[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 110 (Friday, June 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31812-31813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11139]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Determination under the Textile and Apparel Commercial 
Availability Provision of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United 
States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR Agreement)

June 5, 2007.
AGENCY: The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
(CITA).

ACTION: Determination to add a product in unrestricted quantities to 
Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR Agreement

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 8, 2007.

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SUMMARY: The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
(CITA) has determined that certain synthetic staple fibers, as 
specified below, are not available in commercial quantities in a timely 
manner in the CAFTA-DR region. The product will be added to the list in 
Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR Agreement in unrestricted quantities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Stetson, Office of Textiles 
and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482 2582.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON-LINE: http://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/CaftaReqTrack.nsf.Reference number: 
22.2007.05.02.Fiber.TextilesCapuano, SA

SUPPLEMENTARYINFORMATION:

    Authority: Section 203(o)(4) of the Dominican Republic-Central 
America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 
(CAFTA-DR Act); the Statement of Administrative Action (SAA), 
accompanying the CAFTA-DR Act; Presidential Proclamations 7987 
(February 28, 2006) and 7996 (March 31, 2006).

BACKGROUND:

    The CAFTA-DR Agreement provides a list in Annex 3.25 for fabrics, 
yarns, and fibers that the Parties to the CAFTA-DR Agreement have 
determined are not available in commercial quantities in a timely 
manner in the territory of any Party. Articles that otherwise meet the 
rule of origin to qualify for preferential treatment are not 
disqualified because they contain one of the products on the Annex 3.25 
list.
    The CAFTA-DR Agreement provides that this list may be modified 
pursuant to Article 3.25(4)-(5), when the President of the United 
States determines that a fabric, yarn, or fiber is not available in 
commercial quantities in a timely manner in the territory of any Party. 
The CAFTA-DR Act states that the President will make a determination on 
whether additional fabrics, yarns, and fibers are available in 
commercial quantities in a timely manner in the territory of any Party.
    The CAFTA-DR Act requires the President to establish procedures 
governing the submission of a request and providing opportunity for 
interested entities to submit comments and supporting evidence before a 
commercial availability determination is made. In Presidential 
Proclamations 7987 and 7996, the President delegated to CITA the 
authority under section 203(o)(4) of the CAFTA-DR Act for modifying the 
Annex 3.25 list. On March 21, 2007, CITA published final procedures it 
would follow in considering requests to modify the Annex 3.25 list (72 
FR 13256).
    On May 2, 2007, the Chairman of CITA received a request from 
Textiles Capuano, S.A. for certain synthetic staple fibers of the 
specifications detailed below. On May 4, 2007, CITA notified interested 
parties of, and posted on its website, the accepted request and 
requested that any interested entity provide, by May 16, 2007, a 
response advising of its objection to the request or its ability to 
supply the subject product, and rebuttals to responses by May 22, 2007.
    No interested entity filed a response advising of its objection to 
the request or its ability to supply the subject product.
    In accordance with Section 203(o)(4)(C)(iii)(II) of the CAFTA-DR 
Act, and its procedures, as no interested entity submitted a response 
objecting to the request or expressing an ability to supply the subject 
product, CITA has determined to add the specified fibers to the list in 
Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR Agreement.
    The subject fibers are added to the list in Annex 3.25 of the 
CAFTA-DR Agreement in unrestricted quantities. A revised list has been 
published on-line.

Specifications:

 
 
 
Product:                               Synthetic staple fiber, not
                                        carded, combed or otherwise
                                        processed for spinning of
                                        acrylic or modacrylic (Raw White
                                        Bright or Semi Dull - Acrylic
                                        Short Staple Fiber, 1.3 DTEX to
                                        1.5 DTEX Bright 38 - 40mm)
HTS Subheading:                        5503.30.00
 


Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. E7-11139 Filed 6-7-07; 8:45 am]
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