[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 79 (Thursday, April 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22789-22790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09319]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Determination Under the Textile and Apparel Commercial 
Availability Provision of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (``KORUS 
FTA'')

AGENCY: The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

ACTION: Determination to add a product in unrestricted quantities to 
Annex 4-B-1 of the KORUS FTA Agreement.

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DATES: Effective Date: April 24, 2014.
SUMMARY: The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
(``CITA'') has determined that certain cashmere yarns, as specified 
below, are not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in 
the United States. The product will be added to the list in Annex 4-B-1 
of the KORUS FTA in unrestricted quantities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Kirkland, Office of Textiles 
and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-3587.
    For Further Information On-Line: http://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/FTA_CABroadcast.nsf//KoreaPetitionsApproved under ``Approved Requests,'' 
Reference number: 2.2014.03.18.Yarn.HeritageCashmereKoreaCo, Ltd

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority

    KORUS FTA; Section 202(o) of the United States--Korea Free Trade 
Agreement Implementation Act (``Act''), Public Law 112-41; and 
Presidential Proclamation No. 8783 (77 FR 14265, March 9, 2012).

Background

    Article 4.2.6 of the KORUS FTA provides for a list in Appendix 4-B-
1 for fibers, yarns, and fabrics that the United States has determined 
are not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner from 
suppliers in the United States (``Commercial Availability List''). A 
textile or apparel good imported into the United States containing 
fibers, yarns, or fabrics that are included on the Commercial 
Availability List in Appendix 4- B-1 of the KORUS FTA will be treated 
as if it is an originating good for purposes of the specific rules of 
origin in Annex 4-A of the KORUS FTA, regardless of the actual origin 
of those inputs, in accordance with the specific rules of origin of 
Annex 4-A.
    Section 202(o)(3)(F) of the Act provides that the President shall 
establish procedures under sections 202(o)(3)(C) and (E) in order to 
determine whether fibers, yarns, or fabrics are not available in 
commercial quantities in a timely manner in the United States, and 
whether a fiber, yarn, or fabric should be removed from the Commercial 
Availability List in Appendix 4-B-1 when it has become available in 
commercial quantities.
    In Proclamation No. 8783 (77 FR 14265, March 9, 2012), the 
President delegated to CITA his authority under the commercial 
availability provision to establish procedures for modifying the list 
of fibers, yarns, or fabrics not available in commercial quantities in 
a timely manner, as set out in Annex 4- B of the KORUS FTA.
    Pursuant to this delegation, on March 19, 2012, CITA published 
Interim

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Procedures it follows in considering requests to modify the list of 
fibers, yarns, or fabrics determined to be not commercially available 
in a timely manner in the United States under the KORUS FTA (Interim 
Procedures for Considering Requests Under the Commercial Availability 
Provision of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement and Estimate 
of Burden for Collection of Information, 77 FR 16001, March 19, 2012) 
(``CITA's procedures'').
    On March 18, 2014, the Chairman of CITA received a Request for a 
commercial availability determination (``Request'') from Kingery, Samet 
& Sorini PLLC on behalf of Heritage Cashmere Korea Co., Ltd., for 
certain cashmere yarns as specified below. On March 19, 2014, in 
accordance with procedures established by CITA for commercial 
availability proceedings under the KORUS FTA, CITA notified interested 
parties of the Request, which was posted on the dedicated Web site for 
the KORUS FTA Commercial Availability proceedings. In its notification, 
CITA advised that any Response with an Offer to Supply (``Response'') 
must be submitted by April 1, 2014, and any Rebuttal Comments to the 
Response must be submitted by April 7, 2014 in accordance with sections 
6 and 7 of CITA's procedures. No interested entity submitted a Response 
to the Request advising CITA of its objection to the Request with an 
offer to supply the subject product.
    In accordance with section 202(o) of the Act, Annex 4-B of the 
KORUS FTA, and section 8(c)(1) of CITA's procedures, as no interested 
entity submitted a Response to object to the Request with an offer to 
supply the subject product, CITA has determined to add the specified 
yarn to the Commercial Availability List in Annex 4-B-1 of the KORUS 
FTA.
    The subject product has been added to the Commercial Availability 
List in 4-B-1 of the KORUS FTA in unrestricted quantities. A revised 
Commercial Availability List has been posted on the dedicated Web site 
for KORUS FTA Commercial Availability proceedings.

Specifications

Certain Cashmere Yarns
HTS 5108.10 & 5108.20
100% cashmere 2-ply yarns
Denier and length of staple (the figures below include the +/- 10% 
variance that may occur after knitting, weaving and finishing)
Yarn Sizes:
Weaving Count (single yarn): 22.86-27.94 nm (13.5-16.5 Ne), 25.2-33mm
Knitting Count (two plied): 39.62-48.43 nm (23.4-28.626 Ne), 30.6-
37.4mm
Yarn sizes were calculated using a conversion factor of Ne x 1.69336 = 
Nm
Put up: Cone type packages.

    Dated April 16, 2014.
Kim Glas,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
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