CITA on CAFTA commercial fabric availability request status

18 Jul '07

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On behalf of Hansoll Textile Ltd of Seoul, Korea, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 203(o)(4) of the Dominican Republic-Central American-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) Implementation Act (the Act) and the Federal Register Notice of March 15, 2007 published by the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

We submit this request regarding a modification to the list of fabrics, yarns and fibers not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the countries of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, and request that the subject fabric be placed in a timely manner on the list in Annex 3.25 of the Agreement.

Detailed Product Information:
The fabric type is a raschel knit open work crepe with a fiber content of 73% viscose rayon, 24% nylon, and 3% spandex. The yarns required are 20/2 spun viscose rayon, 57 denier, 10 filament nylon, and 210 denier spandex wrapped around 70 denier nylon.

The HTS Subheadings are 6005.42.00.10; 6005.44.00.10. The weight is 0.23kg per square meter (0.659 linear yards per lb) with tolerance of +/-5%. The width is not less than 137 cm (54 inches) cuttable for solid piece dyed goods, and not less than 147.32 cm (58 inches) cuttable for printed goods.

The fabric must be knit with small interstices representing about 15% of the total surface area and have a crepe or "blistered" appearance. The stated denier of the spandex yarnis in its condition received by the mill from the fiber producer, and yarns must comply with the rules of origin requirements of the FTA.

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