Essentially, AGOA extends duty-free and quota-free treatment to eligible products from all (currently 40) AGOA-eligible Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. In addition products qualifying separately for the 'Wearing Apparel' provisions of AGOA also receive duty-free access to the U.S. market, subject to certain conditions and quantitative restrictions (known as Apparel Rules of Origin and AGOA Apparel Quotas).
Approximately 7,000 items are currently AGOA-eligible. Certain products may still have import taxes associated with them, but in 2010 and 2011, almost 95% of all U.S. imports from AGOA-eligible countries entered the United States duty-free. In 2010, the total amount of imports from sub-Saharan Africa under AGOA totaled over $44 billion.
To find out more about AGOA product eligibility and determine the eligibility of a certain products, please visit: https://agoa.info/about-agoa/product-eligibility.html
For the complete list of AGOA eligible products go to: http://agoa.info/about-agoa/products.html
