Federal Register: May 9, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 91)
DOCID: fr09my08-110 FR Doc E8-10350
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr09my08-110
ACTION: Implementation of Textile Safeguard Measure Under the Dominican Republic—Central America:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Implementation of Textile Safeguard Measure Under the Dominican Republic--Central America--United States Free Trade Agreement
EFFECTIVE DATES: May 1, 2008.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Pursuant to Proclamation 8228 of March 28, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 18,141 (2008)), the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice of a modification to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) to reflect a textile safeguard measure under the Dominican RepublicCentral AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTADR or the Agreement).
SUMMARY:
United States Free Trade Agreement,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
On April 25, 2008, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) determined, pursuant to Section 322(a)(b) of the Dominican RepublicCentral AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 10953; 19 U.S.C. 4082), to impose a textile safeguard measure on certain cotton socks of Honduras. This measure takes the form of an increase in the rate of duty in the amount of 5 percent ad valorem on all CAFTADR originating cotton socks of Honduras classifiable in subheading 6115.95 of the HTS that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008. This duty will be applied on the full value of the entered goods, regardless of the value of any United States content of such goods. See 73 Fed. Reg. 23,196 (2008).
In Proclamation 8228 of March 28, 2008, the President directed the
USTR to modify the HTS to reflect CAFTADR textile safeguard
determinations by CITA. Pursuant to this authority, effective with
respect to goods of Honduras, under the terms of general note 29 to the
HTS, that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on
or after July 1, 2008 and before the close of December 31, 2008,
subchapter XV of chapter 99 of the HTS is hereby modified as follows: [[Page 26436]]
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Susan C. Schwab,
U.S. Trade Representative.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Rachel A. Alarid, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 2023953026.