[Federal Register: November 29, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 228)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Termination of Further Consideration of Requests for Textile and
Apparel Safeguard Action on Imports from China
November 23, 2005.
AGENCY: The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (the
Committee).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Committee is terminating further consideration of requests
for safeguard action on imports from China of twenty-four textile and
apparel product categories.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Dowling, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-4058.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 204 of the Agriculture Act of 1956, as
amended; Executive Order 11651, as amended.
Background:
Requests for China textile safeguard action based on the existence
and/or threat of market disruption, on twenty-four textile and apparel
product categories, were filed between November 12, 2004 and October
11, 2005, by a coalition of textile and apparel industry associations
and a union representing textile and apparel industry workers. CITA
accepted each of these requests for consideration and published notices
in the Federal Register establishing a 30-day public comment period.
The twenty-four product categories are:
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Category Description
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222....................................... Knit fabric
226....................................... Cheesecloth, batistes, lawns/
voiles
301....................................... Combed cotton yarn
332/432 & 632pt........................... Cotton, wool & man-made
fiber socks
338/339................................... Cotton knit shirts & blouses
340/640................................... Men's & boys' cotton & man-
made fiber shirts, not knit
341/641................................... Women's & girls' cotton &
man-made fiber shirts &
blouses, not knit
342/642................................... Cotton & man-made fiber
skirts
345/645/646............................... Cotton & man-made fiber
sweaters
347/348................................... Cotton trousers
349/649................................... Cotton & man-made fiber
brassieres & other body
supporting garments
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350/650................................... Cotton & man-made fiber
dressing gowns & robes
351/651................................... Cotton & man-made fiber
nightwear & pajamas
352/652................................... Cotton & man-made fiber
underwear
359-S/659-S............................... Cotton & man-made fiber
swimwear
363....................................... Cotton terry & other pile
towels
369pt./666pt.............................. Curtains & drapery
443....................................... Men's & boys' wool suits
447....................................... Men's & boys' wool trousers
619....................................... Polyester filament fabric
620....................................... Other synthetic filament
fabric
634/635................................... Other men's & boys' man-made
fiber coats & women's &
girls' man-made fiber coats
638/639................................... Man-made fiber knit shirts &
blouses
647/648................................... Man-made fiber trousers
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The Committee's procedures state that it will make a determination
within 60 calendar days of the close of the public comment period as to
whether the United States will request consultations with China. The
deadlines for determination on these cases range from November 30,
2005, through February 5, 2006.
On November 8, 2005, the Governments of the United States and the
People's Republic of China signed a broad agreement concerning textile
and apparel products. This Memorandum of Understanding was reached with
a view to further developing the bilateral economic and trade
relationship between the United States and China, providing the textile
and apparel industries in the United States and China with a stable and
predictable trading environment, and resolving trade concerns through
consultations under Paragraph 242 of the Report of the Working Party
for the Accession of China to the World Trade Organization. In light of
the Memorandum of Understanding, and consistent with its objectives,
the Committee has terminated further consideration of all textile
safeguard requests that were pending on the date the Memorandum of
Understanding was signed, November 8, 2005.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 05-23460 Filed 11-28-05; 8:45 am]