[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64798-64799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26068]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Correction to the Amendment of the 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: October 1, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Stetson, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice replaces the Federal Register 
notice in Vol. 77, No. 190 published on Monday, October 1, 2012 by 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) titled 
`Amendment of Limitation of Duty- and Quota-Free Imports of Apparel 
Articles Assembled in Beneficiary ATPDEA Countries From Regional 
Country Fabric'. Specifically, this notice corrects the quantity of 
imports eligible for preferential treatment under the regional fabric 
provision. The original notice incorrectly listed the quantity of 
imports eligible for preferential treatment to be 1,341,030,128. As 
corrected below, the actual quantity of imports eligible for 
preferential treatment is 1,239,899,947.

    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. H.R 3078, 112th Cong. 
(2011), further extended the expiration of the ATPA to July 31, 2013.
    For the period beginning on October 1, 2012 and extending through 
July 31, 2013, preferential tariff treatment is limited under the 
regional fabric provision to imports of qualifying apparel articles in 
an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the aggregate square meter 
equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States in 
the preceding 12-month period for which data are available. The 12-
month period for which data are available is the 12-month period that 
ended July 31, 2012. 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

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units of measure into square meter equivalents used by the United 
States in implementing the ATC. In Presidential Proclamation 7616 
(published in the Federal Register on November 5, 2002, 67 FR 67283), 
the President directed CITA to publish in the Federal Register the 
aggregate quantity of imports allowed during each period.
    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 Ecuador through July 31, 2013. For the period beginning on October 
1, 2012 and extending through July 31, 2013, the aggregate quantity of 
imports eligible for preferential treatment under the regional fabric 
provision is 1,239,899,947 square meters equivalent. Apparel articles 
entered in excess of this quantity will be subject to otherwise 
applicable tariffs.

Kim Glas,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 2012-26068 Filed 10-22-12; 8:45 am]
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