[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 188 (Friday, September 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 55177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19157]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Notice of Allocation of Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ) on the Import of 
Certain Cotton Shirting Fabrics for Calendar Year 2007

AGENCY: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration.

ACTION: Notice of allocation of 2007 cotton shirting fabrics tariff 
rate quota.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) has determined the 
allocation for Calendar Year 2007 of imports of certain cotton shirting 
fabrics under tariff rate quotas established by Section 406(b)(1) of 
the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Public Law No. 109-432). 
The reduction in duty is applicable to fabric entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption under a license during calendar year 2007. 
Claims for reduction in duty can be made retroactively to U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection for qualifying fabrics under the license as long 
as the fabrics were entered or withdrawn from warehouse during calendar 
year 2007. The companies that are being provided an allocation are 
listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sergio Botero, Office of Textiles and 
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-4058.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 20, 2006, President Bush signed into law the Tax Relief 
and Health Care Act of 2006 (``the Act''). Section 406(b)(1) of the Act 
requires the Secretary of Commerce to fairly allocate tariff rate 
quotas (``TRQ'') on the import of certain cotton woven fabrics through 
December 31, 2009. Section 406 (b)(1) authorizes the Secretary of 
Commerce to issue licenses to eligible manufacturers under headings 
9902.52.08 through 9902.52.19 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States, specifying the restrictions under each such license on 
the quantity of cotton woven fabrics that may be entered each year on 
behalf of the manufacturer. The Act created an annual tariff rate quota 
providing for temporary reductions through December 31, 2009 in the 
import duties of cotton woven fabrics suitable for making cotton shirts 
(new Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) headings 
9902.52.08, 9902.52.09, 9902.52.10, 9902.52.11, 9902.52.12, 9902.52.13, 
9902.52.14, 9902.52.15, 9902.52.16, 9902.52.17, 9902.52.18, and 
9902.52.19). The reduction in duty is limited to 85 percent of the 
total square meter equivalents of all imported woven fabrics of cotton 
containing 85 percent or more by weight of cotton used by manufacturers 
in cutting and sewing men's and boy's cotton shirts in the United 
States and purchased by such manufacturer during calendar year 2000.
    The Act requires that the tariff rate quotas be allocated to 
persons (including firms, corporations, or other legal entities) who, 
during calendar year 2000, were manufacturers cutting and sewing men's 
and boy's cotton shirts in the United States from imported woven 
fabrics of cotton containing 85 percent or more by weight of cotton of 
the kind described in HTS 9902.52.08 through 9902.5219 purchased by 
such manufacturer during calendar year 2000. On July 24, 2007, the 
Department published regulations establishing procedures for allocating 
the TRQ. 72 FR 40235, 15 CFR 336. On August 2, 2007 the Department 
published a notice in the Federal Register (72 FR 42400) soliciting 
applications for an allocation of the 2007 tariff rate quotas with a 
closing date of September 4, 2007.

Companies Receiving Allocation:

 
 
 
  Retail Brand Alliance Inc. - Sunnyside, NY
  The Hancock Company - Ashland, PA
  Individualized Shirt Company - Perth Amboy, NJ
  Kenneth Gordon/IAG Inc. - New Orleans, LA
  The Pickett Company - Lafayette, TN
 


Dated: September 24, 2007.
Janet E. Heinzen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, Apparel and Consumer 
Goods Industries, Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. E7-19157 Filed 9-27-07; 8:45 am]
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