BP Table Lists Decision Due Dates, Etc. for China Safeguard Petitions
In November and December 2004, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) issued Federal Register notices announcing 30-day comment periods for ten recent petitions requesting new, or the reapplication of, China safeguard quotas on certain textile and apparel imports from China.
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(Two other petitions requesting the reapplication of China safeguard quotas for 349/649 and 350/650 have been filed;however, CITA has not yet published notices in the Federal Register announcing 30-day comment periods on these reapplications.1)
CITA Has Up to 60 Days from Comment Due Date to Determine Whether to Impose Safeguard Quotas/Request Consultations
CITA is required to make a determination whether to impose a safeguard quota (and request consultations) for the below categories from China within 60 calendar daysof the 30-day comment deadline for each, as follows:
(Note that categories that already have safeguard quotas are included in this table, for purposes of comparison, and their information is enclosed in (parenthesis).)
| Category | 30-Day Comment Deadline | Deadline for CITA to Determine to Impose/Reapply Quotas | Date Safeguard Quota Actually Imposed |
| (222) | (09/17/03) | (11/17/03) | (12/24/03) |
| (349/649) | (09/17/03) | (11/17/03) | (12/24/03) |
| (350/650) | (09/17/03) | (11/17/03) | (12/24/03) |
| (332/432/632pt) | (08/23/04) | (10/22/04) | (10/29/04) |
| 347/348 | 12/03/04 | 02/01/05 | n.a |
| 647/648 | 12/09/04 | 02/07/05 | n.a |
| 638/639 | 12/09/04 | 02/07/05 | n.a |
| 340/640 | 12/09/04 | 02/07/05 | n.a |
| 338/339 | 12/09/04 | 02/07/05 | n.a |
| 352/652 | 12/09/04 | 02/07/05 | n.a |
| 301 | 12/23/04 | 02/21/05 | n.a |
| 620 | 01/06/05 | 03/07/05 | n.a |
| 447 | 01/10/05 | 03/11/05 | n.a |
| 222 | 01/18/05 | 03/19/05 | n.a |
(Note that for the four safeguard quotas implemented to date, CITA used the entire 60-day period to determine whether to impose the safeguard quotas. It is not known if CITA will continue to use the entire 60-day period to make its determinations.
In addition, for the first three safeguard quotas, CITA waited more than a month after its determination to actually impose the quotas. For the fourth safeguard quota on 332/432/632pt, CITA only waited 7 days after its determination to impose the quota.)
n.a. = information not yet available, and it is not known if CITA will implement safeguard quotas for these categories.
1 On December 24, 2003, CITA established safeguard limits on China cats 349/649 and 350/650 that will expire on December 23, 2004. (At the same time, CITA also established a safeguard limit on China cat 222 for the same period.)
Petitions for the reapplication of safeguard quotas on China cat 349/649 and China cat 350/650 were filed on December 1, 2004.
2 The term 'trousers' is shorthand for all apparel in the listed category(s).
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