Limitations of Duty- and Quota-Free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African Countries From Regional and Third-Country Fabric
| Published date | 30 September 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 54152 |
| Record Number | 2021-21314 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Commerce Department |
54152
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 187 / Thursday, September 30, 2021 / Notices
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See Thermal Paper from Germany: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination
of Critical Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of
Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 86 FR 26001 (May 12, 2021) (Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (PDM); see also Thermal
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BILLING CODE 3410–GL–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Limitations of Duty- and Quota-Free
Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled
in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African
Countries From Regional and Third-
Country Fabric
AGENCY
: Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA), Commerce.
ACTION
: Publishing the new 12-month
cap on duty- and quota-free benefits.
DATES
: Effective Date: The new
limitations become effective October 1,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Thomas Newberg, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 510–3982 thomas.newberg@
trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: Authority:
Title I, Section 112(b)(3) of the Trade
and Development Act of 2000 (TDA
2000), Public Law (P.L.) 106–200, as
amended by Division B, Title XXI,
section 3108 of the Trade Act of 2002,
P.L. 107–210; Section 7(b)(2) of the
AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004, P.L.
108–274; Division D, Title VI, section
6002 of the Tax Relief and Health Care
Act of 2006 (TRHCA 2006), P.L. 109–
432, and section 1 of The African
Growth and Opportunity Amendments
(P.L. 112–163), August 10, 2012;
Presidential Proclamation 7350 of
October 2, 2000 (65 FR 59321);
Presidential Proclamation 7626 of
November 13, 2002 (67 FR 69459); and
Title I, Section 103(b)(2) and (3) of the
Trade Preferences Extension Act of
2015, P.L. 114–27, June 29, 2015.
Title I of TDA 2000 provides for duty-
and quota-free treatment for certain
textile and apparel articles imported
from designated beneficiary sub-
Saharan African countries. Section
112(b)(3) of TDA 2000 provides duty-
and quota-free treatment for apparel
articles wholly assembled in one or
more beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries from fabric wholly formed in
one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan
African countries from yarn originating
in the United States or one or more
beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries. This preferential treatment is
also available for apparel articles
assembled in one or more lesser-
developed beneficiary sub-Saharan
African countries, regardless of the
country of origin of the fabric used to
make such articles, subject to
quantitative limitation. P.L. 114–27
extended this special rule for lesser-
developed countries through September
30, 2025.
The AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004
provides that the quantitative limitation
for the 12-month period beginning
October 1, 2021 will be an amount not
to exceed seven percent of the aggregate
square meter equivalents of all apparel
articles imported into the United States
in the preceding 12-month period for
which data are available. See Section
112(b)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of TDA 2000, as
amended by Section 7(b)(2)(B) of the
AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004. Of this
overall amount, apparel imported under
the special rule for lesser-developed
countries is limited to an amount not to
exceed 3.5 percent of all apparel articles
imported into the United States in the
preceding 12-month period. See Section
112(b)(3)(B)(ii)(II) of TDA 2000, as
amended by Section 6002(a)(3) of
TRHCA 2006. The Annex to Presidential
Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000
directed CITA to publish the aggregate
quantity of imports allowed during each
12-month period in the Federal
Register.
For the one-year period, beginning on
October 1, 2021, and extending through
September 30, 2022, the aggregate
quantity of imports eligible for
preferential treatment under these
provisions is 2,066,936,295 square
meters equivalent. Of this amount,
1,033,468,148 square meters equivalent
is available to apparel articles imported
under the special rule for lesser-
developed countries. Apparel articles
entered in excess of these quantities will
be subject to otherwise applicable
tariffs.
These quantities are calculated using
the aggregate square meter equivalents
of all apparel articles imported into the
United States, derived from the set of
Harmonized System lines listed in the
Annex to the World Trade Organization
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
(ATC), and the conversion factors for
units of measure into square meter
equivalents used by the United States in
implementing the ATC.
Dated: September 27, 2021.
Paul E. Morris,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–428–850]
Thermal Paper From Germany: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Final
Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, in Part
AGENCY
: Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY
: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that thermal
paper from Germany is being, or is
likely to be, sold in the United States at
less than fair value (LTFV). The period
of investigation is October 1, 2019,
through September 30, 2020.
DATES
: Applicable September 30, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
David Goldberger, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4136.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Background
On May 12, 2021, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
preliminary affirmative determination
in the LTFV investigation of thermal
paper from Germany, in which we also
postponed the final determination until
September 24, 2021.
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