Imports of Certain Textile and Apparel Goods from Mexico or the United States Customs Duty Remission Order

1 The definitions in this section apply in this Order.

apparel

apparel means the following goods in the List of Tariff Provisions that are both cut or knit to shape and are sewn or otherwise assembled in Mexico or the United States from fabric or yarn produced or obtained outside the free trade area:

• (a) goods referred to in Chapters 61 and 62; and

• (b) goods referred to in heading 96.19 of textiles other than of wadding. (vêtements)

fabric and made-up goods

fabric and made-up goods means

• (a) cotton or man-made fibre fabric and cotton or man-made fibre made-up textile goods referred to in Chapters 52 to 55 of the List of Tariff Provisions, other than goods containing 36% or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair, and in Chapters 58, 60 and 63 of the List of Tariff Provisions, that are woven or knitted in Mexico or the United States from yarn produced or obtained outside the free trade area, that are woven or knitted in Mexico or the United States from yarn produced in the free trade area from fibre produced or obtained outside the free trade area, or that are knitted in Mexico or the United States from yarn spun in the free trade area from fibre produced or obtained outside the free trade area; or

• (b) goods of subheading 9404.90 that are finished and cut and sewn or otherwise assembled from fabrics referred to in any of subheadings 5208.11 to 5208.29, 5209.11 to 5209.29, 5210.11 to 5210.29, 5211.11 to 5211.20, 5212.11, 5212.12, 5212.21, 5212.22, 5407.41, 5407.51, 5407.71, 5407.81, 5407.91, 5408.21, 5408.31, 5512.11, 5512.21, 5512.91, 5513.11 to 5513.19, 5514.11 to 5514.19, 5516.11, 5516.21, 5516.31, 5516.41 and 5516.91 that are produced or obtained outside the free trade area. (tissus et articles confectionnés)

free trade area

free trade area means the area comprising Canada, Mexico and the United States. (zone de libre-échange)

spun yarn

spun yarn means cotton or man-made fibre yarns referred to in any of headings 52.05 to 52.07 and 55.09 to 55.11 that are spun in Mexico or the United States from fibre referred to in any of headings 52.01 to 52.03 and 55.01 to 55.07 that is produced or obtained outside the free trade area and, for imports from the United States, also includes goods of heading 56.05 that are formed in the United States from fibres that are obtained outside the free trade area. (filés)