CITA Receives DR-CAFTA "Commercial Availability" Request for Faux Suede Bonded to Faux Fur Fabric
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has issued a notice announcing that interested entities can submit Offers to Supply by January 24, 2012, or provide a Rebuttal to an Offer by January 30, 2012, regarding a "commercial availability" request it received under the DR-CAFTA, on behalf of S. Rothchild & Co., Inc. for certain faux suede bonded to faux fur pile fabric.
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The commercial availability request:
- alleges that certain faux suede bonded to faux fur pile fabric classifiable under HTS subheading 6001.10.2000 cannot be supplied by U.S. domestic industry or Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, or Honduras industries in commercial quantities in a timely manner; and
- asks CITA to allow 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 Expected by Feb 22
The commercial availability investigation is projected to be completed by February 22, 2012.
Status sheet available here.