CITA Receives 2 More DR-CAFTA "Commercial Availability" Requests for Certain Crepe Fabric
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has issued two notices announcing that interested entities can submit Offers to Supply by November 28, 2011, or provide a Rebuttal to an offer by December 2, regarding two "commercial availability" requests it received under the DR-CAFTA, on behalf of Hansoll Textile, Ltd.
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- alleging that certain cotton/nylon/spandex raschel knit open work crepe fabric with a blistered surface with interstices (printed or piece dyed) classifiable under HTS subheading 6005.24.00 or 6005.22.00, respectively, cannot be supplied by the domestic industries or Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, or Honduras industries in commercial quantities in a timely manner; and
- requesting that CITA consider allowing these fabrics to be sourced from outside the DR-CAFTA region without destroying eligibility for DR-CAFTA treatment of certain apparel.
Offers to Supply Fabrics & Rebuttal Submissions
Those parties wishing to submit a response with an offer to supply the subject fabrics or provide a rebuttal submission to a response should follow the revised procedures detailed in CITA's modified final procedures for DR-CAFTA commercial availability requests. (See ITT's Online Archives 08091635 for summary of CITA's procedures.)
CITA Commercial Availability Determination due by December 27
The commercial availability investigation is projected to be completed by December 27, 2011.
(See ITT's Online Archives 11092840 for summary of the most recent similar request by Hansae Co., Ltd., which was subsequently approved in unrestricted quantities.)
Status sheet for Request 158 (piece dyed) available here.
Status sheet for Request 159 (printed) available here.
Email notifications for each available by emailing documents@brokerpower.com