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to fulfill the requirements of the final 

product.’’ 

Section 203(o)(4)(C) of the CAFTA– 

DR Implementation Act provides that 

after receiving a Request, CITA will 

make a determination as to whether the 

subject product is available in 

commercial quantities in a timely 

manner in the CAFTA–DR countries. In 

the instant case, the information on the 

record indicates that the fabric offered 

by HyT does not meet the specifications 

outlined in Intradeco’s Request, 

differing in fiber content, appearance, 

shrinkage tolerance, and yarn 

construction. Further, HyT has not 

established why its proposed fabric, 

with its different specifications, is 

substitutable for the subject product. 

CITA therefore finds that HyT has not 

demonstrated its ability to supply the 

specified fabric or one substitutable. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

203(o) of the CAFTA–DR 

Implementation Act and CITA’s 

procedures, as no interested entity has 

substantiated its ability to supply the 

subject product in commercial 

quantities in a timely manner, CITA has 

determined to add the specified fabric to 

the list in Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA– 

DR Agreement. 

The subject product has been added 

to the list in Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA– 

DR Agreement in unrestricted 

quantities. A revised list has been 

posted on the dedicated Website for 

CAFTA–DR Commercial Availability 

proceedings. 

Specifications: Certain Cotton/Polyester Three 

Thread Circular Knit Fleece Fabric (Fabric #1) 

HTSUS: 6001.21 

Fiber Content: 77–83% cotton/17–23% polyester 

Yarn Size: 

1.Face Yarn: 100% combed cotton ring spun, 49/1 

to 54/1 metric (29/1 to 32/1 English) in each of 

the following configurations: 

a. 100% bleached or dyed cotton 

b. 95% undyed cotton/5% dyed cotton 

c. 90% undyed cotton/10% dyed cotton 

d. 80% undyed cotton/20% dyed cotton 

e. 70% undyed cotton/30% dyed cotton 

f. 60% undyed cotton/40 dyed cotton 

g. 50% undyed cotton/50% dyed cotton 

h. 40% undyed cotton/60% dyed cotton 

i. 30% undyed cotton/70% dyed cotton 

j. 25% undyed cotton/75% dyed cotton 

k. 20% undyed cotton/80% dyed cotton 

The percentages above may vary by up to 2 percentage points. 

2. Tie Yarn: 176 to 184/48 filament metric filament 

polyester (49 to 51/48 filament denier) 

3. Fleece Yarn: 67-73% carded cotton, 26/1 to 30/1 

metric ring spun/27–33% 3600–4500 metric polyester staple (15.5/1 to 18/1 ring spun/2.0 to 2.5 

denier polyester staple) 

Machine Gauge: 21 

Weight: 232–271 grams per square meter (6.85 to 

8.0 ounces per square yard) 

Width: Not less than 152 centimeters cuttable (60 

inches) 

Finish: Napped on technical back; bleached and/or 

dyed; and of yarns of different colors 

Performance Criteria: Not more than 5% vertical 

and horizontal shrinkage; not more than 4% 

vertical torque 

Kimberly Glas, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Limitations of Duty-and Quota-Free 

Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled 

in Beneficiary ATPDEA Countries from 

Regional Country Fabric 

September 15, 2009. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Publishing the New 12-Month 

Cap on Duty and Quota Free Benefits. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Stetson, International Trade 

Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482–3400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Section 3103 of the Trade Act 

of 2002, Pub. L. 107-210; Title VII of the Tax 

Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA 

2006), P.L. 109-432; H.R. 1830, 110th Cong. 

(2007) (H.R. 1830); Presidential Proclamation 

7616 of October 31, 2002 (67 FR 67283, 

November 5, 2002). 

Section 3103 of the Trade Act of 2002 

amended the Andean Trade Preference 

Act (ATPA) to provide for duty and 

quota-free treatment for certain textile 

and apparel articles imported from 

designated Andean Trade Promotion 

and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) 

beneficiary countries. Section 

204(b)(3)(B)(iii) of the ATPA, as 

amended, provides duty- and quota-free 

treatment for certain apparel articles 

assembled in ATPDEA beneficiary 

countries from regional fabric and 

components. More specifically, this 

provision applies to apparel articles 

sewn or otherwise assembled in one or 

more ATPDEA beneficiary countries 

from fabrics or from fabric components 

formed or from components knit-toshape, in one or more ATPDEA 

beneficiary countries, from yarns wholly 

formed in the United States or one or 

more ATPDEA beneficiary countries 

(including fabrics not formed from 

yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable 

under heading 5602 and 5603 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) and 

are formed in one or more ATPDEA 

beneficiary countries). Such apparel 

articles may also contain certain other 

eligible fabrics, fabric components, or 

components knit-to-shape. 

The TRHCA of 2006 extended the 

expiration of the ATPA to June 30, 2007. 

See section 7002(a) of the TRHCA 2006. 

H.R. 1830 further extended the 

expiration of the ATPA to February 29, 

2008. H.R. 5264 further extended the 

expiration of the ATPA to December 31, 

2008. H.R. 7222, 110th Cong. (2008), 

further extended the expiration of the 

ATPA to December 31, 2009. See Pub. 

L. No. 110-436. 

For the period beginning on October 

1, 2009 and extending through 

December 31, 2009, preferential tariff 

treatment is limited under the regional 

fabric provision to imports of qualifying 

apparel articles in an amount not to 

exceed 5 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. For the purpose of 

this notice, the 12-month period for 

which data are available is the 12-month 

period that ended July 31, 2009. In 

Presidential Proclamation 7616 

(published in the Federal Register on 

November 5, 2002, 67 FR 67283), the 

President directed CITA to publish in 

the Federal Register the aggregate 

quantity of imports allowed during each 

period. 

For the period beginning on October 

1, 2009 and extending through 

December 31, 2009, the aggregate 

quantity of imports eligible for 

preferential treatment under the 

regional fabric provision is 

1,163,423,598 square meters equivalent. 

Apparel articles entered in excess of this 

quantity will be subject to otherwise 

applicable tariffs. 

This quantity is 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. 

Kimberly Glas, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

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