[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 82 (Thursday, April 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25376-25377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09927]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements,
International Trade Administration, Commerce.
On behalf of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements (CITA), the Department of Commerce will submit to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Title: Interim Procedures for Considering Requests from the Public
for Textile and Apparel Safeguard Actions on Imports from Panama.
Form Number(s): N/A.
OMB Control Number: 0625-0274.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 24.
Number of Respondents: 6 (1 for Request; 5 for Comments).
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours for a Request; and 4 hours for
each Comment.
Average Annual Cost to Public: $960.
Needs and Uses: Title III, Subtitle B, Section 321 through Section
328 of the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
Implementation Act (the ``Act'') [Pub. L. 112-43] implements the
textile and apparel safeguard provisions, provided for in Article 3.24
of the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (the
``Agreement''). This safeguard mechanism applies when, as a result of
the elimination of a customs duty under the Agreement, a Panamanian
textile or apparel article is being imported into the United States in
such increased quantities, in absolute terms or relative to the
domestic market for that article, and under such conditions as to cause
serious damage or actual threat thereof to a U.S. industry producing a
like or directly competitive article. In these circumstances, Article
3.24 permits the United States to increase duties on the imported
article from Panama to a level that does not exceed the lesser of the
prevailing U.S. normal trade relations (NTR)/most-favored-nation (MFN)
duty rate for the article or the U.S. NTR/MFN duty rate in effect on
the day the Agreement entered into force.
The Statement of Administrative Action accompanying the Act
provides that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements (CITA) will issue procedures for
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requesting such safeguard measures, for making its determinations under
section 322(a) of the Act, and for providing relief under section
322(b) of the Act.
In Proclamation No. 8894 (77 FR 66507, November 5, 2012), the
President delegated to CITA his authority under Subtitle B of Title III
of the Act with respect to textile and apparel safeguard measures.
CITA must collect information in order to determine whether a
domestic textile or apparel industry is being adversely impacted by
imports of these products from Panama, thereby allowing CITA to take
corrective action to protect the viability of the domestic textile or
apparel industry, subject to section 322(b) of the Act.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to OIRA [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-09927 Filed 4-27-16; 8:45 am]
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