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U.S. Notes (con.) (c) The aggregate quantity of goods enumerated in subdivision (b) of this note of Nicaragua and entered under subheading 9915.61.01 in any calendar year shall not exceed the quantity specified below. 100,000,000 SME 2011 100,000,000 SME 2006 100,000,000 SME 2012 100,000,000 SME 2007 100,000,000 SME 2013 100,000,000 SME 2008 100,000,000 SME 2014 100,000,000 SME 2009 100,000,000 SME 2010 Of the quantity specified above for any such year, not more than 1,500,000 SME may be men's sport coats, containing 23 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair, that are described in the final sentence of subdivision (b) of this note. For purposes of determining the quantity of square meter equivalents (SME) to be charged against the aggregate quantity specified in this subdivision, the conversion factors listed in Correlation: U.S. Textile and Apparel Category System with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States of America 2003, U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel, or successor publication, shall apply. Unless earlier modified or terminated, this note, subheading 9915.61.01 and the immediate superior text thereto shall be deleted from the tariff schedule at the close of December 31, 2014. (d) For purposes of heading 9915.61.05, the term "originating trousers, breeches or shorts of Nicaragua, under the terms of general note 29 to the tariff schedule" refers only to such apparel articles, not knitted or crocheted, of cotton or of man-made fibers, and made from U.S.-formed fabric of U.S.-formed yarn, that (I) are classifiable in the subheadings in the first column below and meet the descriptions set out opposite such subheadings, and (II) are originating goods of Nicaragua under the terms of general note 29 to the tariff schedule. Goods described in this note that are originating goods of Nicaragua under the applicable rules set forth in general note 29 for the provisions of chapter 62 listed in the first column below must be reported under heading 9915.61.05 as well as under the appropriate provision of chapter 62. Trousers, breeches or shorts of cotton, for men or boys, other than such goods for boys imported as parts of playsuits; 6203.42.40 (1) Water resistant trousers or breeches of synthetic fibers, for men or boys; 6203.43.35 (2) Trousers, breeches or shorts of synthetic fibers, for men or boys, other than such goods for boys imported as parts of playsuits; 6203.43.40 (3) Trousers, breeches or shorts of artificial fibers (other than containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair), for men or boys, other than such goods for boys imported as parts of playsuits; 6203.49.20 (4) Trousers or breeches of other textile materials, for men or boys, the foregoing subject to cotton restraints or subject to man-made fiber restraints; 6203.49.80 (5) Trousers, breeches or shorts of cotton, for women or girls, other than such goods for girls imported as parts of playsuits; 6204.62.40 (6) Water resistant trousers or breeches of synthetic fibers, for women or girls; 6204.63.30 (7) Trousers, breeches or shorts of synthetic fibers, for women or girls, other than such goods for girls imported as parts of playsuits; 6204.63.35 (8) Trousers, breeches or shorts of artificial fibers, for women or girls, other than such goods for girls imported as parts of playsuits; 6204.69.25 (9) Trousers, breeches or shorts of silk or silk waste, for women or girls, the foregoing subject to cotton restraints or subject to man-made fiber restraints; 6204.69.60 (10) Trousers, breeches or shorts of other textile materials, for women or girls, the foregoing subject to cotton restraints or subject to man-made fiber restraints; 6204.69.90 (11) Trousers, breeches or shorts of man-made fibers, for men or boys; 6210.40.50 (12) Trousers, breeches or shorts, other than such goods having a fiber content of 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste, the foregoing for men or boys; 6210.40.90 (13) Trousers, breeches or shorts of man-made fibers, for women or girls; 6210.50.50 (14) Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 15 (2026) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XXII 99 - XV - 21