Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 11, 2005 / Notices 59049 

Accession Agreement and the 

Committee’s Procedures. 

James C. Leonard III, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Solicitation of Public Comments on 

Request for Textile and Apparel 

Safeguard Action on Imports from 

China 

October 5, 2005. 

AGENCY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(the Committee). 

ACTION: Solicitation of public comments 

concerning a request for safeguard 

action on imports from China of other 

men’s and boys’ man-made fiber coats 

and women’s and girls’ man-made fiber 

coats (Category 634/635). 

SUMMARY: On September 21, 2005, the 

Committee received a request from the 

American Manufacturing Trade Action 

Coalition, the National Council of 

Textile Organizations, the National 

Textile Association, and UNITE HERE 

requesting that the Committee limit 

imports from China of other men’s and 

boys’ man-made fiber coats and 

women’s and girls’ man-made fiber 

coats (Category 634/635). They request 

that a textile and apparel safeguard 

action, as provided for in the Report of 

the Working Party on the Accession of 

China to the World Trade Organization 

(the Accession Agreement) be applied 

on imports of such coats. The 

Committee hereby solicits public 

comments on this request, in particular 

with regard to whether imports from 

China of such coats are, due to market 

disruption, threatening to impede the 

orderly development of trade in this 

product. Comments must be submitted 

by November 10, 2005 to the Chairman, 

Committee for the Implementation of 

Textile Agreements, Room 3001A, 

United States Department of Commerce, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay 

Dowling, Office of Textiles and Apparel, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 

482-4058. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Section 204 of the Agriculture 

Act of 1956, as amended; Executive Order 

11651, as amended. 

Background: 

The Report of the Working Party on 

the Accession of China to the World 

Trade Organization (WTO) provides 

that, if a WTO Member, such as the 

United States, believes that imports of 

Chinese origin textile and apparel 

products are, ‘‘due to market disruption, 

threatening to impede the orderly 

development of trade in these 

products’’, it may request consultations 

with China with a view to easing or 

avoiding the disruption. Pursuant to this 

provision, if the United States requests 

consultations with China, it must, at the 

time of the request, provide China with 

a detailed factual statement showing (1) 

the existence or threat of market 

disruption; and (2) the role of products 

of Chinese origin in that disruption. 

Beginning on the date that it receives 

such a request, China must restrict its 

shipments to the United States to a level 

no greater than 7.5 percent (6 percent 

for wool product categories) above the 

amount entered during the first 12 

months of the most recent 14 months 

preceding the month in which the 

request was made. 

The Committee has published 

procedures (the Procedures) it follows 

in considering requests for Accession 

Agreement textile and apparel safeguard 

actions (68 FR 27787, May 21, 2003; 68 

FR 49440, August 18, 2003), including 

the information that must be included 

in such requests in order for the 

Committee to consider them. 

On September 21, 2005, the 

Committee received a request that an 

Accession Agreement textile and 

apparel safeguard action be applied on 

imports from China of other men’s and 

boys’ man-made fiber coats and 

women’s and girls’ man-made fiber 

coats (Category 634/635). The 

Committee has determined that this 

request provides the information 

necessary for the Committee to consider 

the request in light of the considerations 

set forth in the Procedures. The text of 

the request is available at http:// 

otexa.ita.doc.gov/Safeguard05.htm. 

The Committee is soliciting public 

comments on this request, in particular 

with regard to whether imports from 

China of such coats are, due to market 

disruption, threatening to impede the 

orderly development of trade in this 

product. 

Comments may be submitted by any 

interested person. Comments must be 

received no later than November 10, 

2005. Interested persons are invited to 

submit ten copies of such comments to 

the Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements, 

Room 3001A, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th and Constitution 

Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20230. 

If a comment alleges that there is no 

market disruption or that the subject 

imports are not the cause of market 

disruption, the Committee will closely 

review any supporting information and 

documentation, such as information 

about domestic production or prices of 

like or directly competitive products. 

Particular consideration will be given 

tocomments representing the views of 

actual producers in the United States of 

a like or directly competitive product. 

The Committee will protect any 

business confidential information that is 

marked ‘‘business confidential’’ from 

disclosure to the full extent permitted 

by law. To the extent that business 

confidential information is provided, 

two copies of a non-confidential version 

must also be provided in which 

business confidential information is 

summarized or, if necessary, deleted. 

Comments received, with the exception 

of information marked ‘‘business 

confidential’’, will be available for 

inspection between Monday - Friday, 

8:30 a.m and 5:30 p.m in the Trade 

Reference and Assistance Center Help 

Desk, Suite 800M, USA Trade 

Information Center, Ronald Reagan 

Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW, Washington, DC, (202) 482-3433. 

The Committee expects to make a 

determination within 60 calendar days 

of the close of the comment period as 

to whether the United States will 

request consultations with China. If, 

however, the Committee is unable to 

make a determination within 60 

calendar days, it will cause to be 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register, including the date by which it 

will make a determination. If the 

Committee makes a negative 

determination, it will cause this 

determination and the reasons therefore 

to be published in the Federal Register. 

If the Committee makes an affirmative 

determination that imports of Chinese 

origin other men’s and boys’ man-made 

fiber coats and women’s and girls’ manmade fiber coats are, due to market 

disruption, threatening to impede the 

orderly development of trade in these 

products, the United States will request 

consultations with China with a view to 

easing or avoiding such market 

disruption in accordance with the 

Accession Agreement and the 

Committee’s Procedures. 

James C. Leonard III, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

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