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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332–503]
Earned Import Allowance Program:
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the
Program for Certain Apparel From the
Dominican Republic; Second Annual
Report
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of public hearing and
opportunity to provide testimony and
written comments in connection with
the Commission’s second annual report.
AGENCY:
The U.S. International Trade
Commission (Commission) has
announced its schedule, including the
date for the public hearing and
deadlines for filing briefs and other
written submissions, in connection with
the preparation of its second annual
report in investigation No. 332–503,
Earned Import Allowance Program:
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the
Program for Certain Apparel from the
Dominican Republic.
DATES:
March 3, 2011: Deadline for filing
requests to appear at the public hearing.
March 8, 2011: Deadline for filing prehearing briefs and statements.
March 22, 2011: Public hearing.
April 1, 2011: Deadline for filing posthearing briefs and statements and all
other written submissions.
July 22, 2011: Transmittal of second
report to House Committee on Ways and
Means and Senate Committee on
Finance.
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SUMMARY:
All Commission offices,
including the Commission’s hearing
rooms, are located in the United States
International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street, SW.,
ADDRESSES:
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Washington, DC. All written
submissions, including requests to
appear at the hearing, statements, and
briefs, should be addressed to the
Secretary, United States International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436. The public
record for this investigation may be
viewed on the Commission’s electronic
docket (EDIS) at https://www.usitc.gov/
secretary/edis.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Project Leader Kimberlie Freund (202–
708–5402 or
kimberlie.freund@usitc.gov) for
information specific to this
investigation. For information on the
legal aspects of this investigation,
contact William Gearhart of the
Commission’s Office of the General
Counsel (202–205–3091 or
william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media
should contact Margaret O’Laughlin,
Office of External Relations (202–205–
1819 or margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov).
Hearing-impaired individuals may
obtain information on this matter by
contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal at 202–205–1810. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
Internet server (https://www.usitc.gov).
Persons with mobility impairments who
will need special assistance in gaining
access to the Commission should
contact the Office of the Secretary at
202–205–2000.
Background: Section 404 of the
Dominican Republic-Central AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (DR–CAFTA Act)
(19 U.S.C. 4112) required the Secretary
of Commerce to establish an Earned
Import Allowance Program (EIAP) and
directed the Commission to conduct
annual reviews of the program for the
purpose of evaluating its effectiveness
and making recommendations for
improvements. Section 404 of the DR–
CAFTA Act authorizes certain apparel
articles wholly assembled in an eligible
country to enter the United States free
of duty if accompanied by a certificate
that shows evidence of the purchase of
certain U.S. fabric. The term ‘‘eligible
country’’ is defined to mean the
Dominican Republic. More specifically,
the program allows producers (in the
Dominican Republic) that purchase a
certain quantity of qualifying U.S. fabric
for use in the production of certain
bottoms of cotton in the Dominican
Republic to receive a credit that can be
used to ship a certain quantity of
eligible apparel using third country
fabrics from the Dominican Republic to
the United States duty free.
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Section 404(d) directs the
Commission to conduct an annual
review of the program for the purpose
of evaluating the effectiveness of the
program and making recommendations
for improvements. The Commission is
required to submit its reports to the
House Committee on Ways and Means
and the Senate Committee on Finance.
The Commission submitted its first
annual report (USITC Publication 4175)
on July 28, 2010 and expects to submit
its second report to the committees by
July 22, 2011.
The Commission instituted this
investigation pursuant to section 332(g)
of the Tariff Act of 1930 to facilitate
docketing of submissions and also to
facilitate public access to Commission
records through the Commission’s EDIS
electronic records system.
Public Hearing: A public hearing in
connection with this second report will
be held at the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building, 500 E Street,
SW., Washington, DC beginning at 9:30
a.m. on March 22, 2011. Requests to
appear at the public hearing should be
filed with the Secretary no later than
5:15 p.m., March 3, 2011, in accordance
with the requirements in the
‘‘Submissions’’ section below. All prehearing briefs and statements should be
filed not later than 5:15 p.m., March 8,
2011; and all post-hearing briefs and
statements responding to matters raised
at the hearing should be filed not later
than 5:15 p.m., April 1, 2011. If, at of
the close of business on March 3, 2011,
no witnesses are scheduled to appear at
the hearing, the hearing will be
canceled. Any person interested in
attending the hearing as an observer or
non-participant may call the Secretary
(202–205–2000) after March 3, 2011, to
determine whether the hearing will be
held.
Submissions: In lieu of or in addition
to participating in the hearing,
interested parties are invited to file
written submissions concerning this
investigation. All written submissions,
including requests to appear at the
hearing, statements, and briefs, should
be addressed to the Secretary and must
conform to the provisions of section
201.8 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8).
Section 201.8 requires that a signed
original (or a copy so designated) and
fourteen (14) copies of each document
be filed. If confidential treatment of a
document is requested, at least four (4)
additional copies must be filed, in
which the confidential information
must be deleted (see the following
paragraph for further information
regarding confidential business
information). The Commission’s rules
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authorize filing submissions with the
Secretary by facsimile or electronic
means only to the extent permitted by
section 201.8 of the rules (see Handbook
for Electronic Filing Procedures, https://
www.usitc.gov/secretary/
fed_reg_notices/rules/documents/
handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf).
Persons with questions regarding
electronic filing should contact the
Secretary (202–205–2000).
Any submissions that contain
confidential business information must
also conform to the requirements of
section 201.6 of the Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
201.6). Section 201.6 of the rules
requires that the cover of the document
and the individual pages be clearly
marked as to whether they are the
‘‘confidential’’ or ‘‘non-confidential’’
version, and that the confidential
business information is clearly
identified by means of brackets. All
written submissions, except for
confidential business information, will
be made available for inspection by
interested parties.
The Commission intends to publish
only a public report in this
investigation. Consequently, the report
that the Commission sends to the
committees will not contain any
confidential business information. Any
confidential business information
received by the Commission in this
investigation and used in preparing its
report will not be published in a manner
that would reveal the operations of the
firm supplying the information.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: January 26, 2011.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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[Investigation No. 731–TA–1089 (Review)]
Orange Juice From Brazil
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Institution of a five-year review
concerning the antidumping duty order
on certain orange juice from Brazil.
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AGENCY:
The Commission hereby gives
notice that it has instituted a review
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the Act)
to determine whether revocation of the
antidumping duty order on certain
orange juice from Brazil would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of
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material injury. Pursuant to section
751(c)(2) of the Act, interested parties
are requested to respond to this notice
by submitting the information specified
below to the Commission; 1 to be
assured of consideration, the deadline
for responses is March 3, 2011.
Comments on the adequacy of responses
may be filed with the Commission by
April 18, 2011. For further information
concerning the conduct of this review
and rules of general application, consult
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, part 201, subparts A through
E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207,
subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part
207), as most recently amended at 74 FR
2847 (January 16, 2009).
DATES: Effective Date: February 1, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Messer (202–205–3193), Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain
information on this matter by contacting
the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
205–1810. Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office
of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its Internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record for
this review may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background.—On March 9, 2006, the
Department of Commerce issued an
antidumping duty order on imports of
certain orange juice from Brazil (71 FR
12183). The Commission is conducting
a review to determine whether
revocation of the order would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of
material injury to the domestic industry
within a reasonably foreseeable time. It
will assess the adequacy of interested
party responses to this notice of
institution to determine whether to
conduct a full review or an expedited
review. The Commission’s
determination in any expedited review
will be based on the facts available,
1 No response to this request for information is
required if a currently valid Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) number is not displayed; the
OMB number is 3117–0016/USITC No. 11–5–238,
expiration date June 30, 2011. Public reporting
burden for the request is estimated to average 15
hours per response. Please send comments
regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate to
the Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC
20436.
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which may include information
provided in response to this notice.
Definitions.—The following
definitions apply to this review:
(1) Subject Merchandise is the class or
kind of merchandise that is within the
scope of the five-year review, as defined
by the Department of Commerce.
(2) The Subject Country in this review
is Brazil.
(3) The Domestic Like Product is the
domestically produced product or
products which are like, or in the
absence of like, most similar in
characteristics and uses with, the
Subject Merchandise. In its original
determination, the Commission defined
the Domestic Like Product as consisting
of conventional FCOJM, conventional
NFC, organic FCOJM, and organic NFC,
coextensive with Commerce’s scope.2
(4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S.
producers as a whole of the Domestic
Like Product, or those producers whose
collective output of the Domestic Like
Product constitutes a major proportion
of the total domestic production of the
product. In its original determination,
the Commission defined the Domestic
Industry as both orange growers and all
domestic extractors/processors of
certain orange juice.
(5) The Order Date is the date that the
antidumping duty order under review
became effective. In this review, the
Order Date is March 9, 2006.
(6) An Importer is any person or firm
engaged, either directly or through a
parent company or subsidiary, in
importing the Subject Merchandise into
the United States from a foreign
manufacturer or through its selling
agent.
Participation in the review and public
service list.—Persons, including
industrial users of the Subject
Merchandise and, if the merchandise is
sold at the retail level, representative
consumer organizations, wishing to
participate in the review as parties must
file an entry of appearance with the
Secretary to the Commission, as
provided in section 201.11(b)(4) of the
Commission’s rules, no later than 21
days after publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. The Secretary will
maintain a public service list containing
the names and addresses of all persons,
or their representatives, who are parties
to the review.
Former Commission employees who
are seeking to appear in Commission
five-year reviews are advised that they
may appear in a review even if they
2 FCOJM stands for frozen concentrated orange
juice for further manufacturing and NFC stands for
conventional pasteurized single strength orange
juice which has not been concentrated, typically
referred to as not-from-concentrate.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332-503]
Earned Import Allowance Program: Evaluation of the Effectiveness
of the Program for Certain Apparel From the Dominican Republic; Second
Annual Report
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of public hearing and opportunity to provide testimony
and written comments in connection with the Commission's second annual
report.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) has
announced its schedule, including the date for the public hearing and
deadlines for filing briefs and other written submissions, in
connection with the preparation of its second annual report in
investigation No. 332-503, Earned Import Allowance Program: Evaluation
of the Effectiveness of the Program for Certain Apparel from the
Dominican Republic.
DATES:
March 3, 2011: Deadline for filing requests to appear at the public
hearing.
March 8, 2011: Deadline for filing pre-hearing briefs and
statements.
March 22, 2011: Public hearing.
April 1, 2011: Deadline for filing post-hearing briefs and
statements and all other written submissions.
July 22, 2011: Transmittal of second report to House Committee on
Ways and Means and Senate Committee on Finance.
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, including the Commission's hearing
rooms, are located in the United States International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC. All written submissions,
including requests to appear at the hearing, statements, and briefs,
should be addressed to the Secretary, United States International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. The public record
for this investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic
docket (EDIS) at https://www.usitc.gov/secretary/edis.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project Leader Kimberlie Freund (202-
708-5402 or kimberlie.freund@usitc.gov) for information specific to
this investigation. For information on the legal aspects of this
investigation, contact William Gearhart of the Commission's Office of
the General Counsel (202-205-3091 or william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The
media should contact Margaret O'Laughlin, Office of External Relations
(202-205-1819 or margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). Hearing-impaired
individuals may obtain information on this matter by contacting the
Commission's TDD terminal at 202-205-1810. General information
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its
Internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000.
Background: Section 404 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-
United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (DR-CAFTA Act)
(19 U.S.C. 4112) required the Secretary of Commerce to establish an
Earned Import Allowance Program (EIAP) and directed the Commission to
conduct annual reviews of the program for the purpose of evaluating its
effectiveness and making recommendations for improvements. Section 404
of the DR-CAFTA Act authorizes certain apparel articles wholly
assembled in an eligible country to enter the United States free of
duty if accompanied by a certificate that shows evidence of the
purchase of certain U.S. fabric. The term ``eligible country'' is
defined to mean the Dominican Republic. More specifically, the program
allows producers (in the Dominican Republic) that purchase a certain
quantity of qualifying U.S. fabric for use in the production of certain
bottoms of cotton in the Dominican Republic to receive a credit that
can be used to ship a certain quantity of eligible apparel using third
country fabrics from the Dominican Republic to the United States duty
free.
Section 404(d) directs the Commission to conduct an annual review
of the program for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the
program and making recommendations for improvements. The Commission is
required to submit its reports to the House Committee on Ways and Means
and the Senate Committee on Finance. The Commission submitted its first
annual report (USITC Publication 4175) on July 28, 2010 and expects to
submit its second report to the committees by July 22, 2011.
The Commission instituted this investigation pursuant to section
332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 to facilitate docketing of submissions
and also to facilitate public access to Commission records through the
Commission's EDIS electronic records system.
Public Hearing: A public hearing in connection with this second
report will be held at the U.S. International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC beginning at 9:30 a.m. on
March 22, 2011. Requests to appear at the public hearing should be
filed with the Secretary no later than 5:15 p.m., March 3, 2011, in
accordance with the requirements in the ``Submissions'' section below.
All pre-hearing briefs and statements should be filed not later than
5:15 p.m., March 8, 2011; and all post-hearing briefs and statements
responding to matters raised at the hearing should be filed not later
than 5:15 p.m., April 1, 2011. If, at of the close of business on March
3, 2011, no witnesses are scheduled to appear at the hearing, the
hearing will be canceled. Any person interested in attending the
hearing as an observer or non-participant may call the Secretary (202-
205-2000) after March 3, 2011, to determine whether the hearing will be
held.
Submissions: In lieu of or in addition to participating in the
hearing, interested parties are invited to file written submissions
concerning this investigation. All written submissions, including
requests to appear at the hearing, statements, and briefs, should be
addressed to the Secretary and must conform to the provisions of
section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19
CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 requires that a signed original (or a copy so
designated) and fourteen (14) copies of each document be filed. If
confidential treatment of a document is requested, at least four (4)
additional copies must be filed, in which the confidential information
must be deleted (see the following paragraph for further information
regarding confidential business information). The Commission's rules
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authorize filing submissions with the Secretary by facsimile or
electronic means only to the extent permitted by section 201.8 of the
rules (see Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures, https://www.usitc.gov/secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/documents/handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf). Persons with questions regarding
electronic filing should contact the Secretary (202-205-2000).
Any submissions that contain confidential business information must
also conform to the requirements of section 201.6 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). Section 201.6 of the
rules requires that the cover of the document and the individual pages
be clearly marked as to whether they are the ``confidential'' or ``non-
confidential'' version, and that the confidential business information
is clearly identified by means of brackets. All written submissions,
except for confidential business information, will be made available
for inspection by interested parties.
The Commission intends to publish only a public report in this
investigation. Consequently, the report that the Commission sends to
the committees will not contain any confidential business information.
Any confidential business information received by the Commission in
this investigation and used in preparing its report will not be
published in a manner that would reveal the operations of the firm
supplying the information.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: January 26, 2011.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2011-2217 Filed 2-1-11; 8:45 am]
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