(i) IN GENERAL.—Preferential treat-
ment under this paragraph shall be ex-
tended in the 1-year period beginning Jan-
uary 1, 2005, and in each of the suc-
ceeding 10 1-year periods, to imports of 
apparel articles described in this subpara-
graph in an amount not to exceed the ap-
plicable percentage of the aggregate square 
meter equivalents of all apparel articles im-
ported into the United States in the pre-
ceding 12-month period for which data are 
available. 
(ii) APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE.—For 
purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
‘‘applicable percentage’’ means 11 percent 
for the 1-year period beginning January 1, 
2005, increased in each of the 10 suc-
ceeding 1-year periods by equal incre-
ments, so that for the period beginning 
January 1, 2014, the applicable percentage 
does not exceed 14 percent. 
(B) SPECIAL RULE.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (A), preferential treatment described 
in this paragraph shall be extended
through December 31, 2011, to apparel ar-
ticles wholly assembled in one or more 
TRADE Act of 2005 beneficiary countries 
or former TRADE Act of 2005 beneficiary 
countries, or both, regardless of the coun-
try of origin of the yarn or fabric used to 
make such articles. 
(ii) COUNTRY LIMITATIONS.—
(I) SMALL
SUPPLIERS.—If dur-
ing the preceding 1-year period begin-
ning on January 1 for which data are 
available, imports into the United 
States of apparel articles from a 
TRADE Act of 2005 beneficiary 
country are less than 1 percent of the 
aggregate square meter equivalents of 
all apparel articles imported into the 
United States during such period, 
then imports under this subparagraph 
from that country may increase to an 
amount that is equal to not more than 
1.5 percent of the aggregate square 
meter equivalents of all apparel arti-
cles imported into the United States 
during such period.
(II) OTHER SUPPLIERS.—If dur-
ing the preceding 1-year period begin-
ning on January 1 for which data are 
available, imports from a TRADE Act 
of 2005 beneficiary country are at 
least 1 percent (or, in the case of a 
country to which subclause (I) applies, 
1.5 percent) of the aggregate square 
meter equivalents of all apparel arti-
cles imported into the United States 
during such period, imports under 
this clause from that country may in-
crease, during each subsequent 12-
month period, by an amount that is 
equal to not more than one-third of 1 
percent of the aggregate square meter 
equivalents of all apparel articles im-
ported into the United States. 
(III) 
AGGREGATE
COUNTRY 
LIMIT.—In no case may the aggregate 
quantity of textile and apparel articles 
imported into the United States under 
this subparagraph exceed the applica-
ble percentage set forth in subpara-
graph (A).
(C) SURGE
MECHANISM.—Subparagraph 
(C) of section 112(b)(3) of the African Growth 
and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(3)) 
shall apply with respect to the preferential 
treatment extended under this paragraph to a 
TRADE Act of 2005 beneficiary country, ex-
cept that, in applying such paragraph—
(i) ‘‘TRADE Act of 2005 country’’ 
shall be substituted for ‘‘sub-Saharan Afri-
can country’’; and 
(ii) references to ‘‘this paragraph’’ 
shall be deemed to refer to subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of this paragraph. 
(4) 
OTHER
PROVISIONS.—The 
preferential 
treatment described in paragraph (1) shall apply to 
articles described in paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and 
(7) of section 112(b) of the African Growth and Op-
portunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(4), (5), (6), and 
(7)), except that—
(A) such paragraphs shall be applied by 
substituting ‘‘TRADE Act of 2005 beneficiary 
country’’ for ‘‘beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country’’ and ‘‘TRADE Act of 2005 beneficiary 
countries’’ for ‘‘beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
countries’’ each place such terms appear; and