[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14892-14893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6406]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Solicitation of Applications for Allocation of Tariff
Rate Quotas on the Import of Certain Worsted Wool Fabrics
AGENCY: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
ACTION: The Department of Commerce is soliciting applications for an
allocation of the 2001 tariff rate quotas on certain worsted wool
fabric.
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DATES: To be considered, applications must be received or postmarked by
5:00 p.m. on April 13, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to: Industry Assessment
Division, Office of Textiles and Apparel, Room 3100, United States
Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230 (telephone: (202) 482-
4058). Application forms may be obtained from that office (via
facsimile or mail) or from the following internet address: http://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/wooltrq.nsf/TRQApp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sergio Botero, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-4058.
The Department of Commerce (Department) hereby solicits
applications from persons (including firms, corporations, or other
legal entities) who cut and sew men's and boys' worsted wool suits and
suit-like jackets and trousers for an allocation of the 2001 tariff
rate quotas on certain worsted wool fabric. Interested persons must
submit an application on the form provided to the address listed above
by 5:00 p.m. on April 13, 2001. Application forms may be obtained from
that office (via facsimile or mail) or from the following internet
address: http://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/wooltrq.nsf/TRQApp.
The Department will cause to be published in the Federal Register
its determination to allocate the 2001 tariff rate quotas and will
notify applicants of their respective allocation as soon as possible
after that date. Promptly thereafter, the Department will issue
licenses to eligible applicants. The 2002 and 2003 tariff rate quotas
will be allocated at a later date.
BACKGROUND: Title V of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (the
Act) created two tariff rate quotas, providing for temporary reductions
in the import duties on limited quantities of two categories of worsted
wool fabrics suitable for use in making suits, suit-type jackets, or
trousers: (1) for worsted wool fabric with average fiber diameters
greater than 18.5 microns (new Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS) heading 9902.51.11); and (2) for worsted wool fabric with
average fiber diameters of 18.5 microns or less (new HTS heading
9902.51.12). The first tariff rate quota year commenced on January 1,
2001 and ends on December 31, 2001. Annual imports under 9902.51.11 are
limited to 2,500,000 square meters, and annual imports under 9902.51.12
are limited to 1,500,000 square meters; these limits may be modified by
the President.
The Act requires that the tariff rate quotas be allocated to
persons who cut and sew men's and boys' worsted wool suits, suit-type
jackets and trousers in the United States. On January 22, the
Department published regulations establishing procedures for allocating
the tariff rate quotas. 66 FR 6459, 15 CFR 335. In order to be eligible
for an allocation, an applicant must submit an application on the form
provided to the address listed above by 5:00 p.m. on April 13, 2001 in
compliance with the requirements of 15 CFR 335.
Any business confidential information that is marked business
confidential will be kept confidential
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and protected from disclosure to the full extent permitted by law.
Dated: March 6, 2001.
Donald L. Evans,
Secretary, United States Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 01-6406 Filed 3-12-01; 11:42 am]
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