[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 45427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21205]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Solicitation of Applications for Allocation of Tariff
Rate Quotas on the Import of Certain Worsted Wool Fabrics to Persons
Who Weave Such Fabrics in the United States
AGENCY: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration.
ACTION: The Department of Commerce (Department) is soliciting
applications for an allocation of the 2010 tariff rate quotas on
certain worsted wool fabric to persons who weave such fabrics in the
United States.
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SUMMARY: The Department hereby solicits applications from persons
(including firms, corporations, or other legal entities) who weave
worsted wool fabrics in the United States for an allocation of the 2010
tariff rate quotas on certain worsted wool fabric. Interested persons
must submit an application on the form provided to the address listed
below by October 2, 2009. The Department will cause to be published in
the Federal Register its determination to allocate the 2010 tariff rate
quotas and will notify applicants of their respective allocation as
soon as possible after that date. Promptly thereafter, the Department
will issue licenses to eligible applicants.
DATES: To be considered, applications must be received or postmarked by
5 p.m. on October 2, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to the Office of Textiles and
Apparel, Room 3001, United States Department of Commerce, Washington,
DC 20230 (telephone: (202) 482-3400). Application forms may be obtained
from that office (via facsimile or mail) or from the following Internet
address: http://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/wooltrq.nsf/TRQApp/fabric.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Carrigg, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-2573.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Title V of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (the Act) created
two tariff rate quotas (TRQs), providing for temporary reductions in
the import duties on limited quantities of two categories of worsted
wool fabrics suitable for use in making suits, suit-type jackets, or
trousers: (1) For worsted wool fabric with average fiber diameters
greater than 18.5 microns (Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS) heading 9902.51.11); and (2) for worsted wool fabric with
average fiber diameters of 18.5 microns or less (HTS heading
9902.51.12). On August 6, 2002, President Bush signed into law the
Trade Act of 2002, which includes several amendments to Title V of the
Act. On December 3, 2004, the Act was further amended pursuant to the
Miscellaneous Trade Act of 2004, Public Law 108-429. The 2004 amendment
included authority for the Department to allocate a TRQ for new HTS
category, HTS 9902.51.16. This HTS category refers to worsted wool
fabric with average fiber diameter of 18.5 microns or less. The
amendment provided that HTS 9902.51.16 is for the benefit of persons
(including firms, corporations, or other legal entities) who weave such
worsted wool fabric in the United States that is suitable for making
men's and boys' suits. The TRQ for HTS 9902.51.16 provided for
temporary reductions in the import duties on 2,000,000 square meters
annually for 2005 and 2006. The amendment requires that the TRQ be
allocated to persons who weave worsted wool fabric with average fiber
diameter of 18.5 microns or less, which is suitable for use in making
men's and boys' suits, in the United States. On August 17, 2006, the
Act was further amended pursuant to the Pension Protection Act of 2006,
Public Law 109-280, which extended the TRQ for HTS 9902.51.16 through
2009. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 extended the TRQ
for HTS 9902.51.16 through 2014.
On October 24, 2005, the Department adopted final regulations
establishing procedures for allocating the TRQ. See 70 FR 61363; 19 CFR
335. In order to be eligible for an allocation, an applicant must
submit an application on the form provided at http://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/wooltrq.nsf/TRQApp/fabric to the address listed above by 5 p.m.
on October 2, 2009 in compliance with the requirements of 15 CFR part
335. Any business confidential information that is marked business
confidential will be kept confidential and protected from disclosure to
the full extent permitted by law.
Dated: August 27, 2009.
Kim Glas,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles and Apparel.
[FR Doc. E9-21205 Filed 9-1-09; 8:45 am]
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