Federal Register: August 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 147)
DOCID: FR Doc 04-17642
COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Textile and apparel categories:
DOCUMENT ACTION: The petitioner has notified CITA that it is withdrawing three of the twelve petitions it submitted for determinations that certain woven, 100 percent cotton, flannel fabrics cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under the CBTPA.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Withdrawal of Three Commercial Availability Petitions under the United States - Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
On July 14, 2004, the Chairman of CITA received twelve petitions from Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., on behalf of Picacho, S.A., alleging that certain woven, 100 percent cotton, flannel fabrics, of certain specifications, cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner. The petitions requested that shirts, trousers, nightwear, robes, dressing gowns and woven underwear of such fabrics assembled in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries be eligible for preferential treatment under the CBTPA. On July 22, 2004, CITA published a notice in the Federal Register (69 FR 43805) soliciting public comments on these petitions, in particular with regard to whether these fabrics can be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner.
On July 28, 2004, CITA received letter from Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. withdrawing three of the petitions. The three fabrics covered by the petitions that are being withdrawn were identified as Fabrics 2, 9, and 11 in the Federal Register notice. The specifications of these three fabrics are repeated below. The petitioner states that these contain ``minor but significant errors with regard to the coloration of the fibers and yarns of each fabric.''
SUMMARY:
Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act; short supply requests—; 100 percent cotton woven flannel fabrics for use in apparel,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
July 29, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Janet E. Heinzen, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 4823400.
Specifications:
Fabric 2 ........................................ HTS Subheading: 5208.42.30.00
Fiber Content: 100% Cotton
Weight: 152.6 g/m2
Width: 150 centimeters cuttable
Thread Count: 24.4 warp ends per centimeter; 15.7
filling picks per centimeter; total:
40.1 threads per square centimeter
Yarn Number: Warp: 40.6 metric, ring spun; filling:
20.3 metric, open end spun; overall
average yarn number: 39.4 metric
Finish: of yarns of different colors; napped on both sides, sanforized
*cotton fiber must all be ........................................ stock dyed prior to carding
in order to produce the
desired heather effect in the
finished fabric.
Fabric 9 ........................................ HTS Subheading: 5209.41.60.40
Fiber Content: 100% Cotton
Weight: 251 g/m2
Width: 160 centimeters cuttable
Thread Count: 22.8 warp ends per centimeter; 17.3
filling picks per centimeter; total:
40.18 threads per square centimeter
Yarn Number: Warp: 40.6 metric, ring spun; filling:
8.46 metric, open end spun; overall
average yarn number: 24.1 metric
Finish: gingham check or plaid of yarns of
different colors; napped on both sides, sanforized
Fabric 11 ........................................ HTS Subheading: 5209.41.60.40
Fiber Content: 100% Cotton
Weight: 251 g/m2
Width: 160 centimeters cuttable
Thread Count: 20.1 warp ends per centimeter; 16.5
filling picks per centimeter; total:
36.6 threads per square centimeter
Yarn Number: Warp: 27.07 metric, ring spun; filling:
10.16 metric, open end spun; overall
average yarn number: 23.3 metric
Finish: Plaid, of yarns of different colors;
napped on both sides, sanforized
*The cotton fiber must all be ........................................ stock dyed prior to carding
in order to produce the
desired heather effect in the
finished fabric.
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James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.