[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27275-27276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12603]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Request for Public Comments on Bilateral Textile Consultations on 
Women's and Girls' Wool Coats

May 17, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Notice.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Heinzen (India) and Jennifer 
Aldrich (Honduras), International Trade Specialists, Office of Textiles 
and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For 
information on categories for which consultations have been requested, 
call (202) 482-3740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; 
section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1854).

    Under the terms of Article 6 of the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the 
Government of the United States requested consultations, on April 18, 
1995 and April 24, 1995, respectively, with the Governments of India 
and Honduras with respect to women's and girls' wool coats in Category 
435, produced or manufactured in India and Honduras.
    The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that, if no 
solution is agreed upon in consultations with the Government of India 
and the Government of Honduras, the Committee for the Implementation of 
Textile Agreements may later establish a limit for the entry and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool textile products in 
Category 435, produced or manufactured in India and Honduras and 
exported during the twelve-month period April 18, 1995 through April 
17, 1996, at a level of not less than 37,487 dozen, in the case of 
India, and exported during the twelve-month period April 24, 1995 
through April 23, 1996, at a level of not less than 14,400 dozen, in 
the case of Honduras. On April 18, 1995, CITA dropped its request for 
consultations with India on Category 435 that was made on December 30, 
1994 (see 60 FR 5653, published on January 30, 1995) and resubmitted 
the request under Article 6 of the ATC.
    A summary statement of serious damage concerning Category 435 
follows this notice.
    Anyone wishing to comment or provide data or information regarding 
the treatment of Category 435, or to comment on domestic production or 
availability of products included in Category 435, is invited to submit 
10 copies of such comments or information to Rita D. Hayes, Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; ATTN: Helen L. LeGrande. The 
comments received will be considered in the context of the 
consultations with the Government of India and the Government of 
Honduras.
    Because the exact timing of the consultations is not yet certain, 
comments should be submitted promptly. Comments or information 
submitted in response to this notice will be available for public 
inspection in the Office of Textiles and Apparel, room H3100, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, [[Page 27276]] 14th and Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC.
    Further comments may be invited regarding particular comments or 
information received from the public which the Committee for the 
Implementation of Textile Agreements considers appropriate for further 
consideration.
    The solicitation of comments regarding any aspect of the agreement 
or the implementation thereof is not a waiver in any respect of the 
exemption contained in 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1) relating to matters which 
constitute ``a foreign affairs function of the United States.''
    The United States remains committed to finding a solution 
concerning Category 435. Should such a solution be reached in 
consultations with the Governments of India and Honduras, further 
notice will be published in the Federal Register.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories 
with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal 
Register notice 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994).
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Summary Statement of Serious Damage
Women's and Girls' Wool Coats--Category 435
April 1995
    The sharp and substantial increase in imports of women's and girls' 
wool coats, Category 435, is causing serious damage to the U.S. 
industry producing women's and girls' wool coats.
    Category 435 imports surged to 1,206,632 dozen in the year ending 
January 1995, 9 percent above the year ending January 1994 level.
    Serious damage to the domestic industry resulting from the sharp 
and substantial increase in imports of women's and girls' wool coats is 
attributed to India and Honduras. In both cases surging imports and low 
priced goods have resulted in loss of domestic output, market share, 
investment, employment, man-hours worked, and total annual wages.
    Total imports from these two countries increased from 10,366 dozen 
in the year ending January 1994 to 51,887 dozen in the twelve months 
ending in January 1995, a sharp and substantial increase of 400 
percent. Together their year ending January 1994 imports were 0.9 
percent of total Category 435 imports. Their share of total category 
imports increased to 4.3 percent in the year ending January 1995. Their 
year ending January 1995 imports were 5.7 percent of total U.S. 
production of women's and girls' wool coats in the year ending 
September 1994.
[FR Doc. 95-12603 Filed 5-22-95; 8:45 am]
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