The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has posted to its web site updated preliminary textile and apparel import data for 2005, which now covers the 2005 period from mid-February to May 21st.

According to sources at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), China-origin textiles and apparel that are subject to safeguard quotas are ineligible for "paperless processing" ¹ and are ineligible for remote location filing (RLF).

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice announcing that on May 23, 2005, the U.S. requested consultations with the government of China with respect to imports of Chinese origin cotton knit shirts and blouses in category 338/339, cotton trousers, slacks, and shorts (trousers) in category 347/348, and cotton and man-made fiber (MMF) underwear in category 352/652.

The Commerce Department recently issued a press release stating that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has made affirmative decisions of "threat of" market disruption in four safeguard cases, for China categories 301, 340/640, 638/639, and 647/648.

MSNBC reports that more than 200 members of the House of Representatives are co-sponsoring a bill that would tighten and codify existing sanctions on Iran, bar subsidiaries of U.S. companies from doing business in Iran and cut foreign aid to countries that have businesses investing in Iran. The Senate is also considering a more limited version of this bill. (MSNBC Pub 05/16/05, available at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7869442/print/1/displaymode/1098/)

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has posted to its web site updated preliminary textile and apparel import data for 2005, which now covers the 2005 period from February to May 7th.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a press release stating that it has made affirmative decisions of "threat of" market disruption in the safeguard cases on China categories 301, 340/640, 638/639 and 647/648. The 30-day comment period for these cases closed prior to December 30, 2004.

The U.S. Census Bureau (Census) has issued a final rule, effective June 15, 2005, that amends the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations (FTSR) to incorporate the requirement for reporting the Kimberley Process Certificate (KPC) number for exports/reexports of rough diamonds filed through the Automated Export System (AES) in accordance with the Clean Diamond Trade Act (Public Law (P.L.) 108-19).

The Commerce Department has issued a press release stating that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has made affirmative decisions of actual market disruption in the three self-initiated safeguard cases on China categories 338/339, 347/348, and 352/652. The 30-day comment period for these self-initiated cases ended recently, on May 9, 2005.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has posted to its web site updated official textile and apparel import data from the Department of Census for March 2005.