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International Trade Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Procedures for
Considering Requests and Comments
From the Public for Textile and Apparel
Safeguard Actions on Imports From
Oman
International Trade
Administration (ITA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before May 9, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 or via email at
JJessup@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Maria D’Andrea, Office of
Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department
of Commerce, Tel. (202) 482–1550,
Maria.D’Andrea@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
Title III, Subtitle B, Section 321
through Section 328 of the United
States-Oman Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (the ‘‘Act’’)
implements the textile and apparel
safeguard provisions, provided for in
Article 3.1 of the United States-Oman
Free Trade Agreement (the
‘‘Agreement’’). This safeguard
mechanism applies when, as a result of
the elimination of a customs duty under
the Agreement, an Omani textile or
apparel article is being imported into
the United States in such increased
quantities, in absolute terms or relative
to the domestic market for that article,
and under such conditions as to cause
serious damage or actual threat thereof
to a U.S. industry producing a like or
directly competitive article. In these
circumstances, Article 3.1 permits the
United States to increase duties on the
imported article from Oman to a level
that does not exceed the lesser of the
prevailing U.S. normal trade relations
(NTR)/most-favored-nation (MFN) duty
rate for the article or the U.S. NTR/MFN
duty rate in effect on the day before the
Agreement entered into force.
The Statement of Administrative
Action accompanying the U.S.-Oman
Free Trade Agreement Implementation
Act (the ‘‘Act’’) provides that CITA will
issue procedures for requesting such
safeguard measures, for making its
determinations under section 322(a) of
the Act, and for providing relief under
section 322(b) of the Act.
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In Proclamation No. 8332 (73 FR
80,289, December 31, 2008), the
President delegated to CITA his
authority under Subtitle B of Title III of
the Act with respect to textile and
apparel safeguard measures.
CITA must collect information in
order to determine whether a domestic
textile or apparel industry is being
adversely impacted by imports of these
products from Oman, thereby allowing
CITA to take corrective action to protect
the viability of the domestic textile
industry, subject to section 322(b) of the
Act.
Pursuant to Section 321(a) of the Act
and Section 7 of Presidential
Proclamation 8332 of December 29,
2008, an interested party in the U.S.
domestic textile and apparel industry
may file a request for a textile and
apparel safeguard action with CITA.
Consistent with longstanding CITA
practice in considering textile safeguard
actions, CITA will consider an
interested party to be an entity (which
may be a trade association, firm,
certified or recognized union, or group
of workers) that is representative of
either: (A) a domestic producer or
producers of an article that is like or
directly competitive with the subject
Omani textile or apparel article; or (B)
a domestic producer or producers of a
component used in the production of an
article that is like or directly
competitive with the subject Omani
textile or apparel article.
In order for a request to be
considered, the requestor must provide
the following information in support of
a claim that a textile or apparel article
from Oman is being imported into the
United States in such increased
quantities, in absolute terms or relative
to the domestic market for that article,
and under such conditions as to cause
serious damage or actual threat thereof,
to a U.S. industry producing an article
that is like, or directly competitive with,
the imported article: (1) Name and
description of the imported article
concerned; (2) import data
demonstrating that imports of an Omani
origin textile or apparel article that are
like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the domestic
industry concerned are increasing in
absolute terms or relative to the
domestic market for that article; (3) U.S.
domestic production of the like or
directly competitive articles of U.S.
origin indicating the nature and extent
of the serious damage or actual threat
thereof, along with an affirmation that to
the best of the requester’s knowledge,
the data represent substantially all of
the domestic production of the like or
directly competitive article(s) of U.S.
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origin; (4) imports from Oman as a
percentage of the domestic market of the
like or directly competitive article; and
(5) all data available to the requester
showing changes in productivity,
utilization of capacity, inventories,
exports, wages, employment, domestic
prices, profits, and investment, and any
other information, relating to the
existence of serious damage or actual
threat thereof caused by imports from
Oman to the industry producing the like
or directly competitive article that is the
subject of the request. To the extent that
such information is not available, the
requester should provide best estimates
and the basis therefore.
If CITA determines that the request
provides the information necessary for it
to be considered, CITA will publish a
notice in the Federal Register seeking
public comments regarding the request.
The comment period shall be 30
calendar days. The notice will include
a summary of the request. Any
interested party may submit information
to rebut, clarify, or correct public
comments submitted by any interested
party.
CITA will make a determination on
any request it considers within 60
calendar days of the close of the
comment period. If CITA is unable to
make a determination within 60
calendar days, it will publish a notice in
the Federal Register, including the date
it will make a determination.
If a determination under section
322(b) of the Act is affirmative, CITA
may provide tariff relief to a U.S.
industry to the extent necessary to
remedy or prevent serious damage or
actual threat thereof and to facilitate
adjustment by the domestic industry to
import competition. The import tariff
relief is effective beginning on the date
that CITA’s affirmative determination is
published in the Federal Register.
Entities submitting requests,
responses or rebuttals to CITA may
submit both a public and confidential
version of their submissions. If the
request is accepted, the public version
will be posted on the dedicated Oman
Free Trade Agreement textile safeguards
section of the Office of Textile and
Apparel (OTEXA) Web site. The
confidential version of the request,
responses or rebuttals will not be shared
with the public as it may contain
business confidential information.
Entities submitting responses or
rebuttals may use the public version of
the request as a basis for responses.
II. Method of Collection
When an interested party files a
request for a textile and apparel
safeguard action with CITA, ten copies
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of any such request must be provided in
a paper format. If business confidential
information is provided, two copies of
a non-confidential version must also be
provided. If CITA determines that the
request provides the necessary
information to be considered, it
publishes a Federal Register notice
seeking public comments on the
request. To the extent business
confidential information is provided, a
non-confidential version must also be
provided. Any interested party may
submit information to rebut, clarify, or
correct public comments submitted by
any interested party.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625–0266.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6
(1 for Request; 5 for Comments).
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours
for a Request; and 4 hours for each
Comment.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 24.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $960.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 3, 2016.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–890]
Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of the Expedited Second
Sunset Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this second
sunset review, the Department of
Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) finds
that revocation of the antidumping duty
order on wooden bedroom furniture
from the People’s Republic of China
(‘‘PRC’’) would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping,
at the levels indicated in the ‘‘Final
Results of Sunset Review’’ section of
this notice.
DATES: Effective March 9, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–2769.
AGENCY:
Background
On January 4, 2005, the Department
published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on wooden
bedroom furniture from the PRC.1 On
November 3, 2015, the Department
published the notice of initiation of the
second sunset review of the Order
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘Act’’).2 On
November 18, 2015, the Department
received a notice of intent to participate
in the sunset review from domestic
interested parties.3 This notice was filed
within the time period specified in 19
CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).4 On December 3,
1 See Notice of Amended Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping
Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
People’s Republic of China, 70 FR 329 (January 4,
2005) (‘‘Order’’).
2 See Initiation of Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 80
FR 67705 (November 3, 2015) (‘‘Sunset Initiation’’).
3 The Domestic interested parties are the
American Furniture Manufacturers Committee for
Legal Trade (‘‘Committee’’) and Vaughan-Bassett
Furniture Company, Inc. (‘‘Vaughan-Basset)
(collectively ‘‘Domestic Interested Parties’’). These
parties stated that the Committee and each of its
members (including Vaughan-Bassett) intend to
participate in this sunset review. Local Union 2445,
and Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and
Helpers Local 991 stated their willingness to
participate in this sunset review and support the
continuation of the Order.
4 See Letter from Domestic Interested Parties ‘‘Re:
Second Five-Year (Sunset) Review of Antidumping
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Procedures for
Considering Requests and Comments From the Public for Textile and
Apparel Safeguard Actions on Imports From Oman
AGENCY: International Trade Administration (ITA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before May 9, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 or via email at
JJessup@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Maria D'Andrea, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Tel. (202) 482-1550, Maria.D'Andrea@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Title III, Subtitle B, Section 321 through Section 328 of the
United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the
``Act'') implements the textile and apparel safeguard provisions,
provided for in Article 3.1 of the United States-Oman Free Trade
Agreement (the ``Agreement''). This safeguard mechanism applies when,
as a result of the elimination of a customs duty under the Agreement,
an Omani textile or apparel article is being imported into the United
States in such increased quantities, in absolute terms or relative to
the domestic market for that article, and under such conditions as to
cause serious damage or actual threat thereof to a U.S. industry
producing a like or directly competitive article. In these
circumstances, Article 3.1 permits the United States to increase duties
on the imported article from Oman to a level that does not exceed the
lesser of the prevailing U.S. normal trade relations (NTR)/most-
favored-nation (MFN) duty rate for the article or the U.S. NTR/MFN duty
rate in effect on the day before the Agreement entered into force.
The Statement of Administrative Action accompanying the U.S.-Oman
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``Act'') provides that
CITA will issue procedures for requesting such safeguard measures, for
making its determinations under section 322(a) of the Act, and for
providing relief under section 322(b) of the Act.
In Proclamation No. 8332 (73 FR 80,289, December 31, 2008), the
President delegated to CITA his authority under Subtitle B of Title III
of the Act with respect to textile and apparel safeguard measures.
CITA must collect information in order to determine whether a
domestic textile or apparel industry is being adversely impacted by
imports of these products from Oman, thereby allowing CITA to take
corrective action to protect the viability of the domestic textile
industry, subject to section 322(b) of the Act.
Pursuant to Section 321(a) of the Act and Section 7 of Presidential
Proclamation 8332 of December 29, 2008, an interested party in the U.S.
domestic textile and apparel industry may file a request for a textile
and apparel safeguard action with CITA. Consistent with longstanding
CITA practice in considering textile safeguard actions, CITA will
consider an interested party to be an entity (which may be a trade
association, firm, certified or recognized union, or group of workers)
that is representative of either: (A) a domestic producer or producers
of an article that is like or directly competitive with the subject
Omani textile or apparel article; or (B) a domestic producer or
producers of a component used in the production of an article that is
like or directly competitive with the subject Omani textile or apparel
article.
In order for a request to be considered, the requestor must provide
the following information in support of a claim that a textile or
apparel article from Oman is being imported into the United States in
such increased quantities, in absolute terms or relative to the
domestic market for that article, and under such conditions as to cause
serious damage or actual threat thereof, to a U.S. industry producing
an article that is like, or directly competitive with, the imported
article: (1) Name and description of the imported article concerned;
(2) import data demonstrating that imports of an Omani origin textile
or apparel article that are like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the domestic industry concerned are increasing in
absolute terms or relative to the domestic market for that article; (3)
U.S. domestic production of the like or directly competitive articles
of U.S. origin indicating the nature and extent of the serious damage
or actual threat thereof, along with an affirmation that to the best of
the requester's knowledge, the data represent substantially all of the
domestic production of the like or directly competitive article(s) of
U.S.
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origin; (4) imports from Oman as a percentage of the domestic market of
the like or directly competitive article; and (5) all data available to
the requester showing changes in productivity, utilization of capacity,
inventories, exports, wages, employment, domestic prices, profits, and
investment, and any other information, relating to the existence of
serious damage or actual threat thereof caused by imports from Oman to
the industry producing the like or directly competitive article that is
the subject of the request. To the extent that such information is not
available, the requester should provide best estimates and the basis
therefore.
If CITA determines that the request provides the information
necessary for it to be considered, CITA will publish a notice in the
Federal Register seeking public comments regarding the request. The
comment period shall be 30 calendar days. The notice will include a
summary of the request. Any interested party may submit information to
rebut, clarify, or correct public comments submitted by any interested
party.
CITA will make a determination on any request it considers within
60 calendar days of the close of the comment period. If CITA is unable
to make a determination within 60 calendar days, it will publish a
notice in the Federal Register, including the date it will make a
determination.
If a determination under section 322(b) of the Act is affirmative,
CITA may provide tariff relief to a U.S. industry to the extent
necessary to remedy or prevent serious damage or actual threat thereof
and to facilitate adjustment by the domestic industry to import
competition. The import tariff relief is effective beginning on the
date that CITA's affirmative determination is published in the Federal
Register.
Entities submitting requests, responses or rebuttals to CITA may
submit both a public and confidential version of their submissions. If
the request is accepted, the public version will be posted on the
dedicated Oman Free Trade Agreement textile safeguards section of the
Office of Textile and Apparel (OTEXA) Web site. The confidential
version of the request, responses or rebuttals will not be shared with
the public as it may contain business confidential information.
Entities submitting responses or rebuttals may use the public version
of the request as a basis for responses.
II. Method of Collection
When an interested party files a request for a textile and apparel
safeguard action with CITA, ten copies of any such request must be
provided in a paper format. If business confidential information is
provided, two copies of a non-confidential version must also be
provided. If CITA determines that the request provides the necessary
information to be considered, it publishes a Federal Register notice
seeking public comments on the request. To the extent business
confidential information is provided, a non-confidential version must
also be provided. Any interested party may submit information to rebut,
clarify, or correct public comments submitted by any interested party.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625-0266.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6 (1 for Request; 5 for Comments).
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours for a Request; and 4 hours for
each Comment.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 24.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $960.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 3, 2016.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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