CITA accepts China textile safeguard petitions for further consideration
06 Oct '05
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On October 5, 2005, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) announced its decision to consider nine requests submitted on behalf of a coalition of textile industry associations and a union representing textile and apparel workers for reapplication of safeguard actions limiting imports of the following products based on the threat of market disruption: combed cotton yarn (category 301); cotton knit shirts (category 338/339); men's and boys' woven shirts (category 340/640); cotton trousers (category 347/348); brassieres and other body supporting garments (category 349/649); underwear (category 352/652); other synthetic filament fabric (category 620); man-made fiber knit shirts (category 638/639); and man-made fiber trousers (category 647/648).
The United States previously established limits on imports of these products that extend through December 31, 2005.
CITA also announced its decision to accept for consideration four requests submitted on behalf of a coalition of textile industry associations and a union representing textile and apparel workers for safeguard actions limiting imports of the following products based on market disruption: cheesecloth, batistes, lawns/voiles (category 226); men's and boys' wool suits (category 443); polyester filament fabric, light-weight (category 619); and other men's and boys' man-made fiber coats and women's and girls' man-made fiber coats (category 634/635).
CITA will now solicit public comments on the requests, in particular with regard to whether the U.S. markets for these textile and apparel product categories are disrupted and/or threatened with market disruption, and, if so, the role of Chinese-origin products in that disruption.
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