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U.S. Notes (con.) (b) For the purposes of this note and the application of subheading 9903.55.01, the following countries shall not be subject to the quantitative restriction for goods admitted into the United States temporarily free of duty under bond which are entered under statistical reporting number 9813.00.0520 provided for herein: (i) Canada and Mexico; (ii) Australia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Israel, Panama, Peru, and Singapore; (iii) The following developing countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen (Republic of), Zambia and Zimbabwe; and (iv) The following Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act beneficiary countries and territories: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. (c) Scope. (i) For the purposes of subheading 9903.55.01 of this subchapter, the term "fine denier polyester staple fiber" ("fine denier PSF") means fine denier polyester staple fiber, not carded or combed, measuring less than 3.3 decitex (3 denier) in diameter, whether coated or uncoated. The scope covers products classifiable in subheading 5503.20.00 and described in statistical reporting number 5503.20.0025 or 9813.00.0520. (ii) Subheading 9903.55.01 shall not cover— (1) PSF equal to or greater than 3.3 decitex (more than 3 denier, inclusive) currently classifiable under HTS subheading 5503.20.00 and described in statistical reporting numbers 5503.20.0045 and 5503.20.0065; and (2) Low-melt PSF defined as a bi-component polyester fiber having a polyester fiber component that melts at a lower temperature than the other polyester fiber component, which is currently classifiable in HTS statistical reporting number 5503.20.0015. 33. (a) Except as provided for in headings 9903.94.02, 9903.94.03, 9903.94.04, 9903.94.31, 9903.94.40, 9903.94.41, 9903.94.50, 9903.94.51, 9903.94.60, and 9903.94.61, heading 9903.94.01 provides the ordinary customs duty treatment applicable to all entries of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks (hereinafter, automobiles) from all countries classifiable in the headings or subheadings enumerated in subdivision (b) of this note. Except as provided for in subdivision (d) to this note, for any such products that are eligible for special tariff treatment under any of the free trade agreements or preference programs listed in general note 3(c)(i) to the tariff schedule, the duty provided in heading 9903.94.01 shall be collected in addition to any special rate of duty otherwise applicable under the appropriate tariff subheading. Goods for which entry is claimed under a provision of chapter 98 and which are subject to the additional duties prescribed herein shall be eligible for and subject to the terms of such provision and applicable U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) regulations, except that duties under subheading 9802.00.60 shall be assessed based upon the full value of the imported article. Except as provided in headings 9903.94.31, 9903.94.40, 9903.94.41, 9903.94.50, 9903.94.51, 9903.94.60, and 9903.94.61, no claim for entry or for any duty exemption or reduction shall be allowed for the passenger vehicles and light trucks enumerated in subdivision (b) of this note under a provision of chapter 99 that may set forth a lower rate of duty or provide duty-free treatment, taking into account information supplied by CBP, but any additional duty prescribed in any provision of this subchapter or subchapter IV of chapter 99 shall be imposed in addition to the duty in heading 9903.94.01. All antidumping, countervailing, or other duties and charges applicable to such goods shall continue to be imposed in addition to the duty in heading 9903.94.01, except that entries of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and entries of light trucks shall not be subject to: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 15 (2026) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XXII 99 - III - 346