What this means for you
Under Regulation (EU) ****/****, Bangladesh is entitled to a three-year transition under the EU’s Everything But Arms (EBA) arrangement after it ceases to qualify as a least developed country (LDC). If graduation proceeds as scheduled on November **, ****, EBA preferences would continue until approximately the end of ****. If the UN General Assembly approves Bangladesh’s request to extend its preparatory period to November **, ****, the EBA transition would instead run until approximately the end of ****. As of October **, ****, the requested extension had not been approved.
Rules of origin matter as much as tariffs. Many garments made in Bangladesh using imported fabric currently qualify for EBA preferences, but future eligibility will depend on the applicable product-specific rules and the preference scheme in force. US buyers must also distinguish Section *** duties from reciprocal tariffs. Any proposed relief linked to US inputs would be subject to limited tariff-rate quotas, not automatically available to all apparel made using US cotton.
