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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain
Wool Textile Products Produced or
Manufactured in Ukraine
Issuing a directive to the
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection adjusting limits.
ACTION:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
October 11, 2005.
Ross
Arnold, International Trade Specialist,
Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.
Department of Commerce, (202) 482–
4212. For information on the quota
status of these limits, refer to the Bureau
of Customs and Border Protection
website (https://www.cbp.gov), or call
(202) 344-2650. For information on
embargoes and quota re-openings, refer
to the Office of Textiles and Apparel
website at https://otexa.ita.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);
Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as
amended.
The current limits for certain
categories are being adjusted for swing,
carryover, and carryforward.
A description of the textile and
apparel categories in terms of HTS
numbers is available in the
CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel
Categories with the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (refer to
the Office of Textiles and Apparel
website at https://otexa.ita.doc.gov). Also
see Federal Register notice 70 FR 8783,
published on February 23, 2005.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation
of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements
October 4, 2005.
Commissioner,
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection, Washington, DC
20229
Dear Commissioner: This directive
amends, but does not cancel, the directive
issued to you on February 17, 2005, by the
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation
of Textile Agreements. That directive
concerns imports of certain wool textile
products, produced or manufactured in
Ukraine and exported during the twelvemonth period which began on January 1,
2005 and extends through December 31,
2005.
Effective on October 11, 2005, you are
directed to adjust the limits for the following
categories, as provided for under the terms of
the current bilateral textile agreement
between the Governments of the United
States and Ukraine:
Category
October 4, 2005.
Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
AGENCY:
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limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December
31, 2004.
The Committee for the Implementation of
Textile Agreements has determined that
these actions fall within the foreign affairs
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5
U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Solicitation of Public Comments on
Request for Textile and Apparel
Safeguard Action on Imports from
China
October 5, 2005.
The Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(the Committee).
ACTION: Solicitation of public comments
concerning a request for safeguard
action on imports from China of combed
cotton yarn (Category 301).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On September 14, 2005, the
Committee received a request from the
American Manufacturing Trade Action
Coalition, the National Council of
Textile Organizations, the National
Textile Association, and UNITE HERE
requesting that the Committee reapply a
limit on imports from China of combed
cotton yarn (Category 301). They request
that a textile and apparel safeguard
action, as provided for in the Report of
the Working Party on the Accession of
China to the World Trade Organization
(the Accession Agreement), be reapplied
on imports of combed cotton yarn. The
current limit on combed cotton yarn
expires on December 31, 2005. The
Committee hereby solicits public
comments on this request, in particular
with regard to whether imports from
China of combed cotton yarn are, due to
the threat of market disruption,
threatening to impede the orderly
development of trade in this product.
Comments must be submitted by
November 10, 2005 to the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of
Textile Agreements, Room 3001A,
United States Department of Commerce,
14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20230.
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Jay
Dowling, Office of Textiles and Apparel,
U.S. Department of Commerce, (202)
482-4058.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Authority: Section 204 of the Agriculture
Act of 1956, as amended; Executive
Order11651, as amended.
Background:
The Report of the Working Party on
the Accession of China to the World
Trade Organization (WTO) provides
that, if a WTO Member, such as the
United States, believes that imports of
Chinese origin textile and apparel
products are, ‘‘due to market disruption,
threatening to impede the orderly
development of trade in these
products’’, it may request consultations
with China with a view to easing or
avoiding the disruption. Pursuant to this
provision, if the United States requests
consultations with China, it must, at the
time of the request, provide China with
a detailed factual statement showing (1)
the existence or threat of market
disruption; and (2) the role of products
of Chinese origin in that disruption.
Beginning on the date that it receives
such a request, China must restrict its
shipments to the United States to a level
no greater than 7.5 percent (6 percent
for wool product categories) above the
amount entered during the first 12
months of the most recent 14 months
preceding the month in which the
request was made.
The Committee has published
procedures (the Procedures) it follows
in considering requests for Accession
Agreement textile and apparel safeguard
actions (68 FR 27787, May 21, 2003; 68
FR 49440, August 18, 2003), including
the information that must be included
in such requests in order for the
Committee to consider them.
On September 14, 2005, the
Committee received a request that an
Accession Agreement textile and
apparel safeguard action be reapplied on
imports from China of combed cotton
yarn (Category 301). The Committee has
determined that this request provides
the information necessary for the
Committee to consider the request in
light of the considerations set forth in
the Procedures. The text of the request
is available at https://otexa.ita.doc.gov/
Safeguard05.htm.
The Committee is soliciting public
comments on this request, in particular
with regard to whether there is a threat
of disruption to the U.S. market for
combed cotton yarn and, if so, the role
of Chinese-origin combed cotton yarn in
that disruption. To this end, the
Committee seeks relevant information
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addressing factors such as the following,
which may be relevant in the particular
circumstances of this case, involving a
product under a quota that will be
removed on December 31, 2005: (1)
Whether combed cotton yarn imports
from China are entering, or are expected
to enter, the United States at prices that
are substantially below prices of the like
or directly competitive U.S. product,
and whether those imports are likely to
have a significant depressing or
suppressing effect on domestic prices of
the like or directly competitive U.S.
product, or are likely to increase
demand for further imports from China;
(2) Whether exports of Chinese-origin
combed cotton yarn to the United States
are likely to increase substantially and
imminently (due to existing unused
production capacity, to capacity that
can easily be shifted from the
production of other products to the
production of combed cotton yarn, or to
an imminent and substantial increase in
production capacity or investment in
production capacity), taking into
account the availability of other markets
to absorb any additional exports; (3)
Whether Chinese-origin combed cotton
yarn that are presently sold in the
Chinese market or in third-country
markets will be diverted to the U.S.
market in the imminent future (for
example, due to more favorable pricing
in the U.S. market or to existing or
imminent import restraints into third
country market); (4) The level and the
extent of any recent change in
inventories of combed cotton yarn in
China or in U.S. bonded warehouses; (5)
Whether conditions of the domestic
industry of the like or directly
competitive product demonstrate that
market disruption is likely (as may be
evident from any anticipated factory
closures or decline in investment in the
production of combed cotton yarn, and
whether actual or anticipated imports of
Chinese-origin combed cotton yarn are
likely to affect the development and
production efforts of the U.S. combed
cotton yarn industry; and (6) Whether
U.S. managers, retailers, purchasers,
importers or other market participants
have recognized Chinese producers of
combed cotton yarn as potential
suppliers (for example, through prequalification procedures or framework
agreements).
Comments may be submitted by any
interested person. Comments must be
received no later than November 10,
2005. Interested persons are invited to
submit ten copies of such comments to
the Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements,
Room 3001A, U.S. Department of
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Commerce, 14th and Constitution
Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
If a comment alleges that there is no
threat of market disruption or that the
subject imports are not threatening to
cause market disruption, the Committee
will closely review any supporting
information and documentation, such as
information about domestic production
or prices of like or directly competitive
products. Particular consideration will
be given to comments representing the
views of actual producers in the United
States of a like or directly competitive
product.
The Committee will protect any
business confidential information that is
marked ‘‘business confidential’’ from
disclosure to the full extent permitted
by law. To the extent that business
confidential information is provided,
two copies of a non-confidential version
must also be provided in which
business confidential information is
summarized or, if necessary, deleted.
Comments received, with the exception
of information marked ‘‘business
confidential’’, will be available for
inspection between Monday - Friday,
8:30 a.m and 5:30 p.m in the Trade
Reference and Assistance Center Help
Desk, Suite 800M, USA Trade
Information Center, Ronald Reagan
Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC, (202) 482-3433.
The Committee expects to make a
determination within 60 calendar days
of the close of the comment period as
to whether the United States will
request consultations with China. If,
however, the Committee is unable to
make a determination within 60
calendar days, it will cause to be
published a notice in the Federal
Register, including the date by which it
will make a determination. If the
Committee makes a negative
determination, it will cause this
determination and the reasons therefore
to be published in the Federal Register.
If the Committee makes an affirmative
determination that imports of Chinese
origin combed cotton yarn are, due to
the threat of market disruption,
threatening to impede the orderly
development of trade in these products,
the United States will request
consultations with China with a view to
easing or avoiding the disruption in
accordance with the Accession
Agreement and the Committee’s
Procedures.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation
of Textile Agreements.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Solicitation of Public Comments on Request for Textile and
Apparel Safeguard Action on Imports from China
October 5, 2005.
AGENCY: The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (the
Committee).
ACTION: Solicitation of public comments concerning a request for
safeguard action on imports from China of combed cotton yarn (Category
301).
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SUMMARY: On September 14, 2005, the Committee received a request from
the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, the National Council
of Textile Organizations, the National Textile Association, and UNITE
HERE requesting that the Committee reapply a limit on imports from
China of combed cotton yarn (Category 301). They request that a textile
and apparel safeguard action, as provided for in the Report of the
Working Party on the Accession of China to the World Trade Organization
(the Accession Agreement), be reapplied on imports of combed cotton
yarn. The current limit on combed cotton yarn expires on December 31,
2005. The Committee hereby solicits public comments on this request, in
particular with regard to whether imports from China of combed cotton
yarn are, due to the threat of market disruption, threatening to impede
the orderly development of trade in this product. Comments must be
submitted by November 10, 2005 to the Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements, Room 3001A, United States
Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington,
DC 20230.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Dowling, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-4058.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 204 of the Agriculture Act of 1956, as
amended; Executive Order11651, as amended.
Background:
The Report of the Working Party on the Accession of China to the
World Trade Organization (WTO) provides that, if a WTO Member, such as
the United States, believes that imports of Chinese origin textile and
apparel products are, ``due to market disruption, threatening to impede
the orderly development of trade in these products'', it may request
consultations with China with a view to easing or avoiding the
disruption. Pursuant to this provision, if the United States requests
consultations with China, it must, at the time of the request, provide
China with a detailed factual statement showing (1) the existence or
threat of market disruption; and (2) the role of products of Chinese
origin in that disruption. Beginning on the date that it receives such
a request, China must restrict its shipments to the United States to a
level no greater than 7.5 percent (6 percent for wool product
categories) above the amount entered during the first 12 months of the
most recent 14 months preceding the month in which the request was
made.
The Committee has published procedures (the Procedures) it follows
in considering requests for Accession Agreement textile and apparel
safeguard actions (68 FR 27787, May 21, 2003; 68 FR 49440, August 18,
2003), including the information that must be included in such requests
in order for the Committee to consider them.
On September 14, 2005, the Committee received a request that an
Accession Agreement textile and apparel safeguard action be reapplied
on imports from China of combed cotton yarn (Category 301). The
Committee has determined that this request provides the information
necessary for the Committee to consider the request in light of the
considerations set forth in the Procedures. The text of the request is
available at https://otexa.ita.doc.gov/Safeguard05.htm.
The Committee is soliciting public comments on this request, in
particular with regard to whether there is a threat of disruption to
the U.S. market for combed cotton yarn and, if so, the role of Chinese-
origin combed cotton yarn in that disruption. To this end, the
Committee seeks relevant information addressing factors such as the
following, which may be relevant in the particular circumstances of
this case, involving a product under a quota that will be removed on
December 31, 2005: (1) Whether combed cotton yarn imports from China
are entering, or are expected to enter, the United States at prices
that are substantially below prices of the like or directly competitive
U.S. product, and whether those imports are likely to have a
significant depressing or suppressing effect on domestic prices of the
like or directly competitive U.S. product, or are likely to increase
demand for further imports from China; (2) Whether exports of Chinese-
origin combed cotton yarn to the United States are likely to increase
substantially and imminently (due to existing unused production
capacity, to capacity that can easily be shifted from the production of
other products to the production of combed cotton yarn, or to an
imminent and substantial increase in production capacity or investment
in production capacity), taking into account the availability of other
markets to absorb any additional exports; (3) Whether Chinese-origin
combed cotton yarn that are presently sold in the Chinese market or in
third-country markets will be diverted to the U.S. market in the
imminent future (for example, due to more favorable pricing in the U.S.
market or to existing or imminent import restraints into third country
market); (4) The level and the extent of any recent change in
inventories of combed cotton yarn in China or in U.S. bonded
warehouses; (5) Whether conditions of the domestic industry of the like
or directly competitive product demonstrate that market disruption is
likely (as may be evident from any anticipated factory closures or
decline in investment in the production of combed cotton yarn, and
whether actual or anticipated imports of Chinese-origin combed cotton
yarn are likely to affect the development and production efforts of the
U.S. combed cotton yarn industry; and (6) Whether U.S. managers,
retailers, purchasers, importers or other market participants have
recognized Chinese producers of combed cotton yarn as potential
suppliers (for example, through pre-qualification procedures or
framework agreements).
Comments may be submitted by any interested person. Comments must
be received no later than November 10, 2005. Interested persons are
invited to submit ten copies of such comments to the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, Room 3001A,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue N.W.,
Washington, DC 20230.
If a comment alleges that there is no threat of market disruption
or that the subject imports are not threatening to cause market
disruption, the Committee will closely review any supporting
information and documentation, such as information about domestic
production or prices of like or directly competitive products.
Particular consideration will be given to comments representing the
views of actual producers in the United States of a like or directly
competitive product.
The Committee will protect any business confidential information
that is marked ``business confidential'' from disclosure to the full
extent permitted by law. To the extent that business confidential
information is provided, two copies of a non-confidential version must
also be provided in which business confidential information is
summarized or, if necessary, deleted. Comments received, with the
exception of information marked ``business confidential'', will be
available for inspection between Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m and 5:30 p.m
in the Trade Reference and Assistance Center Help Desk, Suite 800M, USA
Trade Information Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, (202) 482-3433.
The Committee expects to make a determination within 60 calendar
days of the close of the comment period as to whether the United States
will request consultations with China. If, however, the Committee is
unable to make a determination within 60 calendar days, it will cause
to be published a notice in the Federal Register, including the date by
which it will make a determination. If the Committee makes a negative
determination, it will cause this determination and the reasons
therefore to be published in the Federal Register. If the Committee
makes an affirmative determination that imports of Chinese origin
combed cotton yarn are, due to the threat of market disruption,
threatening to impede the orderly development of trade in these
products, the United States will request consultations with China with
a view to easing or avoiding the disruption in accordance with the
Accession Agreement and the Committee's Procedures.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 05-20402 Filed 10-6-05; 1:33 pm]
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