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21 Id. 

22See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). 

23See Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 

the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments: 2014– 

2015, 81 FR 29528 (May 12, 2016), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

at 10–11, unchanged in Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks 

from the People’s Republic of China: Final Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Final 

Determination of No Shipments; 2014–2015, 81 FR 

54042 (August 15, 2016). 

24See Non-Market Economy Antidumping 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 

FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full discussion 

of this practice. 

1See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from 

Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the 

Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the 

United Kingdom: Amended Final Affirmative 

Antidumping Determinations for Australia, the 

Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey and 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 67962 (October 3, 

2016) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 

54983 (September 3, 2020) (Initiation Notice). 

ad valorem importer/customer-specific 

assessment rate to determine whether 

the per-unit assessment rate is de 

minimis; however, Commerce will use 

the per-unit assessment rate where 

entered values were not reported.21

Where an importer/customer-specific ad 

valorem assessment rate is not zero or 

de minimis, Commerce will instruct 

CBP to collect the appropriate duties at 

the time of liquidation. Where either the 

respondent’s ad valorem weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de 

minimis, or an importer/customerspecific ad valorem assessment rate is 

zero or de minimis,22 Commerce will 

instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate 

entries without regard to antidumping 

duties. 

For respondents not individually 

examined in this administrative review 

that qualified for a separate rate, the 

assessment rate will be equal to the 

weighted-average dumping margin 

assigned to the respondent in the final 

results of this review.23

Pursuant to Commerce’s refinement to 

its practice, for sales that were not 

reported in the U.S. sales database 

submitted by a respondent individually 

examined during this review, Commerce 

will instruct CBP to liquidate the entry 

of such merchandise at the dumping 

margin assigned to the China-wide 

entity.24 Additionally, where Commerce 

determines that an exporter under 

review had no shipments of subject 

merchandise to the United States during 

the POR, any suspended entries of 

subject merchandise that entered under 

that exporter’s CBP case number during 

the POR will be liquidated at the 

dumping margin assigned to the Chinawide entity. 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final results 

of this review shall be the basis for the 

assessment of antidumping duties on 

entries of merchandise covered by the 

final results of this review and for future 

deposits of estimated antidumping 

duties, where applicable. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective for all 

shipments of xanthan gum from China 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the notice of the final 

results of this administrative review in 

the Federal Register, as provided for by 

section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For 

companies granted a separate rate in the 

final results of this review, the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

weighted-average dumping margin 

established in the final results of this 

review for the company (except, if the 

rate is zero or de minimis, then a cash 

deposit rate of zero will be required); (2) 

for previously investigated or reviewed 

China and non-China exporters not 

listed above that received a separate rate 

in a prior segment of this proceeding, 

the cash deposit rate will continue to be 

the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for 

all China exporters of subject 

merchandise that have not been found 

to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash 

deposit rate will be the rate for the 

China-wide entity, which is 154.07 

percent; and (4) for all non-China 

exporters of subject merchandise that 

have not received their own rate, the 

cash deposit rate will be the rate 

applicable to China exporter(s) that 

supplied that non-China exporter. These 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 

the reimbursement of antidumping and/ 

or countervailing duties prior to 

liquidation of the relevant entries 

during this review period. Failure to 

comply with this requirement could 

result in the Secretary’s presumption 

that reimbursement of antidumping 

and/or countervailing duties occurred 

and the subsequent assessment of 

double antidumping duties. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results of review in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and 

777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 

and 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: July 30, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Sections in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Review 

IV. Extension of the Preliminary Results 

V. Scope of the Order 

VI. Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

VII. Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

VIII. Selection of Respondents 

IX. Application of Facts Available With 

Adverse Inferences 

X. Single Entity Treatment 

XI. Discussion of Methodology 

XII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–878] 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products From the Republic of Korea: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2019– 

2020 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that certain corrosion-resistant steel 

products (CORE) from the Republic of 

Korea (Korea) were sold in the United 

States at less than normal value (NV) 

during the period of review of July 1, 

2019, through June 30, 2020. 

DATES: Applicable August 5, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaron Moore or Brian Smith, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3640 or (202) 482–1766, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 3, 2016, Commerce 

published the antidumping duty order 

on CORE from Korea.1 Commerce 

initiated this administrative review on 

September 3, 2020.2 This review covers 


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3The nine companies are: Dongbu Incheon Steel 

Co., Ltd., Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd., KG Dongbu Steel 

Co., Ltd. (formerly Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.), Dongkuk 

Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk), Hyundai Steel 

Company (Hyundai), POSCO, POSCO Coated & 

Color Steel Co., Ltd., POSCO Daewoo Corporation, 

and POSCO International Corporation (formerly, 

POSCO Daewoo Corporation). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of Antidumping duty 

Administrative Review: Certain Corrosion-Resistant 

Steel Products from the Republic of Korea, 2019– 

2020,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Corrosion-Resistant 

Steel Products from the Republic of Korea: 

Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 

2019–2020 Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review,’’ dated March 18, 2021. 

6See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

7 Id. 

8See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products from Taiwan: Final Results of the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 

Final Determination of No Shipments; 2018–2019, 

86 FR 28554, 28555 (May 27, 2021). 

9 In a recently completed changed circumstances 

review, Commerce found that KG Dongbu Steel Co., 

Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Dongbu Steel Co., 

Ltd. for purposes of determining antidumping cash 

deposits and liabilities. See Certain Cold-Rolled 

Steel Flat Products and Certain Corrosion-Resistant 

Steel Products from the Republic of Korea: Final 

Results of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Changed Circumstances Reviews, 86 FR 10922 

(February 23, 2021). Also, in the previous segment 

of this proceeding, Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. and 

Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd. were collapsed and 

treated as a single entity for antidumping purposes. 

See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from 

the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and 

Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2018–2019, 85 FR 74987 

(November 24, 2020) (unchanged in CorrosionResistant Steel Products From the Republic of 

Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review and Final Determination of 

No Shipments; 2018–2019, 86 FR 28571 (May 27, 

2021)). As the facts have not changed with respect 

to these companies, we continue to treat them as 

a single entity for purposes of this review. 

nine companies,3 of which we selected 

Dongkuk and Hyundai as mandatory 

respondents.4

On March 18, 2021, we extended the 

deadline for the preliminary results of 

this review until July 30, 2021.5 For a 

detailed description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this review, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.6

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is CORE from Korea. For a 

complete description of the scope of the 

Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.7

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

administrative review in accordance 

with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed 

export price and export price were 

calculated in accordance with section 

772 of the Act. NV is calculated in 

accordance with section 773 of the Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is attached as an 

appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed at http:// 

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 

A list of the topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

attached as an appendix to this notice. 

Rate for Non-Examined Companies 

The statute and Commerce’s 

regulations do not address the 

establishment of a rate to be applied to 

companies not selected for individual 

examination when Commerce limits its 

examination in an administrative review 

pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the 

Act. Generally, Commerce looks to 

section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which 

provides instructions for calculating the 

all-others rate in a market economy 

investigation, for guidance when 

calculating the rate for companies 

which were not selected for individual 

examination in an administrative 

review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act, the all-others rate is normally 

‘‘an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weighted 

average dumping margins established 

for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero and de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely {on the 

basis of facts available}.’’ 

In this review, the preliminarily 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for Dongkuk is not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, whereas Hyundai’s 

preliminary estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin is zero. Therefore, 

Commerce has preliminarily assigned 

Dongkuk’s margin to the non-examined 

companies in this administrative review 

in accordance with its practice.8

Preliminary Results 

We preliminarily determine the 

following weighted-average dumping 

margins for the period July 1, 2019, 

through June 30, 2020: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0.59 

Hyundai Steel Company ............................................................................................................................................................................ 0.00 

KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (formerly Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.)/Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd. 9 ........................................................... 0.59 

POSCO ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 0.59 

POSCO Daewoo Corporation .................................................................................................................................................................... 0.59 

POSCO International Corporation (formerly POSCO Daewoo Corporation) ............................................................................................ 0.59 

POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd .................................................................................................................................................... 0.59 

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of the 

administrative review, Commerce shall 

determine, and U.S Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries. For any individually examined 

respondent whose weighted-average 

dumping margin is not zero or de 

minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in 

the final results of this review and the 

respondent reported entered values, we 

will calculate importer-specific ad 

valorem assessment rates for the 

merchandise based on the ratio of the 

total amount of dumping calculated for 

the examined sales made during the 

POR to each importer and the total 

entered value of those same sales, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

If the respondent has not reported 

entered values, we will calculate a perunit assessment rate for each importer 


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10See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of 

the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 

(February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for 

Reviews). 

11See Order; Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products from the Republic of Korea: Notice of 

Court Decision Not in Harmony with Final 

Determination of Investigation and Notice of 

Amended Final Results, 83 FR 39054 (August 8, 

2018) (Timken and Amended Final Results). 

12For a full discussion of this practice, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 

13See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 

from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of China, 

the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Amended Final 

Affirmative Antidumping Determination for India 

and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 

48390 (July 25, 2016), as amended by Timken and 

Amended Final Results. 

14See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also 

Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service 

Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 17006 

(March 26, 2020). 

15See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

16See generally 19 CFR 351.303. 

17See 19 CFR 351.303(f). 

18See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

19See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

20See 19 CFR 351.303. 

21See 19 CFR 351.303(f). 

22See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

23See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 

351.213(h). 

by dividing the total amount of 

dumping calculated for the examined 

sales made to that importer by the total 

quantity associated with those 

transactions. Where an importer-specific 

ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de 

minimis in the final results of review, 

we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 

appropriate entries without regard to 

antidumping duties in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). If a respondent’s 

weighted-average dumping margin is 

zero or de minimis in the final results 

of review, we will instruct CBP not to 

assess duties on any of its entries in 

accordance with the Final Modification 

for Reviews, i.e., ‘‘{w}here the weightedaverage margin of dumping for the 

exporter is determined to be zero or de 

minimis, no antidumping duties will be 

assessed.’’ 10

In accordance with Commerce’s 

‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR produced by any of the abovereferenced respondents for which they 

did not know that the merchandise was 

destined for the United States, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at 

the all-others rate in the original lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigation (as 

amended) 11 if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company(ies) involved in 

the transaction.12

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register. If a 

timely summons is filed at the U.S. 

Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following deposit requirements 

will be effective upon publication of the 

notice of final results of this 

administrative review for all shipments 

of the subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication, as provided by section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash 

deposit rate for each specific company 

listed above will be that established in 

the final results of this review, except if 

the rate is less than 0.50 percent, and 

therefore de minimis within the 

meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in 

which case the cash deposit rate will be 

zero; (2) for previously investigated 

companies not participating in this 

review, the cash deposit will continue 

to be the company-specific rate 

published for the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding in 

which the company participated; (3) if 

the exporter is not a firm covered in this 

review, or the underlying investigation, 

but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be the rate established 

for the most recent segment for the 

producer of the merchandise; and (4) 

the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers and exporters will continue 

to be 8.31 percent, the all-others rate 

established in the LTFV investigation 

(as amended).13 These deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed for these preliminary results 

of review to interested parties within 

five days of the date of publication of 

this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c), interested parties may 

submit case briefs no later than 30 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice. Rebuttal briefs, the content of 

which is limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed no later than 

seven days after the date for filing case 

briefs.14 Parties who submit case briefs 

or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities.15 Case and 

rebuttal briefs should be filed using 

ACCESS 16 and must be served on 

interested parties.17 Executive 

summaries should be limited to five 

pages total, including footnotes. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, filed electronically via 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice.18 Requests 

should contain: (1) The party’s name, 

address and telephone number; (2) the 

number of participants; and (3) a list of 

issues parties intend to discuss. Issues 

raised in the hearing will be limited to 

those raised in the respective case and 

rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing 

is made, Commerce intends to hold a 

hearing at a time and date to be 

determined.19 Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

All submissions to Commerce must be 

filed using ACCESS 20 and must be 

served on interested parties.21 An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

the date that the document is due. 

Commerce has modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information until further notice.22

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

the issues raised in any case or rebuttal 

briefs, no later than 120 days after the 

date of publication of this notice, unless 

this deadline is extended.23

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this POR. 

Failure to comply with this requirement 

could result in Commerce’s 

presumption that reimbursement of 

antidumping duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of double 

antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 


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751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: July 30, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Comparisons to Normal Value 

V. Date of Sale 

VI. Export Price and Constructed Export 

Price 

VII. Normal Value 

VIII. Currency Conversion 

IX. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Interim Procedures for 

Considering Requests Under the 

Commercial Availability Provision of 

the United States-Colombia Trade 

Promotion Agreement (U.S.-Colombia 

TPA) 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before October 4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Ms. Laurie Mease, International Trade 

Specialist, International Trade 

Administration, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel (OTEXA), by email to OTEXA_

Colombia@trade.gov, or 

PRAcomments@doc.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0625– 

0272 in the subject line of your 

comments. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Ms. 

Laurie Mease, International Trade 

Specialist, International Trade 

Administration, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel (OTEXA), (202) 482–2043 or by 

email to Laurie.Mease@trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Title II, Section 203(o) of the United 

States-Colombia Trade Promotion 

Agreement Implementation Act (the 

‘‘Act’’) [Pub. L. 112–42] implements the 

commercial availability provision 

provided for in Article 3.3 of the United 

States-Colombia Trade Promotion 

Agreement (the ‘‘Agreement’’). The 

Agreement entered into force on May 

15, 2012. Subject to the rules of origin 

in Annex 4.1 of the Agreement, 

pursuant to the textile provisions of the 

Agreement, fabric, yarn, and fiber 

produced in Colombia or the United 

States and traded between the two 

countries are entitled to duty-free tariff 

treatment. Annex 3–B of the Agreement 

also lists specific fabrics, yarns, and 

fibers that the two countries agreed are 

not available in commercial quantities 

in a timely manner from producers in 

Colombia or the United States. The 

fabrics listed are commercially 

unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers, 

which are also entitled to duty-free 

treatment despite not being produced in 

Colombia or the United States. 

The list of commercially unavailable 

fabrics, yarns, and fibers may be 

changed pursuant to the commercial 

availability provision in Chapter 3, 

Article 3.3, Paragraphs 5–7 of the 

Agreement. Under this provision, 

interested entities from Colombia or the 

United States have the right to request 

that a specific fabric, yarn, or fiber be 

added to, or removed from, the list of 

commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, 

and fibers in Annex 3–B of the 

Agreement. 

Chapter 3, Article 3.3, paragraph 7 of 

the Agreement requires that the 

President ‘‘promptly’’ publish 

procedures for parties to exercise the 

right to make these requests. Section 

203(o)(4) of the Act authorizes the 

President to establish procedures to 

modify the list of fabrics, yarns, or fibers 

not available in commercial quantities 

in a timely manner in either the United 

States or Colombia as set out in Annex 

3–B of the Agreement. The President 

delegated the responsibility for 

publishing the procedures and 

administering commercial availability 

requests to the Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(‘‘CITA’’), which issues procedures and 

acts on requests through the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Office of 

Textiles and Apparel (‘‘OTEXA’’) (See 

Proclamation No. 8818, 77 FR 29519, 

May 18, 2012). 

The intent of the U.S.-Colombia TPA 

Commercial Availability Procedures is 

to foster the use of U.S. and regional 

products by implementing procedures 

that allow products to be placed on or 

removed from a product list, on a timely 

basis, and in a manner that is consistent 

with normal business practice. The 

procedures are intended to facilitate the 

transmission of requests; allow the 

market to indicate the availability of the 

supply of products that are the subject 

of requests; make available promptly, to 

interested entities and the public, 

information regarding the requests for 

products and offers received for those 

products; ensure wide participation by 

interested entities and parties; allow for 

careful review and consideration of 

information provided to substantiate 

requests, responses and rebuttals; and 

provide timely public dissemination of 

information used by CITA in making 

commercial availability determinations. 

CITA must collect certain information 

about fabric, yarn, or fiber technical 

specifications and the production 

capabilities of Colombian and U.S. 

textile producers to determine whether 

certain fabrics, yarns, or fibers are 

available in commercial quantities in a 

timely manner in the United States or 

Colombia, subject to Section 203(o) of 

the Act. 

II. Method of Collection 

Participants in a commercial 

availability proceeding must submit 

public versions of their Requests, 

Responses or Rebuttals electronically 

(via email) for posting on OTEXA’s 

website. Confidential versions of those 

submissions which contain business 

confidential information must be 

delivered in hard copy to the Office of 

Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) at the 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0625–0272. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

16. 


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