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HOPE/HELP Trade Preference Program

Authority: US Congress / CBPRenewedEnacted 2010-05-24Expires 2026-12-31tradetextileduty-freeretroactiverefund
Joint HOPE (2006) + HELP (2010) framework — the principal US economic instrument for Haiti, historically sustaining an apparel sector that at peak employed 50,000+ workers. Retroactive duty-refund window for Oct 2025 → Feb 2026 lapse currently open through Dec 31, 2026.

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2026-09-14 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… confirm organized violence is now expanding beyond the metropolitan core. The HOPE/HELP trade extension signed September 3 provides a rare and narrow economic stabilizer, but 350,000 Haitians losing U.S. TPS status and Dominican deportations runni …

2026-09-14 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… 2026 President Trump signed legislation on September 3, 2026 extending Haiti's HOPE and HELP trade preference programs through December 31, 2028. This follows the H.R. 7148 signing on February 3, 2026, which retroactively restored the programs after a …

2026-09-13 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… the modest headline inflation improvement recorded through February 2026. The HOPE/HELP apparel trade preference programs were retroactively restored through December 31, 2026, but face another hard expiration in 109 days. A 1 percent U.S. federal …

2026-09-12 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… effective August 4, placing diaspora remittance flows at structural risk. HOPE/HELP trade preferences expire December 31, 2026 with no confirmed renewal legislation, threatening Haiti's largest formal employment sector. DEVELOPMENT 1: ELECTORAL PROCESS AND CPT …

2026-09-12 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… HOPE/HELP apparel quota limits; cbp.gov International Trade Insights HOPE/HELP retroactive restoration and refund procedures, February 2026; international trade legal analysis sources U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith floor re …

2026-09-11 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… TAKEHOLDERS PM Fils-Aimé named new economic leadership on September 3, with the HOPE/HELP expiration deadline now 111 days away and no renewal legislation confirmed. The FAA's six-month extension through March 2, 2027 is the strongest external insti …

2026-09-11 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… diaspora transfer frequency among working-class senders. The expiry of HOPE/HELP trade preferences in 2026, without confirmed renewal, threatens the formal manufacturing sector. Actionable insight: diaspora investors should reposition capital toward Cap-Haït …

2026-09-10 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… IDP caseload, which humanitarian agencies cannot absorb at current capacity. HOPE/HELP Act expiration on December 31, 2026 is an unresolved structural threat to Haiti's only viable formal export sector, and no successor legislation has been confi …

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