1471.12_fas_wool_refund_of_duties_paid_2022

[insert COMPANY LETTERHEAD]

[insert date]

Attn: Mr. Curt Alt

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Foreign Agricultural Service

1400 Independence Ave, SW

Washington, DC 20250

Filed pursuant to section 12603 of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018

(P. L. 115-334)

Please consider this a claim for a wool duty refund payment to a wool product manufacturer in 2022 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agriculture Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund (Agriculture Wool Trust Fund), pursuant to section 12603 of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (P. L. 115-334).

That the USDA shall pay, from its Agriculture Wool Trust Fund, to each manufacturer that received a payment during calendar year 2005 from the former Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Wool Trust Fund under section 505 of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-200; 114 Stat. 303), as amended by section 5101 of the Trade Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 1041), and that provides an affidavit, no later than March 1 of the year of the payment, certifying that it remains a manufacturer in the United States as of January 1 of the year of the payment, additional payments, each payment equal to the payment received for calendar year 2005 as follows:

(A) The first payment to be made after January 1, 2006, but on or before April 15, 2006.

(B) The second payment to be made after January 1, 2007, but on or before April 15, 2007.

(C) Each subsequent annual payment to be made after January 1 of each subsequent year, but on or before April 15 of such year through calendar year 2023¹

--(Section 505 of the Trade and Development Act of 2000. as amended by the Trade Act of 2002, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004, the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008.)

I, the undersigned, attest that _______________________(company name) received a payment in 2005 from CBP’s Wool Trust Fund under section 505 of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-200; 114 Stat. 303), as amended by section 5101 of the Trade Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 1041), and as of January 1, 2022 continues to be a manufacturer in the U.S., as provided for in Section 505(a) of the Trade and Development Act of 2000, as amended, and reauthorized by the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018.

I certify and affirm that to the best of my knowledge and belief all information contained in this claim and affidavit is complete and correct and no false claims, statements, or representations have been made.

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Date Signature

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Officer’s Title

1 Section 12603 of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 reauthorizes and extends the annual Wool Duty Refund payments formerly administered by CBP and directs USDA to administer the program from calendar year 2015 through calendar year 2023.

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