AGOA Trade Preference
TRADE PREFERENCE PROGRAMS
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
If you have any questions about this program, please contact Thomas Newberg at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel by email.
Summary of AGOA Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Provisions
Quick Reference Chart of AGOA Provisions
AGOA Preferences: Country Eligibility, Apparel Eligibility, and Textile Eligibility (Category 0 and Category 9)
Certificate of Origin (Updated June 2008 w/ Category 0)
Announcement of Eligibility
| Benin | Botswana | Cape Verde | Chad | Cote d’Ivoire | Eswatini (Swaziland) |
| Ghana | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Madagascar | Malawi |
| Mauritius | Mozambique | Namibia | Nigeria | Senegal | Sierra Leone |
| South Africa | Tanzania | Togo | Zambia |
AGOA Visa Requirements (Federal Register Notice, January 2001)
Category 9
Preferential treatment for Folklore articles, Handloomed/Handmade articles, and Ethnic Printed Fabrics produced in and exported from:
| Benin | Botswana | Ghana | Kenya |
| Lesotho | Madagascar | Malawi | Mozambique |
| Namibia | Nigeria | Senegal | Sierra Leone |
| South Africa | Tanzania (Handloomed/Handmade and Folklore Articles) | Tanzania (Ethnic Printed Fabrics) | Zambia |
Commercial Availability
Commercial Availability Documents Database
U.S. Trade Data
- U.S. imports under Trade Preference Programs
- Utilization of Certain Tariff Rate Quotas
- Limitations on Duty and Quota-Free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African Countries under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for the one-year period from October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025. The aggregate quantity of imports eligible for preferential treatment under these provisions is 1,757,888,503 square meters equivalent. Of this amount, 878,944,252 square meters equivalent is available to apparel articles imported under the special rule for lesser-developed countries.
For More Information:
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative - AGOA website
- What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: The African Growth and Opportunity Act (CBP, August 2003)
- Doing Business in Africa
- African Trade Desk – Bridging Markets, Empowering Futures Direct from Africa to the USA!
- USAID Africa Trade & Investment Activity Partnerships Hub
- Prosper Africa: Increasing Trade and Investment in the U.S. and Africa
Legislative History and Text
- The Trade and Development Act of 2000 (H.R. 434; Public Law 106-200) full text
- Presidential Proclamation 7350 of October 4, 2000 to Implement AGOA I
- AGOA Interim Regulations, 2000
- Delegation of Authority (Executive Order 13191 of January 22, 2001) to Implement AGOA I
- The Trade Act of 2002 SEC. 3108 (AGOA II)
- Presidential Proclamation 7626 of November 18, 2002 (AGOA II)
- AGOA Interim Regulations, March 2003
- AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 (AGOA III); Public Law 108-274
- A Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 Title VI (AGOA IV);Public Law 109-432
- Andean Trade Preference Extension Act, Section 3. AGOA;Public Law 110-436
- Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 Title I, AGOA; Public Law 114-27