[Federal Register: November 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 226)]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 
Amendment to a Determination Under the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act (AGOA)

November 18, 2005.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Directive to the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection.

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SUMMARY: Amendments to CITA's directive that determined certain textile 
and apparel goods from Nigeria be treated as ``handloomed, handmade, 
folklore articles, or ethnic printed fabrics'' and qualify for 
preferential treatment under the AGOA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Flaaten, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Sections 112(a) and 112(b)(6) of the African Growth 
and Opportunity Act (Title I of the Trade and Development Act of 
2000, Pub. L. No. 106-200) (``AGOA''), as amended by Section 7(c) of 
the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-274) (``AGOA 
Acceleration Act'') (19 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  3721(a) and (b)(6)); 
Sections 2 and 5 of Executive Order No. 13191 of January 17, 2001; 
Sections 25-27 and Paras. 13-14 of Presidential Proclamation 7912 of 
June 29, 2005.
    AGOA provides preferential tariff treatment for imports of certain 
textile and apparel products of beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
countries, including hand-loomed, handmade, or folklore articles of a 
beneficiary country that are certified as such by the competent 
authority in the beneficiary country. The AGOA Acceleration Act further 
expanded AGOA by adding ethnic printed fabrics to the list of textile 
and apparel products made in the beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
countries that may be eligible for the preferential treatment described 
in section 112(a) of the AGOA. CITA approved Nigeria for Category 9 
effective August 1, 2005. (70 FR 43397).
    The United States and Nigeria have agreed to add Atlantic Textiles 
Manufacturing Co. Ltd. to the list of companies in Annex B who are 
producers of ethnic printed fabrics in Nigeria.
    CITA notes a technical correction to this same notice. The 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) number 
referenced in Annex B

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applicable to ethnic printed fabrics is 5208.52.40, not 5208.32.40.

James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 18, 2005.

Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: The directive issued to you on July 21, 2005 
regarding articles made in Nigeria to be treated as ``handloomed, 
handmade, folklore articles, or ethnic printed fabrics'' under the 
AGOA is amended as follows:
    1. Add Atlantic Textiles Manufacturing Co. Ltd. to the list of 
producers of ethnic printed fabrics in Nigeria in Annex B.
    2. Strike 5208.32.40 and replace with 5208.52.40 in Annex B.
    Sincerely,
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 05-23280 Filed 11-23-05; 8:45 am]