CITA Designates Certain Ring Spun Single Yarns Used in Women's and Girls' Knit Apparel as "Commercially Unavailable" Under AGOA, ATPDEA, and CBTPA
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice containing its determination that certain ring spun single yarns, classified in HTS 5510.11.0000 cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradiation Act (ATPDEA), and U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA).
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Women's and girls' knit apparel from AGOA and CBTPA. Accordingly, CITA is designating women's and girls' knit apparel articles that are both cut and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more eligible beneficiary sub Saharan African countries (i.e., 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 9820.1127, provided that all other yarns used in the referenced apparel articles are U.S. formed and all other fabrics used in the referenced apparel articles are U.S. formed from yarns wholly formed in the U.S.
Women's and girls' knit apparel from ATPDEA countries. CITA is also designating such yarns as eligible under HTS 9821.11.10, if used in women's and girls' knit apparel articles sewn or otherwise assembled in an eligible ATPDEA beneficiary country from U.S. formed fabric containing such yarns; such apparel containing such yarns will be eligible to enter free of quotas and duties under this subheading, provided all other yarns used in the referenced apparel articles are U.S. formed and all other fabrics used in the referenced apparel articles are U.S. formed from yarns wholly formed in the U.S.
(CITA's "commercially unavailable" designation for such yarns is the result of a petition it received on behalf of Texollini, Inc. See ITT's Online Archives or 01/04/05 news, 05010430, for BP summary of this petition.)
CITA states that the yarns at issue are certain ring spun single yarns of English yarn number 30 and higher of 0.9 denier or finer micro modal fibers.
CITA Contact - Janet Heinzen (202) 482-3400
CITA Notice (FR Pub 05/11/05) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-9412.pdf