Notice2021-26342
Request for Public Comment on a Commercial Availability Request Under the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement
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Published
December 6, 2021
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Abstract
The Government of the United States ("United States") received a request from the Government of the Republic of Korea ("Korea"), submitted on November 9, 2021, to initiate consultations under Article 4.2.3 of the KORUS. Korea is requesting that the United States and Korea ("the Parties") consider revising the rules of origin for certain woven fabrics to address availability of supply of yarns in the territories of the Parties. The President of the United States may proclaim a modification to the KORUS rules of origin for textile and apparel products after the United States reaches an agreement with Korea on a modification under Article 4.2.5 of the KORUS to address issues of availability of supply of fibers, yarns, or fabrics in the territories of the Parties. CITA hereby solicits public comments on this request, in particular with regard to whether certain textured and non-textured triacetate filament yarns can be supplied by the U.S. domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 231 (Monday, December 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69019-69020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26342]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Request for Public Comment on a Commercial Availability Request
Under the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Request for public comments concerning a request for
modification of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS)
rules of origin for certain textile products.
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SUMMARY: The Government of the United States (``United States'')
received a request from the Government of the Republic of Korea
(``Korea''), submitted on November 9, 2021, to initiate consultations
under Article 4.2.3 of the KORUS. Korea is requesting that the United
States and Korea (``the Parties'') consider revising the rules of
origin for certain woven fabrics to address availability of supply of
yarns in the territories of the Parties.
The President of the United States may proclaim a modification to
the KORUS rules of origin for textile and apparel products after the
United States reaches an agreement with Korea on a modification under
Article 4.2.5 of the KORUS to address issues of availability of supply
of fibers, yarns, or fabrics in the territories of the Parties. CITA
hereby solicits public comments on this request, in particular with
regard to whether certain textured and non-textured triacetate filament
yarns can be supplied by the U.S. domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by January 5, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically to the Chairman, Committee
for the Implementation of Textile Agreements at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0eff4e5f8e1ffebcfd2c5c1ffe6f4e1e0d4d2c1c4c58ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="79362d3c21382632160b1c18263f2d38390d0b181d1c571e160f">[email protected]</span></a>. Please see the instructions below for other
means of submissions, and submission of comments containing business
confidential information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Martinich, Office of Textiles
and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 510-3955.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 202(o)(2)(C) of the United States-Korea Free
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805 note) (KORUS
Implementation Act); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as
amended.
Background: Article 4.2.3 of the KORUS provides that, on the
request of either Party, the Parties shall consult to consider whether
the rules of origin applicable to a particular textile or apparel good
should be revised to address issues of availability of supply of
fibers, yarns, or fabrics in the territories of the Parties. In the
consultations, pursuant to Article 4.2.4 of the KORUS, each Party shall
consider all data presented by the other Party that demonstrate
substantial production in its territory of a particular fiber, yarn, or
fabric. The Parties shall onsider that there is substantial production
if a Party demonstrates that its domestic producers are capable of
supplying commercial quantities of the fiber, yarn, or fabric in a
timely manner. The KORUS Implementation Act provides the President with
the authority to proclaim as part of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States, modifications to the KORUS rules of origin set out
in Annex 4-A of the KORUS as are necessary to implement an agreement
with Korea under Article 4.2.5 of the KORUS, subject to the
consultation and layover requirements of Section 104 of the KORUS
Implementation Act. See Section 202(o)(2)(C)(iii) of the KORUS
Implementation Act.
Executive Order 11651 established CITA to supervise the
implementation of textile trade agreements and authorizes the Chairman
of CITA to take actions or recommend that appropriate officials or
agencies of the United States take actions necessary to implement
textile trade agreements. 37 FR 4699 (March 3, 1972) reprinted as
amended in 7 U.S.C. Sec. 1854 note. The Government of the United States
received a request from the Government of Korea, submitted on November
9, 2021, requesting that the United States consider whether the KORUS
rule of origin for certain woven fabrics should be modified to allow
the use of certain yarns that are not originating under the KORUS. The
yarns subject to this request, and their specific end-uses, are
described below.
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Input product
classification, End-use
harmonized product
Input product description tariff schedule End-use product description classification
of the U.S. (HTSUS)
(HTSUS)
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Certain textured and non-textured 5403.33 Woven fabric of artificial 5408
triacetate filament. filament yarn, including woven
fabric obtained from material of
heading 5405.
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CITA is soliciting public comments regarding this request,
particularly with respect to whether the yarns described above can be
supplied by the U.S. domestic industry in commercial quantities in a
timely manner. Comments must be received no later than January 5, 2022.
Interested persons are invited to submit such comments or information
electronically to the Chairman of the Committee for the Implementation
of Textile Agreements at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b445f4e534a544064796e6a544d5f4a4b7f796a6f6e256c647d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="feb1aabba6bfa1b5918c9b9fa1b8aabfbe8a8c9f9a9bd0999188">[email protected]</span></a>. However, if
interested persons are unable to submit comments or information
electronically, please contact Linda Martinich at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b4f8dddad0d59af9d5c6c0dddaddd7dcf4c0c6d5d0d19ad3dbc2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e0227202a2f60032f3c3a2720272d260e3a3c2f2a2b60292138">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 510-3955 for instructions on other
means of submission. For those seeking to submit confidential business
information (CBI) for Government use only, please clearly mark such
submissions as CBI and submit an accompanying redacted version to be
made public. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the current
telework directive issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce, CITA has
issued a temporary waiver to allow for electronic submissions,
including submissions that contain business confidential information
through a secure online system. This waiver will be in effect until
such time as the Chairman of CITA determines that normal CITA/
Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel operations have
resumed to allow for receipt of hard copy submissions. Access to the
secure electronic system will be by invitation only. Interested
entities planning to file a commercial availability request should
contact Linda Martinich at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87cbeee9e3e6a9cae6f5f3eee9eee4efc7f3f5e6e3e2a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c406562686d22416d7e786562656f644c787e6d6869226b637a">[email protected]</span></a> for instructions
before submitting any documents (either public or confidential
versions) to CITA. CITA will protect any information that is marked
business confidential from disclosure to the full extent permitted by
law. All public versions of the comments will be posted on the Office
of Textiles and Apparel website for Commercial Availability proceedings
under KORUS: <a href="https://www.trade.gov/fta-commercial-availability-korea">https://www.trade.gov/fta-commercial-availability-korea</a>
Paul E. Morris,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 2021-26342 Filed 12-3-21; 8:45 am]
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