]
the Act and regulations for any failure of compliance with the Act and
regulations by reason of any statement or omission in such label,
invoice, or other means of identification utilized in accordance with
his direction: Provided, That nothing herein shall relieve the processor
or finisher of any duty or liability to which he may be subject under
the Act and regulations.
Sec. 303.3 Fibers present in amounts of less than 5 percent.
(a) Except as permitted in sections 4(b)(1) and 4(b)(2) of the Act,
as amended, no fiber present in the amount of less than 5 percent of the
total fiber weight shall be designated by its generic name or fiber
trademark in disclosing the constituent fibers in required information,
but shall be designated as `òther fiber.'' When more than one of such
fibers are present in a product, they shall be designated in the
aggregate as `òther fibers.'' Provided, however, that nothing in this
section shall be construed as prohibiting the disclosure of any fiber
present in a textile fiber product which has a clearly established and
definite functional significance when present in the amount contained in
such product, as for example:
96 percent Acetate
4 percent Spandex.
(b) In making such disclosure, all of the provisions of the Act and
regulations in this part setting forth the manner and form of disclosure
of fiber content information, including the provisions of Sec. Sec.
303.17 and 303.41 of this part relating to the use of generic names and
fiber trademarks, shall be applicable.
[63 FR 7518, Feb. 13, 1998]
Sec. 303.4 English language requirement.
All required information shall be set out in the English language.
If the required information appears in a language other than English, it
also shall appear in the English language. The provisions of this
section shall not apply to advertisements in foreign language newspapers
or periodicals, but such advertising shall in all other respects comply
with the Act and regulations.
Sec. 303.5 Abbreviations, ditto marks, and asterisks prohibited.
(a) In disclosing required information, words or terms shall not be
designated by ditto marks or appear in footnotes referred to by
asterisks or other symbols in required information, and shall not be
abbreviated except as permitted in Sec. 303.33(e) of this part.
(b) Where the generic name of a textile fiber is required to appear
in immediate conjunction with a fiber trademark in advertising,
labeling, or invoicing, a disclosure of the generic name by means of a
footnote, to which reference is made by use of an asterisk or other
symbol placed next to the fiber trademark, shall not be sufficient in
itself to constitute compliance with the Act and regulations.
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 65 FR 75156, Dec. 1, 2000]
Sec. 303.6 Generic names of fibers to be used.
(a) Except where another name is permitted under the Act and
regulations, the respective generic names of all fibers present in the
amount of 5 per centum or more of the total fiber weight of the textile
fiber product shall be used when naming fibers in the required
information; as for example: ``cotton,'' ``rayon,'' ``silk,'' ``linen,''
``nylon,'' etc.
(b) Where a textile fiber product contains the hair or fiber of a
fur-bearing animal present in the amount 5 per centum or more of the
total fiber weight of the product, the name of the animal producing such
fiber may be used in setting forth the required information, provided
the name of such animal is used in conjunction with the words ``fiber,''
``hair,'' or ``blend;'' as for example:
80 percent Rabbit hair.
20 percent Nylon.
or
80 percent Silk.
20 percent Mink fiber.
(c) The term fur fiber may be used to describe the hair or fur fiber
or mixtures thereof of any animal or animals other than the sheep, lamb,
Angora goat, Cashmere goat, camel, alpaca, llama or vicuna where such
hair or fur fiber or mixture is present in the
[[Page 232]]
amount of 5 per centum or more of the total fiber weight of the textile
fiber product and no direct or indirect representations are made as to
the animal or animals from which the fiber so designated was obtained;
as for example:
60 percent Cotton.
40 percent Fur fiber.
or
50 percent Nylon.
30 percent Mink hair.
20 percent Fur fiber.
(d) Where textile fiber products subject to the Act contain (1) wool
or (2) recycled wool in amounts of five per centum or more of the total
fiber weight, such fibers shall be designated and disclosed as wool or
recycled wool as the case may be.
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 45 FR 44263, July 1, 1980]
Sec. 303.7 Generic names and definitions for manufactured fibers.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 7(c) of the Act, the
Commission hereby establishes the generic names for manufactured fibers,
together with their respective definitions, set forth in this section,
and the generic names for manufactured fibers, together with their
respective definitions, set forth in International Organization for
Standardization ISO 2076: 1999(E), ``Textiles--Man-made fibres--Generic
names.'' This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of
the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part
51. Copies may be obtained from the American National Standards
Institute, 11 West 42nd St., 13th floor, New York, NY 10036. Copies may
be inspected at the Federal Trade Commission, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580, or at the Office of the Federal
Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC.
(a) Acrylic. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
substance is any long chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 85
percent by weight of acrylonitrile units
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC29SE91.004
(b) Modacrylic. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
substance is any long chain synthetic polymer composed of less than 85
percent but at least 35 percent by weight of acrylonitrile units
except fibers qualifying under paragraph (j)(2) of this section and
fibers qualifying under paragraph (q) of this section. (Sec. 7, 72 Stat.
1717; 15 U.S.C. section 70e)
(c) Polyester. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
substance is any long chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 85%
by weight of an ester of a substituted aromatic carboxylic acid,
including but not restricted to substituted terephthalate units,
and para substituted hydroxy-benzoate units,
Where the fiber is formed by the interaction of two or more chemically
distinct polymers (of which none exceeds 85% by weight), and contains
ester groups as the dominant functional unit (at least 85% by weight of
the total polymer content of the fiber), and which, if stretched at
least 100%, durably and rapidly reverts substantially to its unstretched
length when the tension is removed, the term elasterell-p may be used as
a generic description of the fiber.
(d) Rayon--A manufactured fiber composed of regenerated cellulose,
as well as manufactured fibers composed of regenerated cellulose in
which substituents have replaced not more than 15% of the hydrogens of
the hydroxyl groups. Where the fiber is
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composed of cellulose precipitated from an organic solution in which no
substitution of the hydroxyl groups takes place and no chemical
intermediates are formed, the term lyocell may be used as a generic
description of the fiber.
(e) Acetate. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
substance is cellulose acetate. Where not less than 92 percent of the
hydroxyl groups are acetylated, the term triacetate may be used as a
generic description of the fiber.
(f) Saran. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance
is any long chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 80 percent by
weight of vinylidene chloride units (-CH<INF>9</INF>-CCl<INF>2</INF>-).
(g) Azlon. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance
is composed of any regenerated naturally occurring proteins.
(h) Nytril. A manufactured fiber containing at least 85 percent of a
long chain polymer of vinylidene dinitrile (-CH<INF>2</INF>C(CN)<INF>2</INF>-) where the vinylidene dinitrile content is no less
than every other unit in the polymer chain.
(i) Nylon. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance
is a long-chain synthetic polyamide in which less than 85 percent of the
amide
linkages are attached directly to two aromatic rings.
(j) Rubber. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
substance is comprised of natural or synthetic rubber, including the
following categories:
(1) A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is a
hydrocarbon such as natural rubber, polyisoprene, polybutadiene,
copolymers of dienes and hydrocarbons, or amorphous (noncrystalline)
polyolefins.
copolymer of acrylonitrile and a diene (such as butadiene) composed of
not more than 50 percent but at least 10 percent by weight of
acrylonitrile units
The term lastrile may be used as a generic description for fibers
falling within this category.
polychloroprene or a copolymer of chloroprene in which at least 35
percent by weight of the fiber-forming substance is composed of
chloroprene units
(k) Spandex. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
substance is a long chain synthetic polymer comprised of at least 85
percent of a segmented polyurethane.
(l) Vinal. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance
is any long chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 50 percent by
weight of vinyl alcohol units (-CH<INF>2</INF>-CHOH-), and in which the
total of the vinyl alcohol units and any one or more of the various
acetal units is at least 85 percent by weight of the fiber.
(m) Olefin. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
percent by weight of ethylene, propylene, or other olefin units, except
amorphous (noncrystalline) polyolefins qualifying under paragraph (j)(1)
of this section [Rule 7]. Where the fiber-forming substance is a crosslinked synthetic polymer, with low but significant crystallinity,
composed of at least 95 percent by weight of ethylene and at least one
other olefin unit, and the fiber is substantially elastic and heat
resistant, the term lastol may be used as a generic description of the
fiber.
(n) Vinyon. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
percent by weight of vinyl chloride units (-CH<INF>2</INF>-CHCl-).
(o) Metallic. A manufactured fiber composed of metal, plastic-coated
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metal, metal-coated plastic, or a core completely covered by metal.
(p) Glass. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance
is glass.
(q) Anidex. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
percent by weight of one or more esters of a monohydric alcohol and
acrylic acid, CH<INF>2</INF>=CH--COOH.
(r) Novoloid. A manufactured fiber containing at least 85 percent by
weight of a cross-linked novolac.
(s) Aramid. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
substance is a long-chain synthetic polyamide in which at least 85
percent of the amide
linkages are attached directly to two aromatic rings.
(t) Sulfar. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
substance is a long chain synthetic polysulfide in which at least 85% of
the sulfide (--S--) linkages are attached directly to two (2) aromatic
rings.
(u) PBI. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance
is a long chain aromatic polymer having reoccurring imidazole groups as
an integral part of the polymer chain.
(v) Elastoester. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
substance is a long-chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 50% by
weight of aliphatic polyether and at least 35% by weight of polyester,
as defined in 16 CFR 303.7(c).
(w) Melamine. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming
substance is a synthetic polymer composed of at least 50% by weight of a
cross-linked melamine polymer.
(x) Fluoropolymer. A manufactured fiber containing at least 95% of a
long-chain polymer synthesized from aliphatic fluorocarbon monomers.
(y) PLA. A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance
is composed of at least 85% by weight of lactic acid ester units derived
from naturally occurring sugars.
(Sec. 6, 72 Stat. 1717; 15 U.S.C. 70e)
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959; 24 FR 5737, July 17, 1959, as amended at 31
FR 2652, Feb. 11, 1966; 31 FR 3002, Feb. 22, 1966; 34 FR 14595, Sept.
19, 1969; 38 FR 21782, Aug. 13, 1973; 38 FR 34115, Dec. 11, 1973; 39 FR
1834, Jan. 15, 1974; 51 FR 20807, 20809, June 9, 1986; 61 FR 16387, Apr.
15, 1996; 62 FR 28344, May 23, 1997; 63 FR 7518, Feb. 13, 1998; 63 FR
36174, July 2, 1998; 63 FR 71583, Dec. 28, 1998; 65 FR 75156, Dec. 1,
2000; 67 FR 4903, Feb. 1, 2002; 67 FR 70839, Nov. 27, 2002; 68 FR 3816,
Jan. 27, 2003]
Sec. 303.8 Procedure for establishing generic names for manufactured
fibers.
(a) Prior to the marketing or handling of a manufactured fiber for
which no generic name has been established or otherwise recognized by
the Commission, the manufacturer or producer thereof shall file a
written application with the Commission, requesting the establishment of
a generic name for such fiber, stating therein:
(1) The reasons why the applicant's fiber should not be identified
by one of the generic names established by the Commission in Sec. 303.7
of this part;
(2) The chemical composition of the fiber, including the fiber-
forming substances and respective percentages thereof, together with
samples of the fiber;
(3) Suggested names for consideration as generic, together with a
proposed definition for the fiber;
(4) Any other information deemed by the applicant to be pertinent to
the application, including technical data in the form of test methods;
(5) The earliest date on which the application proposes to market or
handle the fiber in commerce for other than developmental or testing
purposes.
(b) Upon receipt of the application, the Commission will, within
sixty (60) days, either deny the application or assign to the fiber a
numerical or alphabetical symbol for temporary use during further
consideration of such application.
(c) After taking the necessary procedure in consideration of the
application, the Commission in due course shall establish a generic name
or advise the applicant of its refusal to grant the application and
designate the
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proper existing generic name for the fiber.
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 63 FR 7518, Feb. 13, 1998]
Sec. 303.9 Use of fur-bearing animal names and symbols prohibited.
(a) The advertising or the labeling of a textile fiber product shall
not contain any names, words, depictions, descriptive matter, or other
symbols which connote or signify a fur-bearing animal, unless such
product or the part thereof in connection with which the names, words,
depictions, descriptive matter, or other symbols are used is a fur
product within the meaning of the Fur Products Labeling Act.
(b) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section and
Sec. 303.6 of this part, a textile fiber product shall not be described
or referred to in any manner in an advertisement or label with:
(1) The name or part of the name of a fur-bearing animal, whether as
a single word or a combination word, or any coined word which is
phonetically similar to a fur-bearing animal name, or which is only a
slight variation in spelling of a fur-bearing animal name or part of the
name. As for example, such terms as `Èrmine,'' ``Mink,'' ``Persian,''
``Broadtail,'' ``Beaverton,'' ``Marmink,'' ``Sablelon,'' ``Lam,''
``Pershian,'' ``Minx,'' or similar terms shall not be used.
(2) Any word or name symbolic of a fur-bearing animal by reason of
conventional usage or by reason of its close relationship with furbearing animals. As for example, such terms as ``guardhair,''
`ùnderfur,'' and ``mutation,'' or similar terms, shall not be used.
(c) Nothing contained herein shall prevent:
(1) The nondeceptive use of animal names or symbols in referring to
a textile fiber product where the fur of such animal is not commonly or
commercially used in fur products, as that term is defined in the Fur
Products Labeling Act, as for example ``kitten soft'', ``Bear Brand'',
etc.
(2) The nondeceptive use of a trademark or trade name containing the
name, symbol, or depiction of a fur-bearing animal unless:
(i) The textile fiber product in connection with which such
trademark or trade name is used simulates a fur or fur product; or
(ii) Such trademark or trade name is used in any advertisement of a
textile fiber product together with any depiction which has the
appearance of a fur or fur product; or
(iii) The use of such trademark or trade name is prohibited by the
Fur Products Labeling Act.
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 28 FR 722, Jan. 16, 1963]
Sec. 303.10 Fiber content of special types of products.
(a) Where a textile product is made wholly of elastic yarn or
material, with minor parts of non-elastic material for structural
purposes, it shall be identified as to the percentage of the elastomer,
together with the percentage of all textile coverings of the elastomer
and all other yarns or materials used therein.
Where a textile fiber product is made in part of elastic material and in
part of other fabric, the fiber content of such fabric shall be set
forth sectionally by percentages as in the case of other fabrics. In
such cases the elastic material may be disclosed by describing the
material as elastic followed by a listing in order of predominance by
weight of the fibers used in such elastic, including the elastomer,
where such fibers are present by 5 per centum or more with the
designation `òther fiber'' or `òther fibers'' appearing last when
fibers required to be so designated are present. An example of labeling
under this paragraph is:
Front and back non-elastic sections:
50 percent Acetate.
50 percent Cotton.
Elastic: Rayon, cotton, nylon, rubber.
(b) Where drapery or upholstery fabrics are manufactured on handoperated looms for a particular customer after the sale of such fabric
has been consummated, and the amount of the order does not exceed 100
yards (91.44 m) of fabric, the required fiber content disclosure may be
made by listing the fibers present in order of predominance by weight
with any fiber or fibers required to be designated as `òther
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fiber'' or `òther fibers'' appearing last, as for example:
Rayon
Wool
Acetate
Metallic
Other fibers
(c)(1) Where a manufactured textile fiber is essentially a physical
combination or mixture of two or more chemically distinct constituents
or components combined at or prior to the time of extrusion, which
components if separately extruded would each fall within different
existing definitions of textile fibers as set forth in Sec. 303.7 of
this part (Rule 7), the fiber content disclosure as to such fiber, shall
for all purposes under the regulations in this part (i) disclose such
fact in the required fiber content information by appropriate
nondeceptive descriptive terminology, such as ``biconstituent fiber'' or
``multiconstituent fiber,'' (ii) set out the components contained in the
fiber by the appropriate generic name specified in Sec. 303.7 of this
part (Rule 7) in the order of their predominance by weight, and (iii)
set out the respective percentages of such components by weight.
(2) If the components of such fibers are of a matrix-fibril
configuration, the term matrix-fibril fiber or matrix fiber may be used
in setting forth the information required by this paragraph.
(3) Examples of proper fiber content designations under this
paragraph are:
100% Biconstituent Fiber
(65% Nylon, 35% Polyester)
80% Matrix Fiber (60% Nylon, 40% Polyester)
15% Polyester
5% Rayon
(4) All of the provisions as to fiber content disclosures contained
in the Act and regulations, including the provisions relative to fiber
content tolerances and disclosures of fibers present in amounts of less
than 5 percentum of the total fiber weight, shall also be applicable to
the designations and disclosures prescribed by this paragraph.
[25 FR 7044, July 26, 1960, as amended at 30 FR 14253, Nov. 13, 1965; 34
FR 12134 July 19, 1969; 61 FR 11544, Mar. 21, 1996]
Sec. 303.11 Floor coverings containing backings, fillings, and
paddings.
In disclosing the required fiber content information as to floor
coverings containing exempted backings, fillings, or paddings, the
disclosure shall be made in such manner as to indicate that it relates
only to the face, pile, or outer surface of the floor covering and not
to the backing, filling, or padding. Examples of the form of marking
these types of floor coverings as to fiber content are as follows:
100% Cotton Pile
Face--60% Rayon, 40% Cotton
Outer Surface--100% Wool
Sec. 303.12 Trimmings of household textile articles.
(a) Trimmings incorporated in articles of wearing apparel and other
household textile articles may, among other forms of trim, include: (1)
Rick-rack, tape, belting, binding, braid, labels (either required or
non-required), collars, cuffs, wrist bands, leg bands, waist bands,
gussets, gores, welts, and findings, including superimposed garters in
hosiery, and elastic materials and threads inserted in or added to the
basic product or garment in minor proportion for holding, reinforcing or
similar structural purposes; (2) decorative trim, whether applied by
embroidery, overlay, applique, or attachment; and (3) decorative
patterns or designs which are an integral part of the fabric out of
which the household textile article is made: Provided, That such
decorative trim or decorative pattern or design, as specified in
paragraphs (a) (2) and (3) of this section, does not exceed 15 percent
of the surface area of the household textile article. If no
representation is made as to the fiber content of the decorative trim or
decoration, as provided for in paragraphs (a) (2) and (3) of this
section, the fiber content designation of the basic fabric shall be
followed by the statement `èxclusive of decoration.''
(b) The term findings may also include elastic material which
constitutes a part of the basic fabric or material out of which the
household textile article is made, where such elastic material does not
exceed 20 percent of the surface area of the household textile article:
Provided, That the
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required information as to fiber content of products subject to this
paragraph is followed by the statement `èxclusive of elastic.''
Sec. 303.13 Sale of remnants and products made of remnants.
(a) In disclosing the required fiber content information as to
remnants of fabric which are for practical purposes of unknown or
undeterminable fiber content:
(1) The fiber content disclosure of such remnants of fabrics may be
designated in the required information as ``remnants of undetermined
fiber content.''
(2) Where such remnants of fabrics are displayed for sale at retail,
a conspicuous sign may, in lieu of individual labeling, be used in
immediate conjunction with such display, stating with respect to
required fiber content disclosure that the goods are ``remnants of
undetermined fiber content.''
(3) Where textile fiber products are made of such remnants, the
required fiber content information of the products may be disclosed as
``made of remnants of undetermined fiber content.'' If any
representations as to fiber content are made with respect to such
remnants, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply.
(b) Where remnants of fabrics are marketed or handled in bales,
bundles, or packages and are all of the same fiber content or are
designated in the manner permitted by paragraph (a) of this section, the
individual remnants need not be labeled if the bales, bundles, or
packages containing such remnants are labeled with the required
information including fiber content percentages or the designation
permitted by paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) Where remnants of fabrics of the same fiber content are
displayed for sale at retail, a conspicuous sign may, in lieu of
individual labeling, be used in immediate conjunction with such display,
stating the fiber content information with respect to such remnants; as
for example: ``remnants, 100 percent cotton,'' ``remnants, 50 percent
rayon, 50 percent acetate,'' etc.
Sec. 303.14 Products containing unknown fibers.
(a) Where a textile fiber product is made from miscellaneous scraps,
rags, odd lots, secondhand materials, textile by-products, or waste
materials of unknown, and for practical purposes, undeterminable fiber
content, the required fiber content disclosure may, when truthfully
applicable, in lieu of the fiber content disclosure otherwise required
by the Act and regulations, indicate that such product is composed of
miscellaneous scraps, rags, odd lots, textile by-products, secondhand
materials (in case of secondhand materials, words of like import may be
used) or waste materials, as the case may be, of unknown or undetermined
fiber content, as for example:
Made of miscellaneous scraps of undetermined fiber content
100% unknown fibers--rags
All undetermined fibers--textile by-products
100% miscellaneous odd lots of undetermined fiber content
Secondhand materials--fiber content unknown
Made of unknown fibers--waste materials
(b) Where a textile fiber product is made in part from miscellaneous
scraps, rags, odd lots, textile by-products, second-hand materials or
waste materials of unknown and, for practical purposes, undeterminable
fiber content together with a percentage of known or determinable
fibers, the required fiber content disclosure may, when truthfully
applicable, in lieu of the fiber content disclosure otherwise required
by the Act and regulations, indicate the percentage of miscellaneous
scraps, rags, odd lots, secondhand materials (in case of secondhand
materials, words of like import may be used), textile by-products, or
waste materials of unknown or undetermined fiber content and the
percentage of known fibers, as for example:
45% Rayon
30% Acetate
25% Miscellaneous scraps of undetermined fiber content.
60% Cotton
40% Unknown fibers--waste materials.
40% Acrylic
20% Modacrylic
40% Undetermined fibers--odd lots.
50% Polyester
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30% Cotton
20% Textile by-products of undetermined fiber content.
50% Rayon
50% Secondhand materials--fiber content unknown.
45% Acetate
30% Cotton
25% Miscellaneous rags--undetermined fiber content.
(c) No representation as to fiber content shall be made as to any
textile product or any portion of a textile fiber product designated as
composed of unknown or undetermined fibers. If any such representation
is made, a full and complete fiber content disclosure shall be required.
(d) Nothing contained in this section shall excuse a full disclosure
as to fiber content if the same is known or practically ascertainable.
[25 FR 4317, May 14, 1960]
Sec. 303.15 Required label and method of affixing.
(a) A label is required to be affixed to each textile product and,
where required, to its package or container in a secure manner. Such
label shall be conspicuous and shall be of such durability as to remain
attached to the product and its package throughout any distribution,
sale, resale and until sold and delivered to the ultimate consumer.
(b) Each textile fiber product with a neck must have a label
disclosing the country of origin affixed to the inside center of the
neck midway between the shoulder seams or in close proximity to another
label affixed to the inside center of the neck. The fiber content and RN
or name of the company may be disclosed on the same label as the country
of origin or on another conspicuous and readily accessible label or
labels on the inside or outside of the garment. On all other textile
products, the required information shall be disclosed on a conspicuous
and readily accessible label or labels on the inside or outside of the
product. The country of origin disclosure must always appear on the
front side of the label. Other required information may appear either on
the front side or the reverse side of a label, provided that the
information is conspicuous and readily accessible.
(c) In the case of hosiery products, this section shall not be
construed as requiring the affixing of a label to each hosiery product
contained in a package if, (1) such hosiery products are intended for
sale to the ultimate consumer in such package, (2) such package has
affixed to it a label bearing the required information for the hosiery
products contained in the package, and (3) the information on the label
affixed to the package is equally applicable to each textile fiber
product contained therein.
[50 FR 15106, Apr. 17, 1985, as amended at 63 FR 7518, Feb. 13, 1998]
Sec. 303.16 Arrangement and disclosure of information on labels.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Sec. 303.15(b), information
required by the Act and regulations in this part may appear on any label
or labels attached to the textile fiber product, including the care
label required by 16 CFR part 423, provided all the pertinent
requirements of the Act and regulations in this part are met and so long
as the combination of required information and non-required information
is not misleading. The required information shall include the following:
(1) The generic names and percentages by weight of the constituent
fibers present in the textile fiber product, excluding permissive
ornamentation, in amounts of 5 percent or more and any fibers disclosed
in accordance with Sec. 303.3(a) shall appear in order of predominance
by weight with any percentage of fiber or fibers required to be
designated as `òther fiber'' or `òther fibers'' appearing last.
(2) The name, provided for in Sec. 303.19, or registered
identification number issued by the Commission, of the manufacturer or
of one or more persons marketing or handling the textile fiber product.
(3) The name of the country where such product was processed or
manufactured, as provided for in Sec. 303.33.
(b) All parts of the required information shall be set forth in such
a manner as to be clearly legible, conspicuous, and readily accessible
to the prospective purchaser. All parts of the fiber content information
shall appear in
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type or lettering of equal size and conspicuousness.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Sec. 303.17, any non-required
information or representations placed on the product shall not minimize,
detract from, or conflict with required information and shall not be
false, deceptive, or misleading.
(d) Non-deceptive terms which are properly and truthfully
descriptive of a fiber may be used in conjunction with the generic name
of such fiber; as for example: ``100 percent cross-linked rayon,'' ``100
percent solution dyed acetate,'' ``100 percent combed cotton,'' ``100
percent nylon 66,'' etc.
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 25 FR 4317, May 14, 1960; 30 FR
14254, Nov. 13, 1965; 30 FR 15313, Dec. 11, 1965; 50 FR 15107, Apr. 17,
1985; 53 FR 31315, Aug. 18, 1988; 63 FR 7518, Feb. 13, 1998]
Sec. 303.17 Use of fiber trademarks and generic names on labels.
(a) A non-deceptive fiber trademark may be used on a label in
conjunction with the generic name of the fiber to which it relates.
Where such a trademark is placed on a label in conjunction with the
required information, the generic name of the fiber must appear in
immediate conjunction therewith, and such trademark and generic name
must appear in type or lettering of equal size and conspicuousness.
(b) Where a generic name or a fiber trademark is used on any label,
whether required or non-required, a full and complete fiber content
disclosure shall be made in accordance with the Act and regulations the
first time the generic name or fiber trademark appears on the label.
(c) If a fiber trademark is not used in the required information,
but is used elsewhere on the label as non-required information, the
generic name of the fiber shall accompany the fiber trademark in legible
and conspicuous type or lettering the first time the trademark is used.
(d) No fiber trademark or generic name shall be used in non-required
information on a label in such a manner as to be false, deceptive, or
misleading as to fiber content, or to indicate directly or indirectly
that a textile fiber product is composed wholly or in part of a
particular fiber, when such is not the case.
Sec. 303.18 Terms implying fibers not present.
Words, coined words, symbols or depictions, (a) which constitute or
imply the name or designation of a fiber which is not present in the
product, (b) which are phonetically similar to the name or designation
of such a fiber, or (c) which are only a slight variation of spelling
from the name or designation of such a fiber shall not be used in such a
manner as to represent or imply that such fiber is present in the
product.
[30 FR 13693, Oct. 28, 1965]
Sec. 303.19 Name or other identification required to appear on labels.
(a) The name required by the Act to be used on labels shall be the
name under which the person is doing business. Where a person has a word
trademark, used as a house mark, registered in the United States Patent
Office, such word trademark may be used on labels in lieu of the name
otherwise required: Provided, The owner of such word trademark furnishes
the Commission a copy of the registration prior to its use. No
trademark, trade names, or other names except those provided for above
shall be used for required identification purposes.
(b) Registered identification numbers, as provided for in Sec.
303.20 of this part, may be used for identification purposes in lieu of
the required name.
Sec. 303.20 Registered identification numbers.
(a) Registered numbers for use as the required identification in
lieu of the name on textile fiber product labels, as provided in section
4(b)(3) of the Act, will be issued by the Commission to qualified
persons residing in the United States upon receipt of an application
duly executed in the form set out in paragraph (d) of this section.
(b)(1) Registered identification numbers shall be used only by the
person or concern to whom they are issued, and such numbers are not
transferable or assignable.
(2) Registered identification numbers shall be subject to
cancellation whenever any such number was procured or
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has been used improperly or contrary to the requirements of the Acts
administered by the Federal Trade Commission, and regulations
promulgated thereunder, or when otherwise deemed necessary in the public
interest.
(3) Registered identification numbers shall be subject to
cancellation if the Commission fails to receive prompt notification of
any change in name, business address, or legal business status of a
person or firm to whom a registered identification number has been
assigned, by application duly executed in the form set out in paragraph
(d) of this section, reflecting the current name, business address, and
legal business status of the person or firm.
(c) Registered identification numbers assigned under this section
may be used on labels required in labeling products subject to the
provisions of the Wool Products Labeling Act and Fur Products Labeling
Act, and numbers previously assigned by the Commission under such Acts
may be used as and for the required name in labeling under this Act.
When so used by the person or firm to whom assigned, the use of the
numbers shall be construed as identifying and binding the applicant as
fully and in all respects as though assigned under the specific Act for
which it is used.
(d) Form to apply for a registered identification number or to
update information pertaining to an existing number (the form is
available upon request from: Enforcement Division, Federal Trade
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580, or on
the Internet at http://www.ftc.gov; application may also be made
directly on the Internet):
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[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 48 FR 12516, Mar. 25, 1983; 63
FR 7518, Feb. 13, 1998; 63 FR 71583, Dec. 28, 1998; 65 FR 75156, Dec. 1,
2000]
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Sec. 303.21 Marking of samples, swatches, or specimens and products
sold therefrom.
(a) Where samples, swatches, or specimens of textile fiber products
subject to the Act are used to promote or effect sales of such textile
fiber products, the samples, swatches, or specimens, as well as the
products themselves, shall be labeled to show their respective fiber
contents and other required information: Provided, That such samples,
swatches or specimens need not be labeled:
(1) If the samples, swatches, or specimens are less than two square
inches (12.9 cm\2\) in area and the information otherwise required to
appear on the label is clearly, conspicuously, and non-deceptively
disclosed on accompanying promotional matter in accordance with the Act
and regulations.
(2) If the samples, swatches, or specimens are keyed to a catalogue
to which reference is necessary in order to complete the sale of the
textile fiber products, and which catalogue at the necessary point of
reference clearly, conspicuously, and non-deceptively discloses the
information otherwise required to appear on the label in accordance with
the Act and regulations; or
(3) If such samples, swatches, or specimens are not used to effect
sales to ultimate consumers and are not in the form intended for sale or
delivery to, or for use by, the ultimate consumer, and are accompanied
by an invoice or other paper showing the required information.
(b) Where properly labeled samples, swatches, or specimens are used
to effect the sale of articles of wearing apparel or other household
textile articles which are manufactured specifically for a particular
customer after the sale is consummated, the articles of wearing apparel
or other household textile articles need not be labeled if they are of
the same fiber content as the samples, swatches, or specimens from which
the sale was effected and an invoice or other paper accompanies them
showing the information otherwise required to appear on the label.
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 61 FR 11544, Mar. 21, 1996]
Sec. 303.22 Products containing linings, interlinings, fillings, and
paddings.
In disclosing the required information as to textile fiber products,
the fiber content of any linings, interlinings, fillings, or paddings
shall be set forth separately and distinctly if such linings,
interlinings, fillings, or paddings are incorporated in the product for
warmth rather than for structural purposes, or if any express or implied
representations are made as to their fiber content. Examples are as
follows:
100% Nylon
Interlining: 100% Rayon
Covering: 100% Rayon
Filling: 100% Cotton.
Sec. 303.23 Textile fiber products containing superimposed or added
fibers.
Where a textile fiber product is made wholly of one fiber or a blend
of fibers with the exception of an additional fiber in minor proportion
superimposed or added in certain separate and distinct areas or sections
for reinforcing or other useful purposes, the product may be designated
according to the fiber content of the principal fiber or blend of
fibers, with an exception naming the superimposed or added fiber, giving
the percentage thereof in relation to the total fiber weight of the
principal fiber or blend of fibers, and indicating the area or section
which contains the superimposed or added fiber. Examples of this type of
fiber content disclosure, as applied to products having reinforcing
fibers added to a particular area or section, are as follows:
55% Cotton
45% Rayon
Except 5% Nylon added to toe and heel.
All Cotton except 1% Nylon added to neckband.
Sec. 303.24 Pile fabrics and products composed thereof.
The fiber content of pile fabrics or products composed thereof may
be stated on the label in such segregated form as will show the fiber
content of the face or pile and of the back or base, with percentages of
the respective fibers as they exist in the face or pile and in the back
or base: Provided, That
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in such disclosure the respective percentages of the face and back be
given in such manner as will show the ratio between the face and the
back. Examples of the form of marking pile fabric as to fiber content
provided for in this section are as follows:
100% Nylon Pile
100% Cotton Back
(Back constitutes 60% of fabric and pile 40%).
Face--60% Rayon, 40% Nylon
Back--70% Cotton, 30% Rayon
(Face constitutes 60% of fabric and back 40%).
Sec. 303.25 Sectional disclosure of content.
(a) Permissive. Where a textile fiber product is composed of two or
more sections which are of different fiber composition, the required
information as to fiber content may be separated in the same label in
such manner as to show the fiber composition of each section.
(b) Mandatory. The disclosure as above provided shall be made in all
instances where such form of marking is necessary to avoid deception.
Sec. 303.26 Ornamentation.
(a)(1) Where the textile fiber product contains fiber ornamentation
not exceeding five per centum of the total fiber weight of the product
and the stated percentages of the fiber content are exclusive of such
ornamentation, the label or any invoice used in lieu thereof shall
contain a phrase or statement showing such fact; as for example:
60% Cotton
40% Rayon
Exclusive of Ornamentation;
or
All Cotton
Exclusive of Ornamentation.
(2) The fiber content of such ornamentation may be disclosed where
the percentage of the ornamentation in relation to the total fiber
weight of the principal fiber or blend of fibers is shown; as for
example:
70% Nylon
30% Acetate
Exclusive of 4% Metallic Ornamentation;
or
100% Rayon
Exclusive of 3% Silk Ornamentation.
(b) Where the fiber ornamentation exceeds five per centum, it shall
be included in the statement of required percentages of fiber content.
(c) Where the ornamentation constitutes a distinct section of the
product, sectional disclosure may be made in accordance with Sec.
303.25 of this part.
Sec. 303.27 Use of the term `Àll'' or ``100%.''
Where a textile fiber product or part thereof is comprised wholly of
one fiber, other than any fiber ornamentation, decoration, elastic, or
trimming as to which fiber content disclosure is not required, either
the word All or the term 100% may be used in labeling, together with the
correct generic name of the fiber and any qualifying phrase, when
required; as for example: ``100% Cotton,'' `Àll Rayon, Exclusive of
Ornamentation,'' ``100% Acetate, Exclusive of Decoration,'' `Àll Nylon,
Exclusive of Elastic,'' etc.
Sec. 303.28 Products contained in packages.
When textile products are marketed and delivered in a package which
is intended to remain unbroken and intact until after delivery to the
utlimate consumer, each textile product in the package, except hosiery,
and the package shall be labeled with the required information. If the
package is transparent to the extent it allows for a clear reading of
the required information on the textile product, the package is not
required to be labeled.
[50 FR 15107, Apr. 17, 1985]
Sec. 303.29 Labeling of pairs or products containing two or more
units.
(a) Where a textile fiber product consists of two or more parts,
units, or items of different fiber content, a separate label containing
the required information shall be affixed to each of such parts, units
or items showing the required information as to such part, unit, or
item: Provided, That where such parts, units, or items are marketed or
handled as a single product or ensemble and are sold and delivered to
the ultimate consumer as a single
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product or ensemble, the required information may be set out on a single
label in such a manner as to separately show the fiber composition of
each part, unit, or item.
(b) Where garments, wearing apparel, or other textile fiber products
are marketed or handled in pairs or ensembles of the same fiber content,
only one unit of the pair or ensemble need be labeled with the required
information when sold and delivered to the ultimate consumer.
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 25 FR 4318, May 14, 1960]
Sec. 303.30 Textile fiber products in form for consumer.
A textile fiber product shall be considered to be in the form
intended for sale or delivery to, or for use by, the ultimate consumer
when the manufacturing or processing of the textile fiber product is
substantially complete. The fact that minor or insignificant details of
the manufacturing or processing have not been completed shall not excuse
the labeling of such products as to the required information. For
example, a garment must be labeled even though such matters as the
finishing of a hem or cuff or the affixing of buttons thereto remain to
be completed.
Sec. 303.31 Invoice in lieu of label.
Where a textile fiber product is not in the form intended for sale,
delivery to, or for use by the ultimate consumer, an invoice or other
paper may be used in lieu of a label, and such invoice or other paper
shall show, in addition to the name and address of the person issuing
the invoice or other paper, the fiber content of such product as
provided in the Act and regulations as well as any other required
information.
Sec. 303.32 Products containing reused stuffing.
Any upholstered product, mattress, or cushion which contains
stuffing which has been previously used as stuffing in any other
upholstered product, mattress, or cushion shall have securely attached
thereto a substantial tag or label, at least 2 inches (5.08 cm) by 3
inches (7.62 cm) in size, and statements thereon conspicuously stamped
or printed in the English language and in plain type not less than \1/3\
inch (8.38 mm) high, indicating that the stuffing therein is composed in
whole or in part of ``reused stuffing,'' ``secondhand stuffing,''
``previously used stuffing,'' or `ùsed stuffing.''
[61 FR 11544, Mar. 21, 1996]
Sec. 303.33 Country where textile fiber products are processed or
manufactured.
(a) In addition to the other information required by the Act and
Regulations:
(1) Each imported textile fiber product shall be labeled with the
name of the country where such imported product was processed or
manufactured;
(2) Each textile fiber product completely made in the United States
of materials that were made in the United States shall be labeled using
the term Made in U.S.A. or some other clear and equivalent term.
(3) Each textile fiber product made in the United States, either in
whole or in part of imported materials, shall contain a label disclosing
these facts; for example:
Made in USA of imported fabric
or
Knitted in USA of imported yarn
and
(4) Each textile fiber product partially manufactured in a foreign
country and partially manufactured in the United States shall contain on
a label the following information:
(i) The manufacturing process in the foreign country and in the USA;
for example:
`Ìmported cloth, finished in USA''
or
``Sewn in USA of imported components''
or
``Made in [foreign country], finished in USA''
or
``Scarf made in USA of fabric made in China''
or
``Comforter Filled, Sewn and Finished in the U.S. With Shell Made in
China''
or
``Made in [Foreign Country]/fabric made in USA''
or
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``Knit in USA, assembled in [Foreign Country]''.
(ii) When the U.S. Customs Service requires an origin label on the
unfinished product, the manufacturing processes as required in paragraph
(a)(4)(i) of this section or the name of the foreign country required by
Customs, for example:
``Made in (foreign country)''
(b) For the purpose of determining whether a product should be
marked under paragraphs (a) (2), (3), or (4) of this section, a
manufacturer needs to consider the origin of only those materials that
are covered under the Act and that are one step removed from that
manufacturing process. For example, a yarn manufacturer must identify
fiber if it is imported, a cloth manufacturer must identify imported
yarn and a household product manufacturer must identify imported cloth
or imported yarn for household products made directly from yarn, or
imported fiber used as filling for warmth.
(c) The term country means the political entity known as a nation.
Except for the United States, colonies, possessions or protectorates
outside the boundaries of the mother country shall be considered
separate countries, and the name thereof shall be deemed acceptable in
designating the country where the textile fiber product was processed or
manufactured unless the Commission shall otherwise direct.
(d) The country where the imported textile fiber product was
principally made shall be considered to be the country where such
textile fiber product was processed or manufactured. Further work or
material added to the textile fiber product in another country must
effect a basic change in form in order to render such other country the
place where such textile fiber product was processed or manufactured.
(e) The English name of the country where the imported textile fiber
product was processed or manufactured shall be used. The adjectival form
of the name of the country will be accepted as the name of the country
where the textile fiber product was processed or manufactured, provided
the adjectival form of the name does not appear with such other words so
as to refer to a kind or species of product. Variant spellings which
clearly indicate the English name of the country, such as Brasil for
Brazil and Italie for Italy, are acceptable. Abbreviations which
unmistakably indicate the name of a country, such as ``Gt. Britain'' for
``Great Britain,'' are acceptable.
(f) Nothing in this rule shall be construed as limiting in any way
the information required to be disclosed on labels under the provisions
of any Tariff Act of the United States or regulations prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 50 FR 15107, Apr. 17, 1985; 63
FR 7521, Feb. 13, 1998; 65 FR 75158, Dec. 1, 2000]
Sec. 303.34 Country of origin in mail order advertising.
When a textile fiber product is advertised in any mail order catalog
or mail order promotional material, the description of such product
shall contain a clear and conspicuous statement that the product was
either made in U.S.A., imported, or both. Other words or phrases with
the same meaning may be used. The statement of origin required by this
section shall not be inconsistent with the origin labeling of the
product being advertised.
[50 FR 15107, Apr. 17, 1985]
Sec. 303.35 Use of terms ``virgin'' or ``new.''
The terms virgin or new as descriptive of a textile fiber product,
or any fiber or part thereof, shall not be used when the product or part
so described is not composed wholly of new or virgin fiber which has
never been reclaimed from any spun, woven, knitted, felted, bonded, or
similarly manufactured product.
Sec. 303.36 Form of separate guaranty.
(a) The following are suggested forms of separate guaranties under
section 10 of the Act which may be used by a guarantor residing in the
United States on or as part of an invoice or other paper relating to the
marketing or handling of any textile fiber products listed and
designated therein, and showing the date of such invoice or other paper
and the signature and address of the guarantor.
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(1) General form. We guarantee that the textile fiber products
specified herein are not misbranded nor falsely nor deceptively
advertised or invoiced under the provisions of the Textile Fiber
Products Identification Act and rules and regulations thereunder.
(2) Guaranty based on guaranty. Based upon a guaranty received, we
guarantee that the textile fiber products specified herein are not
misbranded nor falsely nor deceptively advertised or invoiced under the
provisions of the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and rules
and regulations thereunder.
Note: The printed name and address on the invoice or other paper
will suffice to meet the signature and address requirements.
(b) The mere disclosure of required information including the fiber
content of a textile fiber product on a label or on an invoice or other
paper relating to its marketing or handling shall not be considered a
form of separate guaranty.
Sec. 303.37 Form of continuing guaranty from seller to buyer.
Under section 10 of the Act, a seller residing in the United States
may give a buyer a continuing guaranty to be applicable to all textile
fiber products sold or to be sold. The following is the prescribed form
of continuing guaranty from seller to buyer.
We, the undersigned, guaranty that all textile fiber products now
being sold or which may hereafter be sold or delivered to ------ are
not, and will not be misbranded nor falsely nor deceptively advertised
or invoiced under the provisions of the Textile Fiber Products
Identification Act and rules and regulations thereunder. This guaranty
effective until ------.
Dated, signed, and certified this ---- day of ----, 19----, at ----------- (City), ------ (State or Territory) ---------- (name under
which business is conducted.)
Under penalty of perjury, I certify that the information supplied in
this form is true and correct.
________________________________________________________________________
Signature of Proprietor, Principal Partner, or Corporate Official
________________________________________________________________________
Name (Print or Type) Title
[48 FR 12518, Mar. 25, 1983]
Sec. 303.38 Continuing guaranty filed with Federal Trade Commission.
(a)(1) Under section 10 of the act any person residing in the United
States and marketing or handling textile fiber products may file a
continuing guaranty with the Federal Trade Commission. When filed with
the Commission a continuing guaranty shall be fully executed in
duplicate. Forms for use in preparing continuing guaranties will be
supplied by the Commission upon request.
(2) Continuing guaranties filed with the Commission shall continue
in effect until revoked. The guarantor shall promptly report any change
in business status to the Commission.
(b) Prescribed form for a continuing guaranty:
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[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR29DE98.001
(c) Any person who has a continuing guaranty on file with the
Commission may, during the effective dates of the guaranty, give notice
of such fact by setting forth on the invoice or other paper covering the
marketing or handling of the product guaranteed the following:
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Continuing guaranty under the Textile Fiber Products Identification
Act filed with the Federal Trade Commission.
(d) Any person who falsely represents in writing that he has a
continuing guaranty on file with the Federal Trade Commission when such
is not a fact shall be deemed to have furnished a false guaranty under
section 10(b) of the Act.
[24 FR 4486, June 2, 1959, as amended at 48 FR 12517, Mar. 25, 1983; 63
FR 7521, Feb. 18, 1998; 63 FR 71585, Dec. 28, 1998]
Sec. 303.39 Maintenance of records.
(a) Pursuant to the provisions of section 6 of the Act, every
manufacturer of a textile fiber product subject to the Act, irrespective
of whether any guaranty has been given or received, shall maintain
records showing the information required by the Act and Regulations with
respect to all such textile fiber products made by such manufacturer.
Such records shall show:
(1) The generic names and percentages by weight of the constituent
fibers present in the textile fiber product, exclusive of permissive
ornamentation, in amounts of five per centum or more.
(2) The name, provided for in Sec. 303.19, or registered
identification number issued by the Commission, of the manufacturer or
of one or more persons marketing or handling the textile fiber product.
(3) The name of the country where such product was processed or
manufactured as provided for in Sec. 303.33.
The purpose of the records is to permit a determination that the
requirements of the Act and Regulations have been met and to establish a
traceable line of continuity from raw material through processing to
finished product.
(b) Any person substituting a stamp, tag, label, or other
identification pursuant to section 5(b) of the Act shall keep such
records as will show the information set forth on the stamp, tag, label,
or other identification that he removed and the name or names of the
person or persons from whom such textile fiber product was received.
(c) The records required to be maintained pursuant to the provisions
of this rule shall be preserved for at least three years.
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 53 FR 31315, Aug. 18, 1988]
Sec. 303.40 Use of terms in written advertisements that imply presence
of a fiber.
The use of terms in written advertisements, including advertisements
disseminated through the Internet and similar electronic media, that are
descriptive of a method of manufacture, construction, or weave, and that
by custom and usage are also indicative of a textile fiber or fibers, or
the use of terms in such advertisements that constitute or connote the
name or presence of a fiber or fibers, shall be deemed to be an
implication of fiber content under section 4(c) of the Act, except that
the provisions of this section shall not be applicable to non-deceptive
shelf or display signs in retail stores indicating the location of
textile fiber products and not intended as advertisements.
[63 FR 7523, Feb. 13, 1998]
Sec. 303.41 Use of fiber trademarks and generic names in advertising.
(a) In advertising textile fiber products, the use of a fiber
trademark shall require a full disclosure of the fiber content
information required by the Act and regulations in at least one instance
in the advertisement.
(b) Where a fiber trademark is used in advertising textile fiber
products containing more than one fiber, other than permissible
ornamentation, such fiber trademark and the generic name of the fiber
must appear in the required fiber content information in immediate
proximity and conjunction with each other in plainly legible type or
lettering of equal size and conspicuousness.
(c) Where a fiber trademark is used in advertising textile fiber
products containing only one fiber, other than permissive ornamentation,
such fiber trademark and the generic name of the fiber must appear in
immediate proximity and conjunction with each other in plainly legible
and conspicuous type or lettering at least once in the advertisement.
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(d) Where a fiber trademark or generic name is used in non-required
information in advertising, such fiber trademark or generic name, shall
not be used in such a manner as to be false, deceptive, or misleading as
to fiber content, or to indicate, directly or indirectly, that a textile
fiber product is composed wholly or in part of a particular fiber, when
such is not the case.
Sec. 303.42 Arrangement of information in advertising textile fiber
products.
(a) Where a textile fiber product is advertised in such manner as to
require disclosure of the information required by the Act and
regulations, all parts of the required information shall be stated in
immediate conjunction with each other in legible and conspicuous type or
lettering of equal size and prominence. In making the required
disclosure of the fiber content of the product, the generic names of
fibers present in an amount 5 percent or more of the total fiber weight
of the product, together with any fibers disclosed in accordance with
Sec. 303.3(a), shall appear in order of predominance by weight, to be
followed by the designation `òther fiber'' or `òther fibers'' if a
fiber or fibers required to be so designated are present.
(b) Non-required information or representations shall in no way be
false, deceptive, or misleading as to fiber content and shall not
include any names, terms, or representations prohibited by the Act and
regulations. Such non-required information or representations shall not
be set forth or so used as to interfere with, minimize, or detract from
the required information.
(c) Non-deceptive terms which are properly and truthfully
descriptive of a fiber may be used in conjunction with the generic name
of such fiber; as for example: ``cross-linked rayon,'' ``solution dyed
acetate,'' ``combed cotton,'' ``nylon 66,'' etc.
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 30 FR 14254, Nov. 13, 1965; 30
FR 15313, Dec. 11, 1965; 63 FR 7523, Feb. 13, 1998]
Sec. 303.43 Fiber content tolerances.
(a) A textile fiber product which contains more than one fiber shall
not be deemed to be misbranded as to fiber content percentages if the
percentages by weight of any fibers present in the total fiber content
of the product, exclusive of permissive ornamentation, do not deviate or
vary from the percentages stated on the label in excess of 3 percent of
the total fiber weight of the product. For example, where the label
indicates that a particular fiber is present in the amount of 40
percent, the amount of such fiber present may vary from a minimum of 37
percent of the total fiber weight of such product to a maximum of 43
percent of the total fiber weight of such product.
(b) Where the percentage of any fiber or fibers contained in a
textile fiber product deviates or varies from the percentage stated on
the label by more than the tolerance or variation provided in paragraph
(a) of this section, such product shall be misbranded unless the person
charged proves that the entire deviation or variation from the fiber
content percentages stated on the label resulted from unavoidable
variations in manufacture and despite the exercise of due care.
(c) Where representations are made to the effect that a textile
fiber product is composed wholly of one fiber, the tolerance provided in
section 4(b)(2) of the Act and paragraph (a) of this section shall not
apply, except as to permissive ornamentation where the textile fiber
product is represented to be composed of one fiber `èxclusive of
ornamentation.''
Sec. 303.44 Products not intended for uses subject to the act.
Textile fiber products intended for uses not within the scope of the
Act and regulations or intended for uses in other textile fiber products
which are exempted or excluded from the Act shall not be subject to the
labeling and invoicing requirements of the Act and regulations:
Provided, An invoice or other paper covering the marketing or handling
of such products is given, which indicates that the products are not
intended for uses subject to the Textile Fiber Products Identification
Act.
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Sec. 303.45 Exclusions from the act.
(a) Pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act, the Commission hereby
excludes from the operation of the Act:
(1) All textile fiber products except:
(i) Articles of wearing apparel:
(ii) Handkerchiefs;
(iii) Scarfs;
(iv) Beddings;
(v) Curtains and casements;
(vi) Draperies;
(vii) Tablecloths, napkins, and doilies;
(viii) Floor coverings;
(ix) Towels;
(x) Wash cloths and dish cloths;
(xi) Ironing board covers and pads;
(xii) Umbrellas and parasols;
(xiii) Batts;
(xiv) Products subject to section 4(h) of the Act;
(xv) Flags with heading or more than 216 square inches (13.9 dm\2\)
in size;
(xvi) Cushions;
(xvii) All fibers, yarns and fabrics (including narrow fabrics
except packaging ribbons);
(xviii) Furniture slip covers and other covers or coverlets for
furniture;
(xix) Afghans and throws;
(xx) Sleeping bags;
(xxi) Antimacassars and tidies;
(xxii) Hammocks;
(xxiii) Dresser and other furniture scarfs.
(2) Belts, suspenders, arm bands, permanently knotted neckties,
garters, sanitary belts, diaper liners, labels (either required or nonrequired) individually and in rolls, looper clips intended for
handicraft purposes, book cloth, artists' canvases, tapestry cloth, and
shoe laces.
(3) All textile fiber products manufactured by the operators of
company stores and offered for sale and sold exclusively to their own
employees as ultimate consumers.
(4) Coated fabrics and those portions of textile fiber products made
of coated fabrics.
(5) Secondhand household textile articles which are discernibly
secondhand or which are marked to indicate their secondhand character.
(6) Non-woven products of a disposable nature intended for one-time
use only.
(7) All curtains, casements, draperies, and table place mats, or any
portions thereof otherwise subject to the Act, made principally of
slats, rods, or strips, composed of wood, metal, plastic, or leather.
(8) All textile fiber products in a form ready for the ultimate
consumer procured by the military services of the United States which
are bought according to specifications, but shall not include those
textile fiber products sold and distributed through post exchanges,
sales commissaries, or ship stores; provided, however, that if the
military services sell textile fiber products for nongovernmental
purposes the information with respect to the fiber content of such
products shall be furnished to the purchaser thereof who shall label
such products in conformity with the Act and regulations before such
products are distributed for civilian use.
(9) All hand woven rugs made by Navajo Indians which have attached
thereto the ``Certificate of Genuineness'' supplied by the Indian Arts
and Crafts Board of the United States Department of Interior. The term
Navajo Indian means any Indian who is listed on the register of the
Navajo Indian Tribe or is eligible for listing thereon.
(b) The exclusions provided for in paragraph (a) of this section
shall not be applicable (1) if any representations as to the fiber
content of such products are made on any label or in any advertisement
without making a full and complete fiber content disclosure on such
label or in such advertisement in accordance with the Act and
regulations with the exception of those products excluded by paragraph
(a)(6) of this section, or (2) if any false, deceptive, or misleading
representations are made as to the fiber content of such products.
(c) The exclusions from the Act provided in paragraph (a) of this
section are in addition to the exemptions from the Act provided in
section 12(a) of the Act and shall not affect or limit such exemptions.
(Sec. 12, 72 Stat. 1723; 15 U.S.C. 70j)
[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 25 FR 4318, May 14, 1960; 25 FR
7044, July 26, 1960; 29 FR 48, Jan. 3, 1964; 61 FR 11544, Mar. 21, 1996]
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January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1191]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 25--FLAMMABLE FABRICS
Sec. 1191. Definitions
As used in this chapter-(a) The term ``person'' means an individual, partnership,
corporation, association, or any other form of business enterprise.
(b) The term ``commerce'' means commerce among the several States or
with foreign nations or in any territory of the United States or in the
District of Columbia or between any such territory and another, or
between any such territory and any State or foreign nation, or between
the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and any
State or territory or foreign nation, or between the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico and any State or territory or foreign nation or the District
of Columbia.
(c) The term ``territory'' includes the insular possessions of the
United States and also any territory of the United States.
(d) The term `àrticle of wearing apparel'' means any costume or
article of clothing worn or intended to be worn by individuals.
(e) The term `ìnterior furnishing'' means any type of furnishing
made in whole or in part of fabric or related material and intended for
use or which may reasonably be expected to be used, in homes, offices,
or other places of assembly or accommodation.
(f) The term ``fabric'' means any material (except fiber, filament,
or yarn for other than retail sale) woven, knitted, felted, or otherwise
produced from or in combination with any natural or synthetic fiber,
film, or substitute therefor which is intended for use or which may
reasonably be expected to be used, in any product as defined in
paragraph (h) of this section.
(g) The term ``related material'' means paper, plastic, rubber,
synthetic film, or synthetic foam which is intended for use or which may
reasonably be expected to be used in any product as defined in paragraph
(h) of this section.
(h) The term ``product'' means any article of wearing apparel or
interior furnishing.
(i) The term ``Commission'' means the Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
(j) The term ``Federal Trade Commission Act'' means the Act of
Congress entitled `Àn Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to
define its powers and duties, and for other purposes'', approved
September 26, 1914, as amended [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.].
(June 30, 1953, ch. 164, Sec. 2, 67 Stat. 111; Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 1,
Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 568; Pub. L. 92-573, Sec. 30(b), Oct. 27, 1972,
86 Stat. 1231.)
References in Text
The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in subsec. (j), is act
Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, as amended, which is classified
generally to subchapter I (Sec. 41 et seq.) of chapter 2 of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of
this title and Tables.
Amendments
1967--Par. (b). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 1(1), reduced from capital to
lower-case the first letter of ``territory'' wherever appearing and
redefined ``commerce'' to include commerce between the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico and any State or territory or foreign nation or the District
of Columbia.
Par. (c). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 1(2), reduced from capital to lowercase the first letter of ``territory'' wherever appearing.
Par. (d). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 1(3), struck out provisions which
excepted hats, gloves, and footwear from definition of `àrticle of
wearing apparel'' provided that: such hats did not constitute or form
part of a covering for the neck, face, or shoulders when worn by
individuals; such gloves were not more than fourteen inches in length
and were not affixed to or did not form an integral part of another
garment; and such footwear did not consist of hosiery in whole or in
part and was not affixed to or did not form an integral part of another
garment.
Par. (e). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 1(5), (6), added par. (e) and
redesignated former par. (e) as (f).
Par. (f). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 1(4), (5), (7), redesignated par. (e)
as (f), substituted ``(except fiber, filament, or yarn for other than
retail sale)'' for ``(other than fiber, filament, or yarn)'' and ``for
use or which may reasonably be expected to be used, in any product as
defined in paragraph (h) of this section'' for `òr sold for use in
wearing apparel except that interlining fabrics when intended or sold
for use in wearing apparel shall not be subject to this chapter'', and
struck out former par. (f) which defined `ìnterlining''.
Pars. (g) to (j). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 1(5), (8), added pars. (g)
and (h) and redesignated former pars. (g) and (h) as (i) and (j),
respectively.
Effective Date
Section 12 of act June 30, 1953, provided: ``This Act [enacting this
chapter] shall take effect one year after the date of its passage [June
30, 1953].''
Short Title
Section 1 of act June 30, 1953, provided: ``This Act [enacting this
chapter] may be cited as the `Flammable Fabrics Act'.''
Savings Provision
Section 11 of Pub. L. 90-189 provided that: ``Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Act [amending this section and sections 1192 to 1195,
1197, 1198, and 1200 of this title and enacting sections 1201 to 1204 of
this title], the standards of flammability in effect under the
provisions of the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended [this chapter], on
the day preceding the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 14, 1967],
shall continue in effect for the fabrics and articles of wearing apparel
to which they are applicable until superseded or modified by the
Secretary of Commerce pursuant to the authority conferred by the
amendments made by this Act.''
Transfer of Functions
``Consumer Product Safety Commission'' substituted for ``Federal
Trade Commission'' in par. (i) pursuant to section 30(b) of Pub. L. 92573, which is classified to section 2079(b) of this title and which
transferred functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare,
Secretary of Commerce, and Federal Trade Commission under this chapter
to Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Appropriations
Section 13 of act June 30, 1953, as amended by Pub. L. 90-189,
Sec. 9, Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 573; Pub. L. 92-542, Oct. 25, 1972, 86
Stat. 1108, appropriated $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1968, $2,250,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and $4,000,000 for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1973, to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Hazardous Substances
Federal Hazardous Substances Act as not modifying this chapter or
regulations promulgated thereunder, see Pub. L. 86-613, Sec. 18,
(formerly Sec. 17), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 380, as amended Pub. L. 89756, Sec. 4(a), Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1305; renumbered and amended Pub.
L. 91-113, Sec. 4(a), (b)(1), Nov. 6, 1969, 83 Stat. 190, set out as a
note under section 1261 of this title.
Sec. 1192. Prohibited transactions
(a) Nonconforming products
The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale, in
commerce, or the importation into the United States, or the
introduction, delivery for introduction, transportation or causing to be
transported, in commerce, or the sale or delivery after a sale or
shipment in commerce, of any product, fabric, or related material which
fails to conform to an applicable standard or regulation issued or
amended under the provisions of section 1193 of this title, shall be
unlawful and shall be an unfair method of competition and an unfair and
deceptive act or practice in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission
Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.].
(b) Nonconforming components
The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale, of any
product made of fabric or related material which fails to conform to an
applicable standard or regulation issued or amended under section 1193
of this title, and which has been shipped or received in commerce shall
be unlawful and shall be an unfair method of competition and an unfair
and deceptive act or practice in commerce under the Federal Trade
Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.].
Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 568.)
References in Text
The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in text, is act Sept.
26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, as amended, which is classified
Amendments
1967--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-189 substituted `òr the sale or
delivery after a sale or shipment in commerce, of any product, fabric,
or related material which fails to conform to an applicable standard or
regulation issued or amended under the provisions of section 1193 of
this title'' for `òr for the purpose of sale or delivery after sale in
commerce, of any article of wearing apparel which under the provisions
of section 1193 of this title is so highly flammable as to be dangerous
when worn by individuals''.
Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 90-189 struck out former subsec. (b)
which made the sale or the offering for sale, in commerce, or the
importation into the United States, or the introduction, delivery for
introduction, transportation or causing to be transported in commerce or
for the purpose of sale or delivery after sale in commerce, of any
fabric which under the provisions of section 1193 of this title was so
highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals unlawful
and an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or
practice in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act,
redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and, in subsec. (b) as so redesignated,
substituted ``product made of fabric or related material which fails to
conform to an applicable standard or regulation issued or amended under
section 1193 of this title'' for `àrticle of wearing apparel made of
fabric which under section 1193 of this title is so highly flammable as
to be dangerous when worn by individuals''.
Functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Secretary
of Commerce, and Federal Trade Commission under this chapter transferred
to Consumer Product Safety Commission, along with functions of Federal
Trade Commission under Federal Trade Commission Act, to extent such
functions relate to administration and enforcement of this chapter, see
section 2079 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197 of this title.
Sec. 1193. Flammability standards or regulations
(a) Proceedings by Commission for determination
Whenever the Consumer Product Safety Commission finds on the basis
of the investigations or research conducted pursuant to section 1201 of
this title that a new or amended flammability standard or other
regulation, including labeling, for a fabric, related material, or
product may be needed to protect the public against unreasonable risk of
the occurrence of fire leading to death or personal injury, or
significant property damage, it shall institute proceedings for the
determination of an appropriate flammability standard (including
conditions and manner of testing) or other regulation or amendment
thereto for such fabric, related material, or product.
(b) Necessary findings; effective date; exemptions
Each standard, regulation, or amendment thereto promulgated pursuant
to this section shall be based on findings that such standard,
regulation, or amendment thereto is needed to adequately protect the
public against unreasonable risk of the occurrence of fire leading to
death, injury, or significant property damage, is reasonable,
technologically practicable, and appropriate, is limited to such
fabrics, related materials, or products which have been determined to
present such unreasonable risks, and shall be stated in objective terms.
Each such standard, regulation, or amendment thereto, shall become
effective twelve months from the date on which such standard,
regulation, or amendment is promulgated, unless the Consumer Product
Safety Commission finds for good cause shown that an earlier or later
effective date is in the public interest and publishes the reason for
such finding. Each such standard or regulation or amendment thereto
shall exempt fabrics related materials, or products in inventory or with
the trade as of the date on which the standard, regulation, or amendment
thereto, becomes effective except that, if the Commission finds that any
such fabric, related material, or product is so highly flammable as to
be dangerous when used by consumers for the purpose for which it is
intended, it may under such conditions as the Commission may prescribe,
withdraw, or limit the exemption for such fabric, related material, or
product.
(c) Collection of information by Commission; confidential status of
trade secrets and related information; disclosure of
confidential information
The Consumer Product Safety Commission may obtain from any person by
regulation or subpena issued pursuant thereto such information in the
form of testimony, books, records, or other writings as is pertinent to
the findings or determinations which it is required or authorized to
make pursuant to this chapter. All information reported to or otherwise
obtained by the Commission or its representative pursuant to this
subsection which information contains or relates to a trade secret or
other matter referred to in section 1905 title 18, shall be considered
confidential for the purpose of that section, except that such
information may be disclosed to other officers or employees concerned
with carrying out this chapter or when relevant in any proceeding under
this chapter. Nothing in this section shall authorize the withholding of
information by the Commission or any officer or employee under its
control, from the duly authorized committees of the Congress.
(d) Applicability of section 553 of title 5; oral presentation
Standards, regulations, and amendments to standards and regulations
under this section shall be made in accordance with section 553 of title
5, except that interested persons shall be given an opportunity for the
oral presentation of data, views, or arguments in addition to an
opportunity to make written submissions. A transcript shall be kept of
any oral presentation.
(e) Judicial review; additional information before Commission;
applicability of sections 701 to 706 of title 5; finality of
judgment; survival of action
(1) Any person who will be adversely affected by any such standard
or regulation or amendment thereto when it is effective may at any time
prior to the sixtieth day after such standard or regulation or amendment
thereto is issued file a petition with the United States court of
appeals for the circuit wherein such person resides or has his principal
place of business, for a judicial review thereof. A copy of the petition
shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the
Commission or other officer designated by it for that purpose. The
Commission thereupon shall file in the court the record of the
proceedings on which the Commission based the standard or regulation, as
provided in section 2112 of title 28.
(2) If the petitioner applies to the court for leave to adduce
additional evidence, and shows to the satisfaction of the court that
such additional evidence is material and that there were reasonable
grounds for the failure to adduce such evidence in the proceeding before
the Commission, the court may order such additional evidence (and
evidence in rebuttal thereof) to be taken before the Commission, and to
be adduced upon the hearing, in such manner and upon such terms and
conditions as to the court may seem proper. The Commission may modify
its findings, or make new findings, by reason of the additional evidence
so taken, and it shall file such modified or new findings, and its
recommendations, if any, for the modification or setting aside of its
original standard or regulation or amendment thereto, with the return of
such additional evidence.
(3) Upon the filing of the petition referred to in paragraph (1) of
this subsection, the court shall have jurisdiction to review the
standard or regulation in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5 and to
grant appropriate relief as provided in such chapter. The standard or
regulation shall not be affirmed unless the findings required by the
first sentence of subsection (b) of this section are supported by
substantial evidence on the record taken as a whole. For purposes of
this paragraph, the term ``record'' means the standard or regulation,
any notice published with respect to the promulgation of such standard
or regulation, the transcript required by subsection (d) of this section
of any oral presentation, any written submission of interested parties,
and any other information which the Commission considers relevant to
such standard or regulation.
(4) The judgment of the court affirming or setting aside, in whole
or in part, any such standard or regulation of the Commission shall be
final, subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon
certiorari or certification as provided in section 1254 of title 28.
(5) Any action instituted under this subsection shall survive,
notwithstanding any change in the persons occupying the office of
Commissioner or any vacancy in such office.
(6) The remedies provided for in this subsection shall be in
addition to and not in substitution for any other remedies provided by
law.
(f) Transcript of proceedings
A certified copy of the transcript of the record and proceedings
under subsection (e) of this section shall be furnished by the
Commission to any interested party at its request, and payment of the
costs thereof, and shall be admissible in any criminal, exclusion of
imports, or other proceeding arising under or in respect of this
chapter, irrespective of whether proceedings with respect to the
standard or regulation or amendment thereto have previously been
initiated or become final under subsection (e) of this section.
(g) Promulgation of regulation; commencement of proceeding; publication
of prescribed notice of proposed rulemaking
A proceeding for the promulgation of a regulation under this section
for a fabric, related material, or product shall be commenced by the
publication in the Federal Register of an advance notice of proposed
rulemaking which shall-(1) identify the fabric, related material, or product and the
nature of the risk of injury associated with the fabric, related
material, or product;
(2) include a summary of each of the regulatory alternatives
under consideration by the Commission (including voluntary
standards);
(3) include information with respect to any existing standard
known to the Commission which may be relevant to the proceedings,
together with a summary of the reasons why the Commission believes
preliminarily that such standard does not eliminate or adequately
reduce the risk of injury identified in paragraph (1);
(4) invite interested persons to submit to the Commission,
within such period as the Commission shall specify in the notice
(which period shall not be less than 30 days or more than 60 days
after the date of publication of the notice), comments with respect
to the risk of injury identified by the Commission, the regulatory
alternatives being considered, and other possible alternatives for
addressing the risk;
(5) invite any person (other than the Commission) to submit to
the Commission, within such period as the Commission shall specify
in the notice (which period shall not be less than 30 days after the
date of publication of the notice), an existing standard or a
portion of a standard as a proposed regulation.\1\
--------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``regulation; and''.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(6) invite any person (other than the Commission) to submit to
the Commission, within such period as the Commission shall specify
in the notice (which period shall not be less than 30 days after the
date of publication of the notice), a statement of intention to
modify or develop a voluntary standard to address the risk of injury
identified in paragraph (1) together with a description of a plan to
modify or develop the standard.
The Commission shall transmit such notice within 10 calendar days to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
(h) Voluntary standard; publication as proposed regulation;
prerequisites for reliance by Commission
(1) If the Commission determines that any standard submitted to it
in response to an invitation in a notice published under subsection
(g)(5) of this section if promulgated (in whole, in part, or in
combination with any other standard submitted to the Commission or any
part of such a standard) as a regulation, would eliminate or adequately
reduce the risk of injury identified in the notice provided under
subsection (g)(1) of this section, the Commission may publish such
standard, in whole, in part, or in such combination and with nonmaterial
modifications, as a proposed regulation under this section.
(2) If the Commission determines that-(A) compliance with any standard submitted to it in response to
an invitation in a notice published under subsection (g)(6) of this
section is likely to result in the elimination or adequate reduction
of the risk of injury identified in the notice, and
(B) it is likely that there will be substantial compliance with
such standard,
the Commission shall terminate any proceeding to promulgate a regulation
respecting such risk of injury and shall publish in the Federal Register
a notice which includes the determination of the Commission and which
notifies the public that the Commission will rely on the voluntary
standard to eliminate or reduce the risk of injury, except that the
Commission shall terminate any such proceeding and rely on a voluntary
standard only if such voluntary standard is in existence. For purposes
of this section, a voluntary standard shall be considered to be in
existence when it is finally approved by the organization or other
person which developed such standard, irrespective of the effective date
of the standard. Before relying upon any voluntary standard, the
Commission shall afford interested persons (including manufacturers,
consumers, and consumer organizations) a reasonable opportunity to
submit written comments regarding such standard. The Commission shall
consider such comments in making any determination regarding reliance on
the involved voluntary standard under this subsection.
(3) The Commission shall devise procedures to monitor compliance
with any voluntary standards-(A) upon which the Commission has relied under paragraph (2) of
this subsection;
(B) which were developed with the participation of the
Commission; or
(C) whose development the Commission has monitored.
(i) Publication of proposed rule by Commission; preliminary regulatory
analysis; contents; transmission of notice by Commission to
Committees
No regulation may be proposed by the Commission under this section
unless, not less than 60 days after publication of the notice required
in subsection (g) of this section, the Commission publishes in the
Federal Register the text of the proposed rule, including any
alternatives, which the Commission proposes to promulgate, together with
a preliminary regulatory analysis containing-(1) a preliminary description of the potential benefits and
potential costs of the proposed regulation, including any benefits
or costs that cannot be quantified in monetary terms, and an
identification of those likely to receive the benefits and bear the
costs;
(2) a discussion of the reasons any standard or portion of a
standard submitted to the Commission under subsection (g)(5) of this
section was not published by the Commission as the proposed
regulation or part of the proposed regulation;
(3) a discussion of the reasons for the Commission's preliminary
determination that efforts proposed under subsection (g)(6) of this
section and assisted by the Commission as required by section
2054(a)(3) of this title would not, within a reasonable period of
time, be likely to result in the development of a voluntary standard
that would eliminate or adequately reduce the risk of injury
identified in the notice provided under subsection (g)(1) of this
section; and
(4) a description of any reasonable alternatives to the proposed
regulation, together with a summary description of their potential
costs and benefits, and a brief explanation of why such alternatives
should not be published as a proposed regulation.
The Commission shall transmit such notice within 10 calendar days to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
(j) Final regulatory analysis; contents; publication; judicial review of
regulation
(1) The Commission shall not promulgate a regulation under this
section unless it has prepared a final regulatory analysis of the
regulation containing the following information:
(A) A description of the potential benefits and potential costs
of the regulation, including costs and benefits that cannot be
quantified in monetary terms, and the identification of those likely
to receive the benefits and bear the costs.
(B) A description of any alternatives to the final regulation
which were considered by the Commission, together with a summary
description of their potential benefits and costs and a brief
explanation of the reasons why these alternatives were not chosen.
(C) A summary of any significant issues raised by the comments
submitted during the public comment period in response to the
preliminary regulatory analysis, and a summary of the assessment by
the Commission of such issues.
The Commission shall publish its final regulatory analysis with the
regulation.
(2) The Commission shall not promulgate a regulation under this
section unless it finds (and includes such finding in the regulation)-(A) in the case of a regulation which relates to a risk of
injury with respect to which persons who would be subject to such
regulation have adopted and implemented a voluntary standard, that-(i) compliance with such voluntary standard is not likely to
result in the elimination or adequate reduction of such risk of
injury; or
(ii) it is unlikely that there will be substantial
compliance with such voluntary standard;
(B) that the benefits expected from the regulation bear a
reasonable relationship to its costs; and
(C) that the regulation imposes the least burdensome requirement
which prevents or adequately reduces the risk of injury for which
the regulation is being promulgated.
(3)(A) Any regulatory analysis prepared under subsection (i) of this
section or paragraph (1) shall not be subject to independent judicial
review, except that when an action for judicial review of a regulation
is instituted, the contents of any such regulatory analysis shall
constitute part of the whole rulemaking record of agency action in
connection with such review.
(B) The provisions of subparagraph (A) shall not be construed to
alter the substantive or procedural standards otherwise applicable to
judicial review of any action by the Commission.
(k) Petition to initiate rulemaking
The Commission shall grant, in whole or in part, or deny any
petition under section 553(e) of title 5 requesting the Commission to
initiate a rulemaking, within a reasonable time after the date on which
such petition is filed. The Commission shall state the reasons for
granting or denying such petition. The Commission may not deny any such
petition on the basis of a voluntary standard unless the voluntary
standard is in existence at the time of the denial of the petition, the
Commission has determined that the voluntary standard is likely to
result in the elimination or adequate reduction of the risk of injury
identified in the petition, and it is likely that there will be
substantial compliance with the standard.
(June 30, 1953, ch. 164, Sec. 4, 67 Stat. 112; Aug. 23, 1954, ch. 833,
68 Stat. 770; Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 3, Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 569; Pub.
L. 92-573, Sec. 30(b), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1231; Pub. L. 94-284,
Sec. 20(a), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 515; Pub. L. 97-35, title XII,
Sec. 1203(b)(2), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 101-608, title I,
Secs. 107(c), 108(c), 110(c), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3112-3114.)
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (h)(2). Pub. L. 101-608, Sec. 108(c), struck out
period at end and inserted ``, except that the Commission shall
terminate any such proceeding and rely on a voluntary standard only if
such voluntary standard is in existence. For purposes of this section, a
voluntary standard shall be considered to be in existence when it is
finally approved by the organization or other person which developed
such standard, irrespective of the effective date of the standard.
Before relying upon any voluntary standard, the Commission shall afford
interested persons (including manufacturers, consumers, and consumer
organizations) a reasonable opportunity to submit written comments
regarding such standard. The Commission shall consider such comments in
making any determination regarding reliance on the involved voluntary
standard under this subsection.''
Subsec. (h)(3). Pub. L. 101-608, Sec. 107(c), added par. (3).
Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 101-608, Sec. 110(c), added subsec. (k).
1981--Subsecs. (g) to (j). Pub. L. 97-35 added subsecs. (g) to (j).
1976--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94-284, Sec. 20(a)(1), provided that
standards, regulations, and amendments made thereto, be made in
accordance with section 553 of title 5, except that oral presentation be
available with a transcript of such oral presentation kept.
Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 94-284, Sec. 20(a)(2), provided that the
court not affirm a standard or regulation unless the findings of the
Secretary are supported by substantial evidence on the record.
1967--Pub. L. 90-189 revised section generally to achieve greater
flexibility in the promulgation of flammability standards by
substituting provisions authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to issue
standards of flammability or regulations (including labeling) for
fabrics, related materials or products after observing certain specified
procedural requirements for provisions which prescribed certain fixed
standards of flammability which could be updated only by legislation.
1954--Subsec. (c). Act Aug. 23, 1954, added subsec. (c).
Change of Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated
as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21
of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Commerce of House of
Representatives changed to Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of
Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters relating to securities
and exchanges and insurance generally transferred to Committee on
Financial Services of House of Representatives by House Resolution No.
5, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 2001.
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-35 applicable with respect to regulations
under this chapter and chapters 30 and 47 of this title for which
notices of proposed rulemaking are issued after Aug. 14, 1981, see
section 1215 of Pub. L. 97-35, set out a note under section 2052 of this
title.
Section 20(b) of Pub. L. 94-284 provided that: ``The amendments made
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to
standards, regulations, and amendments to standards and regulations,
under section 4 of the Flammable Fabrics Act [this section] the
proceedings for the promulgation of which were begun after the date of
the enactment of this Act [May 11, 1976].''
``Consumer Product Safety Commission'' substituted for ``Secretary
of Commerce'', ``Commission'' substituted for ``Secretary'', `ìt''
substituted for ``he'', and `ìts'' substituted for ``his'' wherever
appearing in subsecs. (a) to (f) except in subsec. (e)(5), where
``persons occupying the office of Commissioner'' was substituted for
``person occupying the office of Secretary'', pursuant to section 30(b)
of Pub. L. 92-573, which is classified to section 2079(b) of this title
and which transferred functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare, Secretary of Commerce, and Federal Trade Commission under this
chapter to Consumer Product Safety Commission.
This section is referred to in sections 1192, 1194, 1197, 1200, 1204
of this title.
Sec. 1194. Administration and enforcement
(a) Enforcement under Federal Trade Commission Act provisions; civil
action to enforce standard or regulation
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, sections 1192,
1194, 1195, and 1197(b) of this title shall be enforced by the
Commission under rules, regulations and procedures provided for in the
Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.]. In the case of an
attorney general of a State alleging a violation of a standard or
regulation under section 1193 of this title that affects or may affect
such State or its residents, such attorney general may bring a civil
action for an injunction to enforce the requirement of such standard or
regulation. The procedural requirements of section 2073 of this title
shall apply to any such action.
(b) Application of Federal Trade Commission Act provisions
The Commission is authorized and directed to prevent any person from
violating the provisions of section 1192 of this title in the same
manner, by the same means and with the same jurisdiction, powers and
duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal
Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.] were incorporated into and
made a part of this chapter; and any such person violating any provision
of section 1192 of this title shall be subject to the penalties and
entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in said Federal Trade
Commission Act as though the applicable terms and provisions of the said
Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part of
this chapter.
(c) Rules and regulations
The Commission is authorized and directed to prescribe such rules
and regulations, including provisions for maintenance of records
relating to fabrics, related materials, and products, as may be
necessary and proper for administration and enforcement of this chapter.
The violation of such rules and regulations shall be unlawful and shall
be an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or
practice, in commerce, under the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C.
41 et seq.].
(d) Inspection and analysis of products; cooperation with other
governmental entities
The Commission is authorized to-(1) cause inspections, analyses, tests, and examinations to be
made of any product, fabric or related material which it has reason
to believe falls within the prohibitions of this chapter; and
(2) cooperate on matters related to the purposes of this chapter
with any department or agency of the Government; with any State or
territory or with the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico; or with any department, agency, or political
subdivision thereof; or with any person.
(e) Penalties
(1) Any person who knowingly violates a regulation or standard under
section 1193 of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty not to
exceed $5,000 for each such violation, except that the maximum civil
penalty shall not exceed $1,250,000 for any related series of
violations.
(2) In determining the amount of any penalty to be sought upon
commencing an action seeking to assess a penalty for a violation of a
regulation or standard under section 1193 of this title, the Commission
shall consider the nature and number of the violations, the severity of
the risk of injury, the occurrence or absence of injury, and the
appropriateness of such penalty in relation to the size of the business
of the person charged.
(3) Any civil penalty under this subsection may be compromised by
the Commission. In determining the amount of such penalty or whether it
should be remitted or mitigated, and in what amount, the Commission
shall consider the nature and number of the violations, the
appropriateness of such penalty to the size of the business of the
persons charged, the severity of the risk of injury, and the occurrence
or absence of injury. The amount of such penalty when finally
determined, or the amount agreed on compromise, may be deducted from any
sums owing by the United States to the person charged.
(4) As used in paragraph (1), the term ``knowingly'' means (A)
having actual knowledge, or (B) the presumed having of knowledge deemed
to be possessed by a reasonable person who acts in the circumstances,
including knowledge obtainable upon the exercise of due care to
ascertain the truth of representations.
(5)(A) The maximum penalty amounts authorized in paragraph (1) shall
be adjusted for inflation as provided in this paragraph.
(B) Not later than December 1, 1994, and December 1 of each fifth
calendar year thereafter, the Commission shall prescribe and publish in
the Federal Register a schedule of maximum authorized penalties that
shall apply for violations that occur after January 1 of the year
immediately following such publication.
(C) The schedule of maximum authorized penalties shall be prescribed
by increasing each of the amounts referred to in paragraph (1) by the
cost-of-living adjustment for the preceding five years. Any increase
determined under the preceding sentence shall be rounded to-(i) in the case of penalties greater than $1,000 but less than
or equal to $10,000, the nearest multiple of $1,000;
(ii) in the case of penalties greater than $10,000 but less than
or equal to $100,000, the nearest multiple of $5,000;
(iii) in the case of penalties greater than $100,000 but less
than or equal to $200,000, the nearest multiple of $10,000; and
(iv) in the case of penalties greater than $200,000, the nearest
multiple of $25,000.
(D) For purposes of this subsection:
(i) The term ``Consumer Price Index'' means the Consumer Price
Index for all-urban consumers published by the Department of Labor.
(ii) The term ``cost-of-living adjustment for the preceding five
years'' means the percentage by which-(I) the Consumer Price Index for the month of June of the
calendar year preceding the adjustment; exceeds
(II) the Consumer Price Index for the month of June
preceding the date on which the maximum authorized penalty was
last adjusted.
Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 570; Pub. L. 101-608, title I, Secs. 115(c),
118(b), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3120, 3122.)
References in Text
The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in subsecs. (a), (b),
and (c), is act Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, as amended, which
is classified generally to subchapter I (Sec. 41 et seq.) of chapter 2
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
section 58 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-608, Sec. 118(b), inserted at end
`Ìn the case of an attorney general of a State alleging a violation of
a standard or regulation under section 1193 of this title that affects
or may affect such State or its residents, such attorney general may
bring a civil action for an injunction to enforce the requirement of
such standard or regulation. The procedural requirements of section 2073
of this title shall apply to any such action.''
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-608, Sec. 115(c), added subsec. (e).
1967--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 4(a), inserted ``, including
provisions for maintenance of records relating to fabrics, related
materials, and products,'' after ``rules and regulations'' and inserted
sentence making violations of such rules and regulations unlawful and an
unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or
practice, in commerce, under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 4(b), substituted ``product,
fabric or related material'' for `àrticle of wearing apparel or
fabric''.
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 4(b), substituted `òr
territory or with the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico'' for ``, Territory, or possession or with the District of
Columbia''.
This section is referred to in section 1195 of this title.
Sec. 1195. Injunction and condemnation proceedings
(a) Temporary injunction; venue
Whenever the Commission has reason to believe that any person is
violating or is about to violate section 1192 of this title, or a rule
or regulation prescribed under section 1194(c) of this title, and that
it would be in the public interest to enjoin such violation until
complaint under the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.]
is issued and dismissed by the Commission or until order to cease and
desist made thereon by the Commission has become final within the
meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act or is set aside by the court
on review, the Commission may bring suit in the district court of the
United States for the district in which such person resides or transacts
business, or, if such person resides or transacts business in Guam or
the Virgin Islands, then in the District Court of Guam or in the
District Court of the Virgin Islands (as the case may be), to enjoin
such violation and upon proper showing a temporary injunction or
restraining order shall be granted without bond.
(b) Process of libel for seizure and confiscation; manner of procedure;
consolidation of trials
Whenever the Commission has reason to believe that any product has
been manufactured or introduced into commerce or any fabric or related
material has been introduced in commerce in violation of section 1192 of
this title, it may institute proceedings by process of libel for the
seizure and confiscation of such product, fabric, or related material in
any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which
such product, fabric, or related material is found. Proceedings in cases
instituted under the authority of this section shall conform as nearly
as may be to proceedings in rem in admiralty, except that on demand of
either party and in the discretion of the court, any issue of fact shall
be tried by jury. Whenever such proceedings involving identical
products, fabrics, or related materials are pending in two or more
jurisdictions, they may be consolidated for trial by order of any such
court upon application seasonably made by any party in interest upon
notice to all other parties in interest. Any court granting an order of
consolidation shall cause prompt notification thereof to be given to
other courts having jurisdiction in the cases covered thereby and the
clerks of such other courts shall transmit all pertinent records and
papers to the court designated for the trial of such consolidated
proceedings.
(c) Application by defendant for representative sample of seized
materials
In any such action the court, upon application seasonably made
before trial, shall by order allow any party in interest, his attorney
or agent, to obtain a representative sample of the product, fabric, or
related material seized.
(d) Disposal of condemned materials
If such products, fabrics, or related materials are condemned by the
court they shall be disposed of by destruction, by delivery to the owner
or claimant thereof upon payment of court costs and fees and storage and
other proper expenses and upon execution of good and sufficient bond to
the effect that such products, fabrics, or related materials will not be
disposed of until properly and adequately treated or processed so as to
render them lawful for introduction into commerce, or by sale upon
execution of good and sufficient bond to the effect that such products,
fabrics, or related materials will not be disposed of until properly and
adequately treated or processed so as to render them lawful for
introduction into commerce. If such products, fabrics, or related
materials are disposed of by sale the proceeds, less costs and charges,
shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States.
Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 571.)
References in Text
The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act
Amendments
1967--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 5(a), inserted ``, or a rule
or regulation prescribed under section 1194 (c) of this title,'' after
``section 1192 of this title'' and substituted ``for the district in
which such person resides or transacts business, or, if such person
resides or transacts business in Guam or the Virgin Islands, then in the
District Court of Guam or in the District Court of the Virgin Islands
(as the case may be)'' for `òr in the United States court of any
Territory for the district or Territory in which such person resides or
transacts business''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 5(b), substituted ``product'' for
`àrticle of wearing apparel'', ``product, fabric, or related material''
for `àrticle of wearing apparel or fabric'' in two places and
``products, fabrics, or related materials'' for `àrticles of wearing
apparel or fabrics'', and inserted `òr related material'' before ``has
been introduced in commerce''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 5(b), substituted ``product,
fabric, or related material'' for `àrticle of wearing apparel or
fabric''.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 5(b), substituted ``products,
fabrics, or related materials'' for `àrticles of wearing apparel or
fabrics'' wherever appearing and struck out ``for wearing apparel
purposes'' before `ùntil properly and adequately treated or processed''
in two places.
Sec. 1196. Penalties
Any person who willfully violates section 1192 or 1197(b) of this
title, or who fails to comply with section 1202(c) of this title, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not more than $5,000 or be imprisoned not more than one year or both in
the discretion of the court: Provided, That nothing herein shall limit
other provisions of this chapter.
(June 30, 1953, ch. 164, Sec. 7, 67 Stat. 114; Pub. L. 95-631,
Sec. 8(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3747.)
Amendments
1978--Pub. L. 95-631 authorized penalties for noncompliance with
section 1202(c) of this title.
Sec. 1197. Guaranties
(a) Defense to prosecution
No person shall be subject to prosecution under section 1196 of this
title for a violation of section 1192 of this title if such person (1)
establishes a guaranty received in good faith signed by and containing
the name and address of the person by whom the product, fabric, or
related material guaranteed was manufactured or from whom it was
received, to the effect that reasonable and representative tests made in
accordance with standards issued or amended under the provisions of
section 1193 of this title show that the fabric or related material
covered by the guaranty, or used in the product covered by the guaranty,
conforms with applicable flammability standards issued or amended under
the provisions of section 1193 of this title, and (2) has not, by
further processing, affected the flammability of the fabric, related
material, or product covered by the guaranty which he received. Such
guaranty shall be either (1) a separate guaranty specifically
designating the product, fabric, or related material guaranteed, in
which case it may be on the invoice or other paper relating to such
product, fabric, or related material; (2) a continuing guaranty given by
seller to buyer applicable to any product, fabric, or related material
sold or to be sold to buyer by seller in a form as the Commission by
rules and regulations may prescribe; or (3) a continuing guaranty filed
with the Commission applicable to any product, fabric, or related
material handled by a guarantor, in such form as the Commission by rules
or regulations may prescribe.
(b) False guaranty
It shall be unlawful for any person to furnish, with respect to any
product, fabric, or related material, a false guaranty (except a person
relying upon a guaranty to the same effect received in good faith signed
by and containing the name and address of the person by whom the
product, fabric, or related material guaranteed was manufactured or from
whom it was received) with reason to believe the product, fabric, or
related material falsely guaranteed may be introduced, sold, or
transported in commerce, and any person who violates the provisions of
this subsection is guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an
unfair or deceptive act or practice, in commerce within the meaning of
the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.].
Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 572.)
References in Text
The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act
Amendments
1967--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-189 substituted ``product, fabric, or
related material'' for ``wearing apparel or fabric'' wherever appearing
and `ìn accordance with standards issued or amended under the
provisions of section 1193 of this title show that the fabric or related
material covered by the guaranty, or used in the product covered by the
guaranty, conforms with applicable flammability standards issued or
amended under the provisions of section 1193 of this title'' for `ùnder
the procedures provided in section 1193 of this title show that the
fabric covered by the guaranty, or used in the wearing apparel covered
by the guaranty, is not, under the provisions of section 1193 of this
title, so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by
individuals'', added cl. (2), and redesignated former cl. (2) as (3).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90-189 substituted ``product, fabric, or
related material'' for ``wearing apparel or fabric'' wherever appearing.
This section is referred to in sections 1194, 1196 of this title.
Sec. 1198. Shipments from foreign countries; demand for
redelivery; claim for liquidated damages
An imported product, fabric, or related material to which
flammability standards under this chapter are applicable shall not be
delivered from customs custody except as provided in section 1499 of
title 19. In the event an imported product, fabric, or related material
is delivered from customs custody under bond, as provided in section
1499 of title 19 and fails to conform with an applicable flammability
standard in effect on the date of entry of such merchandise, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall demand redelivery and in the absence
thereof shall assert a claim for liquidated damages for breach of a
condition of the bond arising out of such failure to conform or
redeliver in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of
the Treasury or his delegate. When asserting a claim for liquidated
damages against an importer for failure to redeliver such nonconforming
goods, the liquidated damages shall be not less than 10 per centum of
the value of the nonconforming merchandise if, within five years prior
thereto, the importer has previously been assessed liquidated damages
for failure to redeliver nonconforming goods in response to a demand
from the Secretary of the Treasury as set forth above.
Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 572.)
Amendments
1967--Pub. L. 90-189 substituted provisions prohibiting the delivery
from customs of imported products, fabrics, or related materials to
which flammability standards are applicable, except as provided in
section 1499 of title 19, and requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to
demand redelivery in the event any such imported product, fabric, or
related material is delivered from customs custody under bond and fails
to conform with an applicable flammability standard, and in the absence
of such redelivery to assert a claim for liquidated damages for breach
of the bond, which damages shall not be less than 10 per centum of the
value of the nonconforming merchandise if, within 5 years prior thereto,
the importer has previously been assessed liquidated damages for failure
to redeliver nonconforming goods in response to a demand by the
Secretary for provisions which authorized the Commission to prohibit any
person who had exported or who had attempted to export from any foreign
country into the United States any wearing apparel or fabric which was
so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals from
further participation in the exportation from any foreign country into
the United States of any wearing apparel or fabric except upon filing
bonds with the Secretary of the Treasury in a sum double the value of
said products and any duty thereon, conditioned upon compliance with the
provisions of this chapter.
Sec. 1199. Chapter as additional legislation
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be in addition to,
and not in substitution for or limitation of, the provisions of any
other law. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof
to any person or circumstances is held invalid the remainder of the
chapter and the application of such provisions to any other person or
circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Sec. 1200. Persons excluded from operation of chapter
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply (a) to any common
carrier, contract carrier, or freight forwarder in transporting a
product, fabric, or related material shipped or delivered for shipment
into commerce in the ordinary course of its business; (b) to any
converter, processor, or finisher in performing a contract or commission
service for the account of a person subject to the provisions of this
chapter: Provided, That said converter, processor, or finisher does not
cause any product, fabric, or related material to become subject to this
chapter contrary to the terms of the contract or commission service; or
(c) to any product, fabric, or related material shipped or delivered for
shipment into commerce for the purpose of finishing or processing such
product, fabric, or related material so that it conforms with applicable
flammability standards issued or amended under the provisions of section
1193 of this title.
Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 573.)
Amendments
1967--Pub. L. 90-189 substituted `ìn transporting a product,
fabric, or related material'' for ``with respect to an article of
wearing apparel or fabric'', ``product, fabric, or related material''
for `àrticle of wearing apparel or fabric'' in two places, and ``such
product, fabric, or related material so that it conforms with applicable
flammability standards issued or amended under the provisions of section
1193 of this title'' for ``to render such article or fabric not so
highly flammable, under the provisions of section 1193 of this title, as
to be dangerous when worn by individuals''.
Sec. 1201. Study and investigation; research, development and
training
(a) The Consumer Product Safety Commission shall conduct a
continuing study and investigation of the deaths, injuries, and economic
losses resulting from accidental burning of products, fabrics, or
related materials.
(b) In cooperation with appropriate public and private agencies, the
Consumer Product Safety Commission is authorized to-(1) conduct research into the flammability of products, fabrics,
and materials;
(2) conduct feasibility studies on reduction of flammability of
products, fabrics, and materials;
(3) develop flammability test methods and testing devices; and
(4) offer appropriate training in the use of flammability test
methods and testing devices.
(June 30, 1953, ch. 164, Sec. 14, as added Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 10, Dec.
14, 1967, 81 Stat. 573; amended Pub. L. 92-573, Sec. 30(b), Oct. 27,
1972, 86 Stat. 1231; Pub. L. 96-470, title I, Sec. 114, Oct. 19, 1980,
94 Stat. 2240; Pub. L. 97-35, title XII, Sec. 1211(e), Aug. 13, 1981, 95
Stat. 721.)
Codification
In subsec. (a), the words `ìn cooperation with the Secretary of
Commerce'' which followed ``Consumer Product Safety Commission'' have
been omitted from the Code in view of the transfer of functions of the
Secretary of Commerce under this chapter to the Consumer Product Safety
Commission pursuant to section 30(b) of Pub. L. 92-573 which is
classified to section 2079(b) of this title. This transfer would result
in this phrase being redundant in that it would provide for the Consumer
Product Safety Commission to cooperate with itself.
Amendments
1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-35 struck out provisions relating to
the submission of an annual report by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services to the President and to the Congress containing the results of
a study and investigation.
1980--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-470 struck out provision requiring the
Secretary to report the results of activities under this subsection to
Congress.
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-35 effective Aug. 13, 1981, see section 1215
of Pub. L. 97-35, set out as a note under section 2052 of this title.
``Consumer Product Safety Commission'' substituted for ``Secretary
of Health, Education, and Welfare'' in subsec. (a) and for ``Secretary
of Commerce'' in subsec. (b) pursuant to section 30(b) of Pub. L. 92573, which is classified to section 2079(b) of this title and which
transferred functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare,
Secretary of Commerce, and Federal Trade Commission under this chapter
to Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Toxicologic Risks of Flame-Retardant Chemicals in Residential
Upholstered Furniture
Pub. L. 105-276, title IV, Sec. 423, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2510,
provided that:
``(a) Within 90 days of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998],
the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall make all necessary
arrangements for the Committee on Toxicology of the National Academy of
Sciences (NAS) to conduct an independent 12-month study of the potential
toxicologic risks of all flame-retardant chemicals identified by the NAS
and the Commission as likely candidates for use in residential
upholstered furniture for the purpose of meeting regulations proposed by
the Commission for flame resistance of residential upholstered
furniture.
``(b) Upon completion of its report, the Academy shall send the
report to the Commission, which shall provide it to the Congress.
``(c) The Commission, before promulgating any notice of proposed
rulemaking or final rulemaking setting flammability standards for
residential upholstered furniture, shall consider fully the findings and
conclusions of the Academy.''
(June 30, 1953, ch. 164, Sec. 10, 67 Stat. 115.)
Sec. 1202. Exemptions
(a) Exports; risk of injury to residents of United States
This chapter shall not apply to any fabric, related material, or
product which is to be exported from the United States, if such fabric,
related material, or product, and any container in which it is enclosed,
bears a stamp or label stating that such fabric, related material, or
product is intended for export and such fabric, related material, or
product is in fact exported from the United States; unless the Consumer
Product Safety Commission (hereinafter in this section referred to as
the ``Commission'') determines that exportation of such fabric, related
material, or product presents an unreasonable risk of injury to persons
residing within the United States; except that this chapter shall apply
to any fabric, related material, or product manufactured for sale,
offered for sale, or intended for shipment to any installation of the
United States located outside of the United States.
(b) Imports intended for export; risk of injury to residents of United
States
This chapter shall not apply to any fabric, related material, or
product which is imported into the United States for dyeing, finishing,
other processing, or storage in bond, and export from the United States,
if such fabric, related material, or product, and any container in which
it is enclosed, bears a stamp or label stating that such fabric, related
material, or product is intended for export, and such fabric, related
material, or product is in fact exported from the United States, unless
the Commission determines that exportation of such fabric, related
material, or product presents an unreasonable risk of injury to persons
residing within the United States; except that this chapter shall apply
to any such imported fabric, related material, or product manufactured
for sale, offered for sale, or intended for shipment to any installation
of the United States located outside of the United States.
(c) Statement of exportation: filing period, information; notification
of foreign country; petition for minimum filing period; good
cause
Not less than thirty days before any person exports to a foreign
country any fabric, related material, or product that fails to conform
to an applicable flammability standard or regulation in effect under
this chapter, such person shall file a statement with the Commission
notifying the Commission of such exportation, and the Commission, upon
receipt of such statement, shall promptly notify the government of such
country of such exportation and of the basis for such flammability
standard or regulation. Any statement filed with the Commission under
the preceding sentence shall specify the anticipated date of shipment of
such fabric, related material, or product, the country and port of
destination of such fabric, related material, or product, and the
quantity of such fabric, related material, or product that will be
exported, and shall contain such other information as the Commission may
by regulation require. Upon petition filed with the Commission by any
person required to file a statement under this subsection respecting an
exportation, the Commission may, for good cause shown, exempt such
person from the requirement of this subsection that such a statement be
filed no less than thirty days before the date of the exportation,
except that in no case shall the Commission permit such a statement to
be filed later than the tenth day before such date.
14, 1967, 81 Stat. 574; amended Pub. L. 95-631, Sec. 8(a), Nov. 10,
1978, 92 Stat. 3746.)
Amendments
1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-631, Sec. 8(a)(1), made chapter
applicable to exports when the Commission determines that exportation
presents an unreasonable risk of injury to persons residing within the
United States.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-631, Sec. 8(a)(2), made chapter applicable
to imports intended for export when the Commission determines that
exportation presents an unreasonable risk of injury to persons residing
within the United States.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-631, Sec. 8(a)(3), added subsec. (c).
Sec. 1203. Preemption of Federal standards
(a) Standards or regulations designed to protect against same risk as
State standards or regulations; identical State standards
Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section,
whenever a flammability standard or other regulation for a fabric,
related material, or product is in effect under this chapter, no State
or political subdivision of a State may establish or continue in effect
a flammability standard or other regulation for such fabric, related
material, or product if the standard or other regulation is designed to
protect against the same risk of occurrence of fire with respect to
which the standard or other regulation under this chapter is in effect
unless the State or political subdivision standard or other regulation
is identical to the Federal standard or other regulation.
(b) State standards or regulations which afford a higher degree of
protection
The Federal Government and the government of any State or political
subdivision of a State may establish and continue in effect a
flammability standard or other regulation applicable to a fabric,
related material, or product for its own use which standard or other
regulation is designed to protect against a risk of occurrence of fire
with respect to which a flammability standard or other regulation is in
effect under this chapter and which is not identical to such standard or
other regulation if the Federal, State, or political subdivision
standard or other regulation provides a higher degree of protection from
such risk of occurrence of fire than the standard or other regulation in
effect under this chapter.
(c) Exemption for State standards or regulations; requirements;
determination of burden on interstate commerce; notice and
hearing
(1) Upon application of a State or political subdivision of a State,
the Commission may, by regulation promulgated in accordance with
paragraph (2), exempt from subsection (a) of this section, under such
conditions as may be prescribed in such regulation, any flammability
standard or other regulation of such State or political subdivision
applicable to a fabric, related material, or product subject to a
standard or other regulation in effect under this chapter, if--
(A) compliance with the State or political subdivision
requirement would not cause the fabric, related material, or product
to be in violation of the standard or other regulation in effect
under this chapter, and
(B) the State or political subdivision standard or other
regulation (i) provides a significantly higher degree of protection
from the risk of occurrence of fire with respect to which the
Federal standard or other regulation is in effect, and (ii) does not
unduly burden interstate commerce.
In determining the burden, if any, of a State or political subdivision
flammability standard or other regulation on interstate commerce the
Commission shall consider and make appropriate (as determined by the
Commission in its discretion) findings on the technological and economic
feasibility of complying with such flammability standard or other
regulation, the cost of complying with such flammability standard or
other regulation, the geographic distribution of the fabric, related
material, or product to which the flammability standard or other
regulation would apply, the probability of other States or political
subdivisions applying for an exemption under this subsection for a
similar flammability standard or other regulation, and the need for a
national, uniform flammability standard or other regulation under this
chapter for such fabric, related material, or product.
(2) A regulation under paragraph (1) granting an exemption for a
flammability standard or other regulation of a State or political
subdivision of a State may be promulgated by the Commission only after
it has provided, in accordance with section 553(b) of title 5, notice
with respect to the promulgation of the regulation and has provided
opportunity for the oral presentation of views respecting its
promulgation.
(d) Flammability standards or regulations; definitions
For purposes of this section-(1) a reference to a flammability standard or other regulation
for a fabric, related material, or product in effect under this
chapter includes a standard of flammability continued in effect by
section 11 of the Act of December 14, 1967 (Public Law 90-189); and
(2) the term ``Commission'' means the Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
14, 1967, 81 Stat. 574; amended Pub. L. 94-284, Sec. 17(b), May 11,
1976, 90 Stat. 512.)
References in Text
Section 11 of the Act of December 14, 1967 (Public Law 90-189),
referred to in subsec. (d)(1), is set out as a note under section 1191
of this title.
Amendments
1976--Pub. L. 94-284 substituted provisions which permitted the use
of flammability standards or regulations not identical with the
standards or regulations in effect under this chapter provided that the
standards or regulations used afford a higher degree of protection from
the risk of the occurrence of fire than the standards or regulation
under this chapter, and which permitted the Commission, by regulation
promulgated in accordance with section 553 of title 5, to grant an
exemption for a flammability standard or other regulation of a State or
political subdivision of a State, for the prior supremacy of chapter
provision.
Sec. 1204. Congressional veto of flammability regulations
(a) Transmission to Congress
The Consumer Product Safety Commission shall transmit to the
Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives a
copy of any flammability regulation promulgated by the Commission under
(b) Disapproval by concurrent resolution
Any regulation specified in subsection (a) of this section shall not
take effect if-(1) within the ninety calendar days of continuous session of the
Congress which occur after the date of the promulgation of such
regulation, both Houses of the Congress adopt a concurrent
resolution, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as
follows (with the blank spaces appropriately filled): ``That the
Congress disapproves the flammability regulation which was
promulgated under the Flammable Fabrics Act by the Consumer Product
Safety Commission with respect to
and which was
transmitted to the Congress on
and disapproves the
regulation for the following reasons:
.''; or
(2) within the sixty calendar days of continuous session of the
Congress which occur after the date of the promulgation of such
regulation, one House of the Congress adopts such concurrent
resolution and transmits such resolution to the other House and such
resolution is not disapproved by such other House within the thirty
calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur
after the date of such transmittal.
(c) Presumptions from Congressional action or inaction
Congressional inaction on, or rejection of, a concurrent resolution
of disapproval under this section shall not be construed as an
expression of approval of the regulation involved, and shall not be
construed to create any presumption of validity with respect to such
regulation.
(d) Continuous session of Congress
For purposes of this section-(1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of
the Congress sine die; and
(2) the days on which either House is not in session because of
an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded
in the computation of the periods of continuous session of the
Congress specified in subsection (b) of this section.
(June 30, 1953, ch. 164, Sec. 17, as added Pub. L. 97-35, title XII,
Sec. 1207(d), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 719.)
References in Text
The Flammable Fabrics Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act June
30, 1953, ch. 164, 67 Stat. 111, as amended, which is classified
generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1191 of this title
and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1204, act June 30, 1953, ch. 164, Sec. 17, as added
Dec. 14, 1967, Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 10, 81 Stat. 574; amended May 11,
1976, Pub. L. 94-284, Sec. 19, 90 Stat. 514, related to the National
Advisory Committee for Flammable Fabrics Act, prior to repeal by Pub. L.
97-35, title XII, Sec. 1205(b), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 716, eff. Aug.
13, 1981.
Effective Date
Section applicable with respect to consumer product safety rules
under chapter 47 of this title and regulations under this chapter and
chapter 30 of this title promulgated after Aug. 13, 1981, see section
1215 of Pub. L. 97-35, set out as an Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
note under section 2052 of this title.
Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR12.130]
[Page 288-292]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
PART 12_SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
Sec. 12.130 Textiles and textile products country of origin.
(a) General. Textile or textile products subject to section 204,
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), include
merchandise which is subject to the provisions of the International
Arrangement Regarding Trade in Textiles (The Multi-Fiber Arrangement).
(1) Is in chief value of cotton, wool, or man-made fibers, or any
textile fibers subject to the terms of any textile trade agreement, or
any combination thereof; or
(2) Contains 50 percent or more by weight of cotton or man-made
fibers, or any textile fibers subject to the terms of any textile trade
agreement; or
(3) Contains 17 percent or more by weight of wool; or
(4) If in chief value of textile fibers or textile materials,
contains a blend of cotton, wool, or man-made fibers, or any textile
fibers subject to the terms of any textile trade agreement, or any
combination thereof, which fibers, in the aggregate amount to 50 percent
or more by weight of all component fibers.
(b) Country of origin. For the purpose of this section and except as
provided in paragraph (c), a textile or textile product, subject to
section 204, Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended, imported into the
customs territory of the United States, shall be a product of a
particular foreign territory or country, or insular possession of the
U.S., if it is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of that
foreign territory or country, or insular possession. However, except as
provided in paragraph (c), a textile or textile product, subject to
section 204, which consists of materials produced or derived from, or
processed in, more than one foreign territory or country, or insular
possession of the U.S., shall be a product of that foreign territory or
country, or insular possession where it last underwent a substantial
transformation. A textile or textile product will be considered to have
undergone a substantial transformation if it has been transformed by
means of substantial manufacturing or processing operations into a new
and different article of commerce. However, the origin of products of
Canada and Mexico, and the origin of textile and apparel products
covered by Sec. 102.21
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of this chapter, are determined pursuant to the procedures set forth in
part 102 of this chapter.
(c) Articles exported for processing and returned--(1) Applicability
to U.S. articles sent abroad. Chapter 98, Subchapter II, Note 2,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, provides that any
product of the U.S. which is returned after having been advanced in
value or improved in condition abroad, or assembled abroad, shall be a
foreign article for the purposes of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
In order to have a single definition of the term ``product of'' and,
therefore, a single country of origin for a textile or textile product,
notwithstanding paragraph (b), merchandise which falls within the
purview of Chapter 98, Subchapter II, Note 2, Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States, may not, upon its return to the U.S., be
considered a product of the U.S.
(2) Applicability to U.S. insular possession products processed
outside the insular possession. Unless otherwise required by law, the
rules of origin applicable to products of the U.S. shall also apply to
products of insular possessions of the U.S. Accordingly, notwithstanding
paragraph (b) of this section, for purposes of section 204, Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended, products of insular possessions of the U.S., if
imported into the U.S. after having been advanced in value, improved in
condition, or assembled, outside the insular possessions shall not be
treated as products of those insular possessions.
(d) Criteria for determining country of origin. The criteria in
paragraphs (d) (1) and (2) of this section shall be considered in
determining the country of origin of imported merchandise. These
criteria are not exhaustive. One or any combination of criteria may be
determinative, and additional factors may be considered. However, the
origin of products of Canada and Mexico, and the origin of textile and
apparel products covered by Sec. 102.21 of this chapter, are determined
pursuant to the procedures set forth in part 102 of this chapter.
(1) A new and different article of commerce will usually result from
a manufacturing or processing operation if there is a change in:
(i) Commercial designation or identity,
(ii) Fundamental character or
(iii) Commercial use.
(2) In determining whether merchandise has been subjected to
substantial manufacturing or processing operations, the following will
be considered:
(i) The physical change in the material or article as a result of
the manufacturing or processing operations in each foreign territory or
country, or insular possession of the U.S.
(ii) The time involved in the manufacturing or processing operations
in each foreign territory or country, or insular possession of the U.S.
(iii) The complexity of the manufacturing or processing operations
in each foreign territory or country, or insular possession of the U.S.
(iv) The level or degree of skill and/or technology required in the
manufacturing or processing operations in each foreign territory or
country, or insular possession of the U.S.
(v) The value added to the article or material in each foreign
territory or country, or insular possession of the U.S., compared to its
value when imported into the U.S.
(e) Manufacturing or processing operations. (1) Except for products
of which the origin is Canada or Mexico and except for textile and
apparel products (the origin of such products is determined pursuant to
the procedures set forth in part 102 of this chapter), an article or
material usually will be a product of a particular foreign territory or
country, or insular possession of the U.S., when it has undergone prior
to importation into the U.S. in that foreign territory or country, or
insular possession any of the following:
(i) Dyeing of fabric and printing when accompanied by two or more of
the following finishing operations: bleaching, shrinking, fulling,
napping, decating, permanent stiffening, weighting, permanent embossing,
or moireing;
(ii) Spinning fibers into yarn;
(iii) Weaving, knitting or otherwise forming fabric;
(iv) Cutting of fabric into parts and the assembly of those parts
into the completed article; or
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(v) Substantial assembly by sewing and/or tailoring of all cut
pieces of apparel articles which have been cut from fabric in another
foreign territory or country, or insular possession, into a completed
garment (e.g. the complete assembly and tailoring of all cut pieces of
suit-type jackets, suits, and shirts).
(2) An article or material usually will not be considered to be a
product of a particular foreign territory or country, or insular
possession of the U.S. by virtue of merely having undergone any of the
following:
(i) Simple combining operations, labeling, pressing, cleaning or dry
cleaning, or packaging operations, or any combination thereof;
(ii) Cutting to length or width and hemming or overlocking fabrics
which are readily identifiable as being intended for a particular
commercial use;
(iii) Trimming and/or joining together by sewing, looping, linking,
or other means of attaching otherwise completed knit-to-shape component
parts produced in a single country, even when accompanied by other
processes (e.g. washing, drying, mending, etc.) normally incident to the
assembly process;
(iv) One or more finishing operations on yarns, fabrics, or other
textile articles, such as showerproofing, superwashing, bleaching,
decating, fulling, shrinking, mercerizing, or similar operations; or
(v) Dyeing and/or printing of fabrics or yarns.
(f) Declaration of manufacturer, producer, exporter, or importer of
textiles and textile products. All importations of textiles and textile
products subject to section 204, Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended,
shall be accompanied by the appropriate declaration(s) set forth in
paragraph (f)(1) or (f)(2) of this section. Textiles or textile products
subject to section 204 include that merchandise described in Sec.
12.130(a). All importations of textiles and textile products not subject
to section 204 shall be accompanied by the declaration set forth in
paragraph (f)(3) of this section. The declaration(s) shall be filed with
the entry. The declaration(s) may be prepared by the manufacturer,
producer, exporter or importer of the textiles and textile products. If
multiple manufacturers, producers, or exporters are involved, a separate
declaration prepared by each may be filed. A separate declaration may be
filed for each invoice which is presented with the entry. The
determination of country of origin, other than as set forth in paragraph
(g) of this section, will be based upon information contained in the
declaration(s). The declaration(s) shall not be treated as a missing
document for which a bond may be filed. Entry will be denied unless
accompanied by a properly executed declaration(s)
(1) Single foreign territory or country, or U.S. insular possession.
Textiles or textile products which are wholly the growth, product, or
manufacture of a single foreign territory or country, or insular
possession of the U.S., or assembled in a single foreign territory or
country, or insular possession of the U.S. of fabricated components
which are in whole the product of the U.S. and/or the single foreign
territory or country, or insular possession of the U.S. shall be
identified in a declaration which is substantially in the following
form:
SINGLE COUNTRY DECLARATION
I, -------------------- (name), declare that the articles listed
below and covered by the invoice or entry to which this declaration
relates are wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a single
foreign territory or country, or insular possession of the U.S., or were
assembled in the single foreign territory or country, or insular
possession of the U.S. of fabricated components which are in whole the
product of the U.S. and/or the single foreign territory or country, or
insular possession of the U.S. as identified below. I declare, that the
information set forth in this declaration is correct and true to the
best of my information, knowledge, and belief.
A........................................
B........................................
C........................................
D........................................
(country*)
(country*)
(country*)
(country*)
etc.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Marks of
Description of
identification,
article and
Country* of
Date of
numbers
quantity
origin
exportation
-----------------------------------------------------------------------................ ...............
................ ...............
................ ...............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[[Page 291]]
Date____________________________________________________________________
Name____________________________________________________________________
Signature_______________________________________________________________
Title___________________________________________________________________
Company_________________________________________________________________
Address_________________________________________________________________
*Country when used in this declaration includes territories and U.S.
insular possessions. If the entry or invoice to which the declaration
relates covers merchandise from more than one country each country will
be identified in the declaration by the alphabetical designation
appearing next to the named country. In the case of an assembly
operation of U.S. components, both the country of assembly and the U.S.
shall be reported (e.g. Haiti/U.S.) along with the date of exportation
from the country of assembly.
(2) More than one foreign territory or country, or U.S. insular
possession. Textiles and textiles products which were subjected to
manufacturing or processing operations in, and/or incorporate materials
originating in more than one foreign territory or country, or an insular
possession of the U.S. or were assembled in, and/or incorporate
fabricated components which are the product of the U.S. and more than
one foreign territory, country or insular possession of the U.S., shall
be identified in a declaration which is substantially in the following
form:
MULTIPLE COUNTRY DECLARATION
I, -------------------- (name), declare that the articles described
relates were exported from the country* identified below on the dates
listed and were subjected to assembling, manufacturing or processing
operations in, and/or incorporate materials originating in, the foreign
territory or country* or countries*, or the U.S. or an insular
possession of the U.S., identified below. I declare that the information
set forth in this declaration is correct and true to the best of my
information, knowledge, and belief.
A........................................
B........................................
C........................................
D........................................
(country*)
(country*)
(country*)
(country*)
etc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date and country of
Materials
Description of
manufacture and/or ---------------------------------------
Marks of
Description manufacturing
processing
identification, of article
and/or
-------------------------- Description Country of Date of
numbers
and quantity processing
Date of
of material production
exportation
operations
Country exportation
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------............ .............. .......... ............ ............ ........... ...........
............ .............. .......... ............ ............ ........... ...........
............ .............. .......... ............ ............ ........... ...........
............ .............. .......... ............ ............ ........... ...........
............ .............. .......... ............ ............ ........... ...........
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date____________________________________________________________________
Name____________________________________________________________________
Signature_______________________________________________________________
Title___________________________________________________________________
Company_________________________________________________________________
Address_________________________________________________________________
*Country or countries when used in this declaration includes
territories and U.S. insular possessions. The country will be identified
in the above declaration by the alphabetical designation appearing next
to the named country.
(3) Textiles and textile products not subject to section 204.
Textiles and textile products not subject to section 204, Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended, (see paragraph (a) of this section for products
subject to section 204), shall be accompanied by the declaration set
forth below:
NEGATIVE DECLARATION
I, -------------------- (name), declare that the articles described
relates are not subject to section 204, Agricultural Act of 1956, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854) and the information set forth in this
declaration is correct and true to the best of my information,
knowledge, and belief.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Marks of identification, Description of article
numbers
and quantity
Country of origin
-----------------------------------------------------------------------...................... ......................
...................... ......................
...................... ......................
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Date____________________________________________________________________
Name____________________________________________________________________
Signature_______________________________________________________________
Title___________________________________________________________________
Company_________________________________________________________________
Address_________________________________________________________________
[[Page 292]]
________________________________________________________________________
(g) Incomplete or insufficient information. If the port director is
unable to determine the country of origin of an article from the
information set forth in the declaration, the declarant shall submit
such additional information as requested. Release of the article from
Customs custody will be denied until the determination is made based
upon the information provided or the best information available. In this
regard if incomplete or insufficient information is provided, the port
director may consider the experience and costs of domestic industry in
similar manufacturing or processing operations.
(h) Shipments covered by an informal entry. While a declaration is
not required for shipments covered by an informal entry, the port
director may require such other evidence of the country of origin as
deemed necessary. The filing of the appropriate declaration will be
required in a case involving consolidation of individual shipments under
Sec. Sec. 12.131 and 143.22 of this chapter.
(i) Date of exportation. For quota, visa or export license
requirements, and statistical purposes, the date of exportation for
textiles or textile products, subject to section 204, Agricultural Act
of 1956, as amended, shall be the date the vessel or carrier leaves the
last port in the country of origin, as defined by this section.
Contingency of diversion in another foreign territory or country shall
not change the date of exportation for quota, visa or export license
requirements or for statistical purposes.
[T.D. 85-38, 50 FR 8723, Mar. 5, 1985, as amended by T.D. 86-57, 51 FR
8315, Mar. 11, 1986; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51254, Dec. 21, 1988; T.D. 93-27,
58 FR 19349, Apr. 14, 1993; T.D. 94-4, 59 FR 113, Jan. 3, 1994; T.D. 9569, 60 FR 46197, Sept. 5, 1995]
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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC68]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND
PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
SUBCHAPTER III--LABELING OF WOOL PRODUCTS
Sec. 68. Definitions
As used in this subchapter-(a) The term ``person'' means an individual, partnership,
corporation, association, or any other form of business enterprise,
plural or singular, as the case demands.
(b) The term ``wool'' means the fiber from the fleece of the sheep
or lamb or hair of the Angora or Cashmere goat (and may include the socalled specialty fibers from the hair of the camel, alpaca, llama, and
vicuna) which has never been reclaimed from any woven or felted wool
product.
(c) The term ``recycled wool'' means (1) the resulting fiber when
wool has been woven or felted into a wool product which, without ever
having been utilized in any way by the ultimate consumer, subsequently
has been made into a fibrous state, or (2) the resulting fiber when wool
or reprocessed wool has been spun, woven, knitted, or felted into a wool
product which, after having been used in any way by the ultimate
consumer, subsequently has been made into a fibrous state.
(d) The term ``wool product'' means any product, or any portion of a
product, which contains, purports to contain, or in any way is
represented as containing wool or recycled wool.
(e) The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Trade Commission.
(f) The term ``Federal Trade Commission Act'' means the Act of
Congress entitled `Àn Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to
define its powers and duties, and for other purposes'', approved
September 26, 1914, as amended, and the Federal Trade Commission Act
approved March 21, 1938 [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.].
(g) The term ``commerce'' means commerce among the several States or
with foreign nations, or in any Territory of the United States or in the
District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and another, or
between any such Territory and any State or foreign nation, or between
the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation.
(h) The term ``Territory'' includes the insular possessions of the
United States and also any Territory of the United States.
(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, Sec. 2, 54 Stat. 1128; Pub. L. 96-242, Sec. 1,
May 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 344.)
References in Text
The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in subsec. (f), is act
generally to subchapter I (Sec. 41 et seq.) of this chapter. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of this
title and Tables.
Amendments
1980--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-242, Sec. 1(a), substituted ``recycled
wool'' for ``reprocessed wool'' as term defined, designated existing
definition as cl. (1), and added cl. (2).
Subsecs. (d) to (i). Pub. L. 96-242, Sec. 1(b)-(d), redesignated
subsecs. (e) to (i) as (d) to (h), respectively, and, in subsec. (d) as
so redesignated, substituted ``containing wool or recycled wool'' for
``containing wool, reprocessed wool, or reused wool''. Former subsec.
(d), which defined term ``reused wool'', was struck out.
Section 3 of Pub. L. 96-242 provided that: ``The amendments made by
this Act [amending this section and section 68b of this title] shall
take effect with respect to wool products manufactured on or after the
date sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act [May 5, 1980].''
Effective Date
Section 12 of act Oct. 14, 1940, provided that: ``This Act [this
subchapter] shall take effect nine months after the date of its
passage.''
Short Title
Section 1 of act Oct. 14, 1940, provided that: ``This Act [this
subchapter] may be cited as the `Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939'.''
Separability
Section 13 of act Oct. 14, 1940, provided that: `Ìf any provision
of this Act [this subchapter], or the application thereof to any person,
partnership, corporation, or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder
of the Act and the application of such provision to any other person,
partnership, corporation, or circumstance shall not be affected
thereby.''
For transfer of functions of Federal Trade Commission, with certain
exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 8 of
1950, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1264, set out
under section 41 of this title.
Sec. 68j. Exceptions from subchapter
None of the provisions of this subchapter shall be construed to
apply to the manufacture, delivery for shipment, shipment, sale, or
offering for sale any carpets, rugs, mats, or upholsteries, nor to any
person manufacturing, delivering for shipment, shipping, selling, or
offering for sale any carpets, rugs, mats, or upholsteries.
(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, Sec. 14, 54 Stat. 1133.)

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