Designation Under the Textile and Apparel Commercial Availability Provisions of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), 15175-15176 [E6-4404]
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Dated: March 22, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
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ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a meeting of the Coral Reef
Ecosystem Plan Team (CREPT) in
Honolulu, HI to discuss development of
annual reports for coral reef ecosystem
fisheries of the Western Pacific Region.
DATES: The CREPT meeting will be held
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 11, 2006
and from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April
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agenda, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
The meeting of the CREPT
will be held at the Western Pacific
Fishery Management Council
conference room, 1164 Bishop Street,
Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: (808) 522–8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
CREPT will meet to discuss the
following agenda items:
ADDRESSES:
April 11, 2006, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
1. Introductions
2. Approval of Draft Agenda
3. Update on Recent Council Actions
A. NWHI Fishing Regulations
B. Development of Western Pacific
Fishery Ecosystem Plans
4. Development of Annual Report for
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5. Review of MSA Overfishing
Definitions and Control Rules
6. Refining Coral Reef Ecosystem
Stock Indicators
7. Public Comments
8. Discussion and Recommendations
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periods will be provided throughout the
agenda. The Plan Team will meet as late
as necessary to complete scheduled
business.
Agenda Background Information
This meeting is being convened to
continue development of an annual
report for coral reef ecosystem fisheries
of the western Pacific region, to discuss
the proposed changes to national
standard 1 of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act and to consider appropriate
ecosystem-level approaches for
monitoring the diverse and numerous
coral reef ecosystem management unit
species consistent with national
standard 1.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before the Plan Team for discussion,
those issues may not be the subject of
formal action during this meeting. Plan
Team action will be restricted to those
issues specifically listed in this
document and any issue arising after
publication of this document that
requires emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the Council’s intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522–8220
(voice) or (808) 522–8226 (fax), at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority:
16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 22, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Designation Under the Textile and
Apparel Commercial Availability
Provisions of the African Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA)
March 21, 2006.
The Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA)
ACTION: Designation.
AGENCY:
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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2006.
SUMMARY: : The Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA) has determined that certain, 100
percent nylon 66, fully drawn flat
filament yarn, of yarn count 156 decitex,
comprised of 51 trilobal filaments and
20 round filaments, classified in
subheading 5402.41.9040 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS), for use in
apparel articles classified under HTSUS
subheadings 6108.22.9020 and
6109.90.1065, cannot be supplied by the
domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner. CITA
hereby designates such apparel articles
of such yarn, that are cut from fabric
formed, or knit-to-shape, and sewn or
otherwise assembled in one or more
eligible AGOA beneficiary countries as
eligible to enter free of quotas and
duties under HTSUS subheading
9819.11.24.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna Flaaten, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482 3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Authority: Section 112(b)(5)(B)
of the AGOA; Presidential Proclamation 7350
of October 2, 2000; Section 1 of Executive
Order No. 13191 of January 17, 2001.
Background
The AGOA provides for quota- and
duty-free treatment for qualifying textile
and apparel products. Such treatment is
generally limited to products
manufactured from yarns and fabrics
formed in the United States or a
beneficiary country. The AGOA also
provides for quota- and duty-free
treatment for apparel articles that are
both cut (or knit-to-shape) and sewn or
otherwise assembled in one or more
beneficiary countries from fabric or yarn
that is not formed in the United States,
if it has been determined that such
fabric or yarn cannot be supplied by the
domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner. In
Executive Order No. 13191, the
President delegated to CITA the
authority to determine whether yarns or
fabrics cannot be supplied by the
domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner under the
AGOA and directed CITA to establish
procedures to ensure appropriate public
participation in any such determination.
On March 6, 2001, CITA published
procedures that it will follow in
considering requests. (66 FR 13502).
On November 9, 2005 the Chairman of
CITA received a petition from Shibani
Inwear alleging that certain 100 percent
nylon 66, fully drawn flat filament yarn,
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of yarn count 156 decitex, comprised of
51 trilobal filaments and 20 round
filaments, classified in HTSUS
subheading 5402.41.9040, for use in
apparel articles classified under HTSUS
subheadings 6108.22.90.20 and
6109.90.10.65, cannot be supplied by
the domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner. The
petition requested quota- and duty-free
treatment under the AGOA for such
apparel articles that are both cut from
fabric formed, or knit-to-shape, and
sewn or otherwise assembled in one or
more AGOA beneficiary countries from
such yarn.
On November 14, 2005, CITA
requested public comments regarding
the petition. See Request for Public
Comments on Commercial Availability
Request under the African Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA), 70 FR 69524
(November 16, 2005). On November 30,
2005, CITA and the U.S. Trade
Representative (USTR) sought the
advice of the Industry Trade Advisory
Committee for Textiles and Clothing
and the Industry Trade Advisory
Committee for Distribution Services. On
November 30, 2005, CITA and USTR
offered to hold consultations with the
Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and the
Committee on Finance of the Senate
(collectively, the Congressional
Committees). On December 21, 2005,
the U.S. International Trade
Commission provided advice on the
petition.
Based on the information and advice
received and its understanding of the
industry, CITA determined that the yarn
set forth in the petition cannot be
supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner. On January 6, 2006, CITA and
USTR submitted a report to the
Congressional Committees that set forth
the action proposed, the reasons for
such action, and advice obtained. A
period of 60 calendar days since this
report was submitted has expired.
CITA hereby designates apparel
articles classified under HTSUS
subheadings 6108.22.9020 and
6109.90.1065 that are both cut from
fabric formed, or knit-to-shape, and
sewn or otherwise assembled in one or
more eligible beneficiary sub-Saharan
African country from 100 percent nylon
66, fully drawn flat filament yarn, of
yarn count 156 decitex, comprised of 51
trilobal filaments and 20 round
filaments, classified in HTSUS
subheading 5402.41.9040, as eligible to
enter free of quotas and duties under
HTSUS subheading 9819.11.24,
provided all other yarns used in the
referenced apparel articles are U.S.
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formed, subject to the special rules for
findings and trimmings, certain
interlinings and de minimis fibers and
yarns under section 112(d) of the
AGOA, and that such articles are
imported directly into the customs
territory of the United States from an
eligible AGOA beneficiary country.
An ‘‘eligible beneficiary sub-Saharan
African country’’ means a country
which the President has designated as a
beneficiary sub-Saharan African country
under section 506A of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a), and which has
been the subject of a finding, published
in the Federal Register, that the country
has satisfied the requirements of section
113 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3722),
resulting in the enumeration of such
country in U.S. note 1 to subchapter XIX
of chapter 98 of the HTSUS.
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
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Designation Under the Textile and
Apparel Commercial Availability
Provisions of the Andean Trade
Preference Drug Eradication Act
(ATPDEA)
March 21, 2006.
The Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA)
ACTION: Designation.
AGENCY:
March 27, 2006.
has determined that
certain 100 percent cotton woven
flannel fabrics, made from 21 through
36 NM single ring-spun yarns, of 2 x 2
twill weave construction, weighing not
more than 200 grams per square meter,
classified in subheading 5208.43.0000 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS), for use in shirts,
trousers, nightwear, robes and dressing
gowns, and woven underwear, cannot
be supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner. CITA hereby designates such
apparel articles that are sewn or
otherwise assembled in one or more
eligible ATPDEA beneficiary countries
from such fabrics, as eligible for quotafree and duty-free treatment under the
textile and apparel commercial
availability provisions of the ATPDEA
and eligible under HTSUS subheadings
9821.11.10, provided that all other
fabrics in the referenced apparel articles
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are wholly formed in the United States
from yarns wholly formed in the United
States, including fabrics not formed
from yarns, if such fabrics are
classifiable under HTS heading 5602 or
5603, and are wholly formed in the
United States. CITA notes that this
designation under the ATPDEA renders
such apparel articles, sewn or otherwise
assembled in one or more eligible
ATPDEA beneficiary countries, as
eligible for quota-free and duty-free
treatment under HTSUS subheading
9821.11.13, provided the requirements
of that subheading are met.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maria K. Dybczak, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482-3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 204 (b)(3)(B)(ii) of the
ATPDEA, Presidential Proclamation 7616 of
October 31, 2002, Executive Order 13277 of
November 19, 2002, and the United States
Trade Representative’s Notice of Further
Assignment of Functions of November 25,
2002.
Background
The ATPDEA provides for quota- and
duty-free treatment for qualifying textile
and apparel products. Such treatment is
generally limited to products
manufactured from yarns and fabrics
formed in the United States or a
beneficiary country. The ATPDEA also
provides for quota- and duty-free
treatment for apparel articles that are
both cut (or knit-to-shape) and sewn or
otherwise assembled in one or more
ATPDEA beneficiary countries from
fabric or yarn that is not formed in the
United States or a beneficiary country,
if it has been determined that such
fabric or yarn cannot be supplied by the
domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner. Pursuant
to Executive Order No. 13277 (67 FR
70305) and the United States Trade
Representative’s Notice of Redelegation
of Authority and Further Assignment of
Functions (67 FR 71606), the President’s
authority to determine whether yarns or
fabrics cannot be supplied by the
domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner under the
ATPDEA has been delegated to CITA.
On November 18, 2005, the Chairman
of CITA received a petition from Oxford
Industries alleging that certain 100
percent cotton woven flannel fabrics,
made from 21 through 36 NM single
ring-spun yarns, of 2 X 2 twill weave
construction, weighing not more than
200 grams per square meter, classified
under HTSUS subheading 5208.43.0000,
cannot be supplied by the domestic
industry in commercial quantities in a
timely manner and requesting quota-
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Designation Under the Textile and Apparel Commercial Availability
Provisions of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
March 21, 2006.
AGENCY: The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA)
ACTION: Designation.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2006.
SUMMARY: : The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA) has determined that certain, 100 percent nylon 66, fully drawn
flat filament yarn, of yarn count 156 decitex, comprised of 51 trilobal
filaments and 20 round filaments, classified in subheading 5402.41.9040
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), for use
in apparel articles classified under HTSUS subheadings 6108.22.9020 and
6109.90.1065, cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner. CITA hereby designates such apparel
articles of such yarn, that are cut from fabric formed, or knit-to-
shape, and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more eligible AGOA
beneficiary countries as eligible to enter free of quotas and duties
under HTSUS subheading 9819.11.24.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Flaaten, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482 3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Authority: Section 112(b)(5)(B) of the AGOA;
Presidential Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000; Section 1 of
Executive Order No. 13191 of January 17, 2001.
Background
The AGOA provides for quota- and duty-free treatment for qualifying
textile and apparel products. Such treatment is generally limited to
products manufactured from yarns and fabrics formed in the United
States or a beneficiary country. The AGOA also provides for quota- and
duty-free treatment for apparel articles that are both cut (or knit-to-
shape) and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more beneficiary
countries from fabric or yarn that is not formed in the United States,
if it has been determined that such fabric or yarn cannot be supplied
by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner.
In Executive Order No. 13191, the President delegated to CITA the
authority to determine whether yarns or fabrics cannot be supplied by
the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under
the AGOA and directed CITA to establish procedures to ensure
appropriate public participation in any such determination. On March 6,
2001, CITA published procedures that it will follow in considering
requests. (66 FR 13502).
On November 9, 2005 the Chairman of CITA received a petition from
Shibani Inwear alleging that certain 100 percent nylon 66, fully drawn
flat filament yarn,
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of yarn count 156 decitex, comprised of 51 trilobal filaments and 20
round filaments, classified in HTSUS subheading 5402.41.9040, for use
in apparel articles classified under HTSUS subheadings 6108.22.90.20
and 6109.90.10.65, cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely manner. The petition requested quota-
and duty-free treatment under the AGOA for such apparel articles that
are both cut from fabric formed, or knit-to-shape, and sewn or
otherwise assembled in one or more AGOA beneficiary countries from such
yarn.
On November 14, 2005, CITA requested public comments regarding the
petition. See Request for Public Comments on Commercial Availability
Request under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), 70 FR
69524 (November 16, 2005). On November 30, 2005, CITA and the U.S.
Trade Representative (USTR) sought the advice of the Industry Trade
Advisory Committee for Textiles and Clothing and the Industry Trade
Advisory Committee for Distribution Services. On November 30, 2005,
CITA and USTR offered to hold consultations with the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance
of the Senate (collectively, the Congressional Committees). On December
21, 2005, the U.S. International Trade Commission provided advice on
the petition.
Based on the information and advice received and its understanding
of the industry, CITA determined that the yarn set forth in the
petition cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner. On January 6, 2006, CITA and USTR
submitted a report to the Congressional Committees that set forth the
action proposed, the reasons for such action, and advice obtained. A
period of 60 calendar days since this report was submitted has expired.
CITA hereby designates apparel articles classified under HTSUS
subheadings 6108.22.9020 and 6109.90.1065 that are both cut from fabric
formed, or knit-to-shape, and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or
more eligible beneficiary sub-Saharan African country from 100 percent
nylon 66, fully drawn flat filament yarn, of yarn count 156 decitex,
comprised of 51 trilobal filaments and 20 round filaments, classified
in HTSUS subheading 5402.41.9040, as eligible to enter free of quotas
and duties under HTSUS subheading 9819.11.24, provided all other yarns
used in the referenced apparel articles are U.S. formed, subject to the
special rules for findings and trimmings, certain interlinings and de
minimis fibers and yarns under section 112(d) of the AGOA, and that
such articles are imported directly into the customs territory of the
United States from an eligible AGOA beneficiary country.
An ``eligible beneficiary sub-Saharan African country'' means a
country which the President has designated as a beneficiary sub-Saharan
African country under section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2466a), and which has been the subject of a finding, published in the
Federal Register, that the country has satisfied the requirements of
section 113 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3722), resulting in the enumeration
of such country in U.S. note 1 to subchapter XIX of chapter 98 of the
HTSUS.
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc.E6-4404 Filed 3-24-06; 8:45 am]
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