[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 1137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-141]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Amendment of Limitation of Duty- and Quota-Free Imports of
Apparel Articles Assembled in Beneficiary ATPDEA Countries From
Regional Country Fabric
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Amending the 12-Month Cap on Duty and Quota Free Benefits.
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DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Stetson, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 3103 of the Trade Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-
210; Presidential Proclamation 7616 of October 31, 2002, 67 FR 67283
(November 5, 2002); Executive Order 13277, 67 FR 70305 (November 19,
2002); and the Office of the United States Trade Representative's
Notice of Authority and Further Assignment of Functions, 67 FR 71606
(November 25, 2002).
Section 3103 of the Trade Act of 2002 amended the Andean Trade
Preference Act (ATPA) to provide for duty and quota-free treatment for
certain textile and apparel articles imported from designated Andean
Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) beneficiary
countries. Section 204(b)(3)(B)(iii) of the amended ATPA provides duty-
and quota-free treatment for certain apparel articles assembled in
ATPDEA beneficiary countries from regional fabric and components,
subject to quantitative limitation. More specifically, this provision
applies to apparel articles sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more
ATPDEA beneficiary countries from fabrics or from fabric components
formed or from components knit-to-shape, in one or more ATPDEA
beneficiary countries, from yarns wholly formed in the United States or
one or more ATPDEA beneficiary countries (including fabrics not formed
from yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable under heading 5602 and
5603 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) and are formed in one or
more ATPDEA beneficiary countries). Such apparel articles may also
contain certain other eligible fabrics, fabric components, or
components knit-to-shape.
Title VII of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act (TRHCA) of 2006,
Pub L. No. 107-432, extended the expiration of the ATPA to June 30,
2007. See Section 7002(a) of the TRHCA 2006. H.R. 1830, 110th Cong.
(2007), further extended the expiration of the ATPA to February 29,
2008. H.R. 5264, 110th Cong. (2008), further extended the expiration of
the ATPA to December 31, 2008. H.R. 7222, 110th Cong. (2008), further
extended the expiration of the ATPA to December 31, 2009. H.R 4284,
111th Cong. (2009), further extended the expiration of the ATPA to
December 31, 2010. H.R 6517, 111th Cong. (2010), further extended the
expiration of the ATPA to February 12, 2011.
The purpose of this notice is to extend the period of the
quantitative limitation for preferential tariff treatment under the
regional fabric provision for imports of qualifying apparel articles
from Colombia and Ecuador for a six-week period, through February 12,
2011. With respect to qualifying apparel articles from Peru, the
termination of preferential treatment is effective December 31, 2010.
For the period beginning on October 1, 2010 and extending through
February 12, 2011, the aggregate quantity of imports eligible for
preferential treatment under the regional fabric provision is
1,238,203,339 square meters equivalent. Apparel articles entered in
excess of this quantity will be subject to otherwise applicable
tariffs.
This quantity is calculated using the aggregate square meter
equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States,
derived from the set of Harmonized System lines listed in the Annex to
the World Trade Organization Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC),
and the conversion factors for units of measure into square meter
equivalents used by the United States in implementing the ATC.
Janet E. Heinzen,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 2011-141 Filed 1-6-11; 8:45 am]
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