Limitation of Duty-Free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in Haiti Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), as Amended by the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership Encouragement Act (HOPE), 71617-71618 [2021-27311]
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whether or not assembled into a fully
completed off-grid hydropanel whose
function is conversion of water vapor
into liquid water:
(A) A total power output of no more than
80 watts per panel;
(B) A surface area of less than 5,000 square
centimeters (cm2) per panel;
(C) Do not include a built-in inverter;
(D) Do not have a frame around the edges
of the panel;
(E) Include a clear glass back panel; and
(F) Must include a permanently connected
wire that terminates in a two-port rectangular
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Modules, laminates, and panels
produced in a third-country from cells
produced in China are covered by the
Orders; however, modules, laminates,
and panels produced in China from
cells produced in a third-country are not
covered by the Orders.
Merchandise covered by the Orders is
currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff System of the United States
(HTSUS) under subheadings
8501.61.0000, 8507.20.80, 8541.40.6020,
8541.40.6030, and 8501.31.8000. These
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes; the
written description of the scope of the
Orders is dispositive.7
Application of the Final Results of
Reviews
SOURCE Global requested that
Commerce apply the final results of
these reviews to ‘‘all unliquidated
entries of the merchandise covered by
the revocation that are not covered by
the final results of an administrative
review or automatic liquidation
instruction.’’ 8 Section 751(d)(3) of the
Act provides that ‘‘{a} determination
under this section to revoke an order
. . . shall apply with respect to
unliquidated entries of the subject
merchandise which are entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date
determined by the administering
authority.’’ Commerce’s general practice
is to instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to liquidate without
regard to antidumping and
countervailing duties, and to refund any
estimated antidumping and
countervailing duties on, all
unliquidated entries of the merchandise
covered by a revocation that are not
covered by the final results of an
administrative review or automatic
liquidation.9
7 See
Solar Cells Orders.
SOURCE Global’s Comments at 5.
9 See, e.g., Certain Pasta from Italy: Final Results
of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances
Review and Revocation, In Part, 76 FR 27634 (May
12, 2011); Stainless Steel Bar from the United
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Consistent with this practice, we are
applying the final results of these CCRs
to all unliquidated entries of the
merchandise covered by the revocations
which have been entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after December 1, 2020, for the AD
Order, and January 1, 2020, for the CVD
Order. These are the beginning dates of
the earliest periods of review not
covered by the final results of an
administrative review or automatic
liquidation instructions (i.e., December
1, 2020 through November 30, 2021 for
the AD Order and January 1, 2020
through December 31, 2020 for the CVD
Order).
Instructions to CBP
Because we determine that there are
changed circumstances that warrant the
revocation of the Orders, in part, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate without
regard to antidumping and
countervailing duties, and to refund any
estimated antidumping and
countervailing duties on, all
unliquidated entries of the merchandise
covered by this partial revocation on or
after December 1, 2020, for purposes of
the AD Order and January 1, 2020, for
purposes of the CVD Order.
Commerce intends to issue
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35
days after the date of publication of
these final results of CCRs in the
Federal Register. If a timely summons is
filed at the U.S. Court of International
Trade, the instructions will direct CBP
not to liquidate relevant entries until the
time for parties to file a request for a
statutory injunction has expired (i.e.,
within 90 days of publication).
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return/
destruction of APO materials or
Kingdom: Notice of Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review and Revocation of Order, in
Part, 72 FR 65706 (November 23, 2007); Notice of
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review and Revocation of Order In
Part: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat
Products from Germany, 71 FR 66163 (November
13, 2006); Notice of Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews and
Revocation of Orders in Part: Certain CorrosionResistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Canada
and Germany, 71 FR 14498 (March 22, 2006); and
Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, and Determination
to Revoke Order in Part: Certain Cased Pencils from
the People’s Republic of China, 68 FR 62428
(November 4, 2003).
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conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these
final results of CCRs in accordance with
sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Act,
and 19 CFR 351.216, 19 CFR
351.221(c)(3), and 19 CFR 351.222.
Dated: December 10, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, Performing the Non-Exclusive
Functions and Duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Limitation of Duty-Free Imports of
Apparel Articles Assembled in Haiti
Under the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act (CBERA), as Amended
by the Haitian Hemispheric
Opportunity Through Partnership
Encouragement Act (HOPE)
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of annual
quantitative limit on imports of certain
apparel from Haiti.
AGENCY:
CBERA, as amended,
provides duty-free treatment for certain
apparel articles imported directly from
Haiti. One of the preferences is known
as the ‘‘value-added’’ provision, which
requires that apparel meet a minimum
threshold percentage of value added in
Haiti, the United States, and/or certain
beneficiary countries. The provision is
subject to a quantitative limitation,
which is calculated as a percentage of
total apparel imports into the United
States for each 12-month period. For the
period from December 20, 2021 through
December 19, 2022, the quantity of
imports eligible for preferential
treatment under the value-added
provision is 367,770,223 square meters
equivalent.
DATES: The new limitations become
effective December 20, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurie Mease, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482–2043.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 213A of the
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
(19 U.S.C. 2703a) (‘‘CBERA’’), as
amended; and as implemented by
SUMMARY:
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Presidential Proc. No. 8114, 72 FR
13655 (March 22, 2007), and No. 8596,
75 FR 68153 (November 4, 2010).
Background: Section 213A(b)(1)(B) of
CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C.
2703a(b)(1)(B)), outlines the
requirements for certain apparel articles
imported directly from Haiti to qualify
for duty-free treatment under a ‘‘valueadded’’ provision. In order to qualify for
duty-free treatment, apparel articles
must be wholly assembled, or knit-toshape, in Haiti from any combination of
fabrics, fabric components, components
knit-to-shape, and yarns, as long as the
sum of the cost or value of materials
produced in Haiti or one or more
beneficiary countries, as described in
CBERA, as amended, or any
combination thereof, plus the direct
costs of processing operations
performed in Haiti or one or more
beneficiary countries, as described in
CBERA, as amended, or any
combination thereof, is not less than an
applicable percentage of the declared
customs value of such apparel articles.
Pursuant to CBERA, as amended, the
applicable percentage for the period
December 20, 2021 through December
19, 2022 is 60 percent.
For every twelve-month period
following the effective date of CBERA,
as amended, duty-free treatment under
the value-added provision is subject to
a quantitative limitation. CBERA, as
amended, provides that the quantitative
limitation will be recalculated for each
subsequent 12-month period. Section
213A(b)(1)(C) of CBERA, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(1)(C)), requires that,
for the twelve-month period beginning
on December 20, 2021, the quantitative
limitation for qualifying apparel
imported from Haiti under the valueadded provision will be an amount
equivalent to 1.25 percent of the
aggregate square meter equivalent of all
apparel articles imported into the
United States in the most recent 12month period for which data are
available. The aggregate square meters
equivalent of all apparel articles
imported into the United States is
derived from the set of Harmonized
System lines listed in the Annex to the
World Trade Organization Agreement
on Textiles and Clothing (‘‘ATC’’), and
the conversion factors for units of
measure into square meter equivalents
used by the United States in
implementing the ATC.
For purposes of this notice, the most
recent 12-month period for which data
are available as of December 20, 2021 is
the 12-month period ending on October
31, 2021.
Therefore, for the one-year period
beginning on December 20, 2021 and
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extending through December 19, 2022,
the quantity of imports eligible for
preferential treatment under the valueadded provision is 367,770,223 square
meters equivalent. Apparel articles
entered in excess of these quantities will
be subject to otherwise applicable
tariffs.
Paul E. Morris,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Textiles, Consumer Goods, and Materials.
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of this notice. We invite the general
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comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
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the public’s reporting burden. Public
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via the Federal Register on September
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Limitation of Duty-Free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in
Haiti Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), as
Amended by the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership
Encouragement Act (HOPE)
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of annual quantitative limit on imports of certain
apparel from Haiti.
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SUMMARY: CBERA, as amended, provides duty-free treatment for certain
apparel articles imported directly from Haiti. One of the preferences
is known as the ``value-added'' provision, which requires that apparel
meet a minimum threshold percentage of value added in Haiti, the United
States, and/or certain beneficiary countries. The provision is subject
to a quantitative limitation, which is calculated as a percentage of
total apparel imports into the United States for each 12-month period.
For the period from December 20, 2021 through December 19, 2022, the
quantity of imports eligible for preferential treatment under the
value-added provision is 367,770,223 square meters equivalent.
DATES: The new limitations become effective December 20, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Mease, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-2043.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) (``CBERA''), as amended; and as implemented by
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Presidential Proc. No. 8114, 72 FR 13655 (March 22, 2007), and No.
8596, 75 FR 68153 (November 4, 2010).
Background: Section 213A(b)(1)(B) of CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C.
2703a(b)(1)(B)), outlines the requirements for certain apparel articles
imported directly from Haiti to qualify for duty-free treatment under a
``value-added'' provision. In order to qualify for duty-free treatment,
apparel articles must be wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape, in Haiti
from any combination of fabrics, fabric components, components knit-to-
shape, and yarns, as long as the sum of the cost or value of materials
produced in Haiti or one or more beneficiary countries, as described in
CBERA, as amended, or any combination thereof, plus the direct costs of
processing operations performed in Haiti or one or more beneficiary
countries, as described in CBERA, as amended, or any combination
thereof, is not less than an applicable percentage of the declared
customs value of such apparel articles. Pursuant to CBERA, as amended,
the applicable percentage for the period December 20, 2021 through
December 19, 2022 is 60 percent.
For every twelve-month period following the effective date of
CBERA, as amended, duty-free treatment under the value-added provision
is subject to a quantitative limitation. CBERA, as amended, provides
that the quantitative limitation will be recalculated for each
subsequent 12-month period. Section 213A(b)(1)(C) of CBERA, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(1)(C)), requires that, for the twelve-month period
beginning on December 20, 2021, the quantitative limitation for
qualifying apparel imported from Haiti under the value-added provision
will be an amount equivalent to 1.25 percent of the aggregate square
meter equivalent of all apparel articles imported into the United
States in the most recent 12-month period for which data are available.
The aggregate square meters equivalent of all apparel articles imported
into the United States is derived from the set of Harmonized System
lines listed in the Annex to the World Trade Organization Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing (``ATC''), and the conversion factors for units
of measure into square meter equivalents used by the United States in
implementing the ATC.
For purposes of this notice, the most recent 12-month period for
which data are available as of December 20, 2021 is the 12-month period
ending on October 31, 2021.
Therefore, for the one-year period beginning on December 20, 2021
and extending through December 19, 2022, the quantity of imports
eligible for preferential treatment under the value-added provision is
367,770,223 square meters equivalent. Apparel articles entered in
excess of these quantities will be subject to otherwise applicable
tariffs.
Paul E. Morris,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, Consumer Goods, and
Materials.
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