[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-771]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332-350]
Monitoring of U.S. Imports of Tomatoes
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of institution of investigation.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 1993.
SUMMARY: The North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act,
Public Law 103-182, directs the Commission to monitor imports of fresh
or chilled tomatoes (HTS heading 0702.00), until January 1, 2009, as if
a proper request for such monitoring had been made under section 202(d)
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2252(d)), for purposes of
expediting an investigation concerning provisional relief under section
202 of the Trade Act of 1974. As a result, the Commission instituted
investigation No. 332-350, under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)), for the purpose of monitoring imports of
fresh or chilled tomatoes.
In the course of the investigation, the Commission will monitor
U.S. imports of fresh or chilled tomatoes from all foreign suppliers.
In addition, the Commission will investigate and gather data, to the
extent possible, on U.S. growers in such areas as shipments, prices,
market share, employment levels, profit-or-loss, and efforts to
compete. Wherever possible, the Commission will rely on existing data
from other government agencies.
Although section 316 does not require that the Commission publish
reports summarizing the information obtained as a result of such
monitoring, the Commission plans to publish annual statistical reports
of certain trade data through the year 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy McCarty (202-205-3324) or
Lowell Grant (202-205-3312), Agriculture Division, Office of
Industries, or William Gearhart (202-205-3091), Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission. Hearing impaired persons
can obtain information on this study by contacting the Commission's TDD
terminal on (202) 205-1810.
WRITTEN SUBMISSION: Interested persons are invited to submit written
statements at any time during the investigation. Commercial or
financial information which a submitter desires the Commission to treat
as confidential must be submitted on separate sheets of paper, each
clearly marked ``Confidential Business Information'' at the top. All
submissions requesting confidential treatment must conform with the
requirement of section 210.6 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). All written submissions, except for
confidential business information, will be made available for
inspection by interested persons. All submission should be addressed to
the Secretary at the Commission's office in Washington, DC.
Issued: January 4, 1994.
By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koeknke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-771 Filed 1-11-94; 8:45 am]
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