Tag: Cotton

  • Quota Day One

    USTR’s cotton-linked textile tariff-rate quota reaches its September 1 operational target, forcing importers, US yarn mills, and four Asian supplier nations to confront a new sourcing arithmetic WASHINGTON, September 1, 2026: The most closely watched date on the American textile trade calendar arrived Monday, as the Office of the United States Trade Representative’s long-promised tariff-rate…

  • Xinjiang Ban

    Washington’s largest-ever expansion of the Uyghur forced labor blacklist takes effect, presuming goods from 43 more Chinese companies are barred from U.S. ports and putting importers of aluminum, apparel, copper, cotton, and tomato products on notice WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2026 The single largest expansion of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List since the…