Notice2022-15262
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Interim Procedures for Considering Requests Under the Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
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Published
July 18, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 136 (Monday, July 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42704-42705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15262]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Interim Procedures for Considering Requests Under the
Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Panama Trade
Promotion Agreement
On behalf of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements (CITA), the Department of Commerce will submit the following
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this
notice. We invite the general public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements
and minimize the public's reporting burden. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on April 29, 2022, during
a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
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Agency: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Title: Interim Procedures for Considering Requests under the
Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Panama Trade
Promotion Agreement.
OMB Control Number: 0625-0273.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 16 (10 for Requests; 3 for Responses; 3 for
Rebuttals).
Average Hours per Response: 8 hours per Request; 2 hours per
Response; and 1 hour per Rebuttal.
Burden Hours: 89.
Needs and Uses: Title II, Section 203(o) of the United States-
Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (the ``Act'') [Pub.
L. 112-43] implements the commercial availability provision provided
for in Article 3.25 of the United States-Panama Trade Promotion
Agreement (the ``Agreement''). The Agreement entered into force on
October 31, 2012. Subject to the rules of origin in Annex 4.1 of the
Agreement, and pursuant to the textile provisions of the Agreement, a
fabric, yarn, or fiber produced in Panama or the United States and
traded between the two countries is entitled to duty-free tariff
treatment. Annex 3.25 of the Agreement also lists specific fabrics,
yarns, and fibers that the two countries agreed are not available in
commercial quantities in a timely manner from producers in Panama or
the United States. The items listed in Annex 3.25 are commercially
unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers. Articles containing these items
are entitled to duty-free or preferential treatment despite containing
inputs not produced in Panama or the United States.
The list of commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers may
be changed pursuant to the commercial availability provision in Chapter
3, Article 3.25, Paragraphs 4-6 of the Agreement. Under this provision,
interested entities from Panama or the United States have the right to
request that a specific fabric, yarn, or fiber be added to, or removed
from, the list of commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers
in Annex 3.25 of the Agreement.
Pursuant to Chapter 3, Article 3.25, paragraph 6 of the Agreement,
which requires that the President publish procedures for parties to
exercise the right to make these requests, Section 203(o)(4) of the Act
authorizes the President to establish procedures to modify the list of
fabrics, yarns, or fibers not available in commercial quantities in a
timely manner in either the United States or Panama as set out in Annex
3.25 of the Agreement. The President delegated the responsibility for
publishing the procedures and administering commercial availability
requests to the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
(``CITA''), which issues procedures and acts on requests through the
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel (``OTEXA'')
(See Proclamation No. 8894, 77 FR 66507, November 5, 2012).
The intent of the Commercial Availability Procedures is to foster
the use of U.S. and regional products by implementing procedures that
allow products to be placed on or removed from a product list, in a
timely manner, and in a manner that is consistent with normal business
practice. The procedures are intended to facilitate the transmission of
requests; allow the market to indicate the availability of the supply
of products that are the subject of requests; make available promptly,
to interested entities and the public, information regarding the
requests for products and offers received for those products; ensure
wide participation by interested entities and parties; allow for
careful review and consideration of information provided to
substantiate requests and responses; and provide timely public
dissemination of information used by CITA in making commercial
availability determinations.
CITA must collect certain information about fabric, yarn, or fiber
technical specifications and the production capabilities of Panamanian
and U.S. textile producers to determine whether certain fabrics, yarns,
or fibers are available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in
the United States or Panama, subject to Section 203(o) of the Act.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Frequency: Varies.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title II, Section 203(o) of the United States-
Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (the ``Act'') [Pub.
L. 112-43].
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0625-0273.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-15262 Filed 7-15-22; 8:45 am]
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