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), 103777-103778 [2024-30072]

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[FR Doc. 2024–30291 Filed 12–18–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P 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, 2024 through December 19, 2025, the quantity of SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\19DEN1.SGM 19DEN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 103778 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 244 / Thursday, December 19, 2024 / Notices imports eligible for preferential treatment under the value-added provision is 322,927,229 square meters equivalent. DATES: The new limitations become applicable December 20, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kayla Johnson, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482–2532. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) (‘‘CBERA’’), as amended; and as implemented by 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, 2024 through December 19, 2025, 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, 2024, 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:08 Dec 18, 2024 Jkt 265001 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, 2024 is the 12-month period ending on October 31, 2024. Therefore, for the one-year period beginning on December 20, 2024 and extending through December 19, 2025, the quantity of imports eligible for preferential treatment under the valueadded provision is 322,927,229 square meters equivalent. Apparel articles entered in excess of these quantities will be subject to otherwise applicable tariffs. Tyler Beckelman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, Consumer Goods, Materials Industries, Critical Minerals and Metals. [FR Doc. 2024–30072 Filed 12–18–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C–570–183, C–552–846] Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products From the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigations Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable December 19, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashley Cossaart (the People’s Republic of China) and Thomas Martin (Socialist Republic of Vietnam), AD/CVD Operations, OIV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–0462 and at (202) 482–3936, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background On October 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of thermoformed molded fiber products (molded fiber products) from the PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 People’s Republic of China (China) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam).1 Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than January 2, 2025. Postponement of Preliminary Determination Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD investigation within 65 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation. However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act permits Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no later than 130 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation if: (A) the petitioners 2 makes a timely request for a postponement; or (B) Commerce concludes that the parties concerned are cooperating, that the investigation is extraordinarily complicated, and that additional time is necessary to make a preliminary determination. Under 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a request for postponement 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the preliminary determination and must state the reasons for the request. Commerce will grant the request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny the request. On December 6, 2024, the petitioners submitted a timely request that Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in these investigations.3 The petitioners stated that they request postponement to extend the deadline for the preliminary determinations in order to have an adequate opportunity to review the questionnaire responses of respondents and submit rebuttal factual information, and give Commerce adequate time to review the data provided in the questionnaire responses and issue supplemental questionnaires prior to its issuance of the preliminary determinations.4 In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioners submitted their request for postponement of the preliminary determinations in these investigations 25 days or more before 1 See Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 89 FR 87556 (November 4, 2024) (Initiation Notice). 2 The petitioners are Genera, Tellus Products, LLC, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL– CIO. 3 See Petitioners’ Letters, ‘‘Request to Extend the Deadline for the Preliminary Determination,’’ dated December 6, 2024. 4 Id. 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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30072]


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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, 2024 through December 19, 2025, the 
quantity of

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imports eligible for preferential treatment under the value-added 
provision is 322,927,229 square meters equivalent.

DATES: The new limitations become applicable December 20, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Kayla Johnson, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-2532.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery 
Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) (``CBERA''), as amended; and as implemented by 
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, 2024 through 
December 19, 2025, 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, 2024, 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, 2024 is 
the 12-month period ending on October 31, 2024.
    Therefore, for the one-year period beginning on December 20, 2024 
and extending through December 19, 2025, the quantity of imports 
eligible for preferential treatment under the value-added provision is 
322,927,229 square meters equivalent. Apparel articles entered in 
excess of these quantities will be subject to otherwise applicable 
tariffs.

Tyler Beckelman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, Consumer Goods, Materials 
Industries, Critical Minerals and Metals.
[FR Doc. 2024-30072 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
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