Exporting handloomed fabrics to the United States under AGOA requires that the exporting country has an approved Textile Visa system and other measures to protect against illegal product sourcing (referred to as “illegal trans-shipment”). In addition, a Category 9 product approval is required for export of handloomed fabrics, hand-made articles from handloomed fabrics, folkloric articles and ethnic printed fabrics to the US.

Each shipment must be accompanied by the paper documentation that the products meet rules of origin requirements: 1) Textile Certificate of Origin, and 2) commercial invoice embossed with a Textile Visa stamp.