Federal Register: August 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 152)
DOCID: FR Doc 04-18225
COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Textile and apparel categories:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Request for public comments concerning four petitions for determinations that certain woven fabrics cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under the CBTPA.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Request for Public Comments on Commercial Availability Petition under the United States - Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
On August 3, 2004, the Chairman of CITA received four petitions from Sharretts, Paley, Carter & Blauvelt, P.C., on behalf of Fishman & Tobin, alleging that certain woven fabrics, of the specifications detailed below, classified in the indicated subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner. The petitions request that apparel articles of such fabrics assembled in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries be eligible for preferential treatment under the CBTPA. CITA hereby solicits 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. Comments must be submitted by August 24, 2004 to the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, Room 3001, United States Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
SUMMARY:
Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act; short supply requests—; Woven fabrics,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
August 4, 2004.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Authority: Section 213(b)(2)(A)(v)(II) of the CBERA, as added by Section 211(a) of the CBTPA; Section 6 of Executive Order No. 13191 of January 17, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Martin Walsh, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 4823400.