CITA Designates Certain Combed Compact Yarns as "Commercially Unavailable" Under AGOA, CBTPA, and ATPDEA
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice containing its determination that, effective May 28, 2004, certain combed compact yarns, of wool or fine animal hair, classified in HTS 5107.10, 5107.20, or 5108.20, for use in apparel articles, cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA), and the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA).
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Accordingly, CITA designates apparel articles that are both cut and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more eligible AGOA beneficiary countries or in one or more eligible CBTPA beneficiary countries from U.S. formed fabrics containing such yarns as eligible to enter free of quotas and duties under HTS 9819.11.24 or 9820.11.27, 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 designates such yarns as eligible under HTS 9821.11.10, if used in apparel sewn or otherwise assembled in an eligible ATPDEA beneficiary country from U.S. formed fabric containing such yarns; such apparel containing such yarns shall be eligible to enter free of quotas and duties under this subheading, 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 notes that this designation under 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.
(According to an Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) table, HTS 9821.11.13, (Preference Group E) is a provision for apparel assembled from a combination of two or more of the following: certain U.S., ATPDEA, short supply and/or other commercially unavailable yarns, fabrics, fabric components, or knit-to-shape components described in ATPDEA Preference Groups A through D. See ITT's Online Archives or 05/21/03 news, (Ref:03052115), for BP summary of this table.)
(CITA's commercially unavailable designations for these yarns are the result of a petition it received on January 14, 2004 from Warren Corporation. See ITT's Online Archives or 01/27/04 news, 04012725, for BP summary.)
CITA Contact - Martin Walsh (202) 482-3400
CITA Notice (FR Pub 05/28/04) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-12105.pdf