CITA Designates Certain Viscose Rayon Filament Yarns for Use in Apparel as "Commercially Unavailable" under the ATPDEA
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has determined, effective April 9, 2004, that certain viscose rayon filament yarns, classified in HTS 5403.41.0000, for use in apparel articles, cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA).
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Accordingly, CITA is designating as eligible to enter free of quotas and duties under HTS 9821.11.10 apparel articles made from fabrics formed in the U.S. or an eligible beneficiary ATPDEA country containing such yarns, that are sewn or otherwise assembled in an eligible ATPDEA beneficiary country, provided all other yarns are U.S. formed and all other fabrics are U.S. formed from yarns wholly formed in the U.S.
CITA also notes that this designation under the ATPDEA renders apparel articles containing such yarn, sewn or otherwise assembled in an eligible ATPDEA beneficiary country, as eligible for quota-free and duty-free treatment under HTS 9821.11.13, provided the requirements of that subheading are met.
(CITA's commercially unavailable designation for this yarn is a result of a petition it received on November 24, 2003 from Encajes, S.A. of Bogota, Colombia. See ITT's Online Archives or 12/03/03 news, 03120330, for BP summary.)
According to CITA, the yarns' specifications are:
| (1) Viscose Filament Yarn | (2) Viscose Filament Yarn |
| DTEX 166/40 Bright Centrifugal | DTEX 330/60 Bright Centrifugal |
| Tenacity, cN/tex, min. - 142.0 | Tenacity, cN/tex, min. - 142.0 |
| Elongation at rupture, % - 18.0 - 24.0 | Elongation at rupture, % - 18.0 - 24.0 |
| Elongation at rupture variation factory, % max. - 8.1 | Elongation at rupture variation factor, % max. - 8.1 |
| Twist direction - S | Twist direction - S |
CITA contact - Janet Heinzen (202) 482-3400
CITA notice (FR Pub 04/09/04) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-8209.pdf