Notices. Solicitation of public comments concerning a request for safeguard action on imports from China of other synthetic filament fabric (Category 620)
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BILLING CODE 3510-16-P COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS Solicitation of Public Comments on Request for Textile and Apparel Safeguard Action on Imports from China December 2, 2004. AGENCY: The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (the Committee) ACTION: Solicitation of public comments concerning a request for safeguard action on imports from China of other synthetic filament fabric (Category 620). SUMMARY: The Committee has received a request from the National Council of Textile Organizations, the National Textile Association, the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, and UNITE HERE! (Requestors) asking the Committee to limit imports from China of other synthetic filament fabric in accordance with the textile and apparel safeguard provision of the Working Party on the Accession of China to the World Trade Organization (the Accession Agreement).
The Committee hereby solicits public comments on this request. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Dowling, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202)482-4058. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: Section 204 of the Agriculture Act of 1956, as amended; Executive Order 11651, as amended. BACKGROUND: The textile and apparel safeguard provision of the Accession Agreement provides for the United States and other members of the World Trade Organization that believe imports of Chinese origin textile and apparel products are, due to market disruption, threatening to impede the orderly development of trade in these products to request consultations with China with a view to easing or avoiding the disruption. Pursuant to this provision, if the United States requests consultations with China, it must, at the time of the request, provide China with a detailed factual statement showing “(1) the existence or threat of market disruption; and
(2)the role of products of Chinese origin in that disruption.” Beginning on the date that it receives such a request, China must restrict its shipments to the United States to a level no greater than 7.5 percent (6 percent for wool product categories) above the amount entered during the first 12 months of the most recent 14 months preceding the request. If exports from China exceed that amount, the United States may enforce the restriction. The Committee has published procedures (the Procedures) it follows in considering requests for Accession Agreement textile and apparel safeguard actions (68 FR 27787, May 21, 2003; 68 FR 49440, August 18, 2003), including the information that must be included in such requests in order for the Committee to consider them. On November 8, 2004, the Requestors asked the Committee to impose an Accession Agreement textile and apparel safeguard action on imports from China of other synthetic filament fabric (Category 620) on the ground that an anticipated increase in imports of other synthetic filament fabric after January 1, 2005, threatens to disrupt the U.S. market for other synthetic filament fabric. For a list of the products included in Category 620, see “Textile Correlation” at **http://otexa.ita.doc/corr.htm** . The request is available at **http://otexa.ita.doc.gov/Safeguard_intro.htm** . In light of the considerations set forth in the Procedures, the Committee has determined that the Requestors have provided the information necessary for the Committee to consider the request. The Committee is soliciting public comments on the request, in particular with regard to whether there is a threat of disruption to the U.S. market for other synthetic filament fabric and, if so, the role of Chinese-origin other synthetic filament fabric in that disruption. To this end, the Committee seeks relevant information addressing factors such as the following, which may be relevant in the particular circumstances of this case, involving a product under a quota that will be removed on January 1, 2005:
(1)Whether imports of other synthetic filament fabric from China are entering, or are expected to enter, the United States at prices that are substantially below prices of the like or directly competitive U.S. product, and whether those imports are likely to have a significant depressing or suppressing effect on domestic prices of the like or directly competitive U.S. product or are likely to increase demand for further imports from China;
(2)Whether exports of Chinese-origin other synthetic filament fabric to the United States are likely to increase substantially and imminently (due to existing unused production capacity, to capacity that can easily be shifted from the production of other products to the production of other synthetic filament fabric, or to an imminent and substantial increase in production capacity or investment in production capacity), taking into account the availability of other markets to absorb any additional exports;
(3)Whether Chinese-origin other synthetic filament fabric that is presently sold in the Chinese market or in third-country markets will be diverted to the U.S. market in the imminent future (for example, due to more favorable pricing in the U.S. market or to existing or imminent import restraints into third country markets);
(4)The level and the extent of any recent change in inventories of other synthetic filament fabric in China or in U.S. bonded warehouses;
(5)Whether conditions of the domestic industry of the like or directly competitive product demonstrate that market disruption is likely (as may be evident from any anticipated factory closures or decline in investment in the production of other synthetic filament fabric, and whether actual or anticipated imports of Chinese-origin other synthetic filament fabric are likely to affect the development and production efforts of the U.S. other synthetic fabric industry; and
(6)Whether U.S. managers, retailers, purchasers, importers, or other market participants have recognized Chinese producers of other synthetic filament fabric as potential suppliers (for example, through pre-qualification procedures or framework agreements). Comments may be submitted by any interested person. Comments must be received no later than January 6, 2005. Interested persons are invited to submit ten copies of such comments to the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, Room 3001A, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20230. The Committee will protect any business confidential information that is marked “business confidential” from disclosure to the full extent permitted by law. To the extent that business confidential information is provided, two copies of a non-confidential version must also be provided in which business confidential information is summarized or, if necessary, deleted. Comments received, with the exception of information marked “business confidential”, will be available for inspection between Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m and 5:30 p.m in the Trade Reference and Assistance Center Help Desk, Suite 800M, USA Trade Information Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,
(202)482-3433. The Committee will make a determination within 60 calendar days of the close of the comment period as to whether the United States will request consultations with China. If the Committee is unable to make a determination within 60 calendar days, it will cause to be published a notice in the **Federal Register** , including the date by which it will make a determination. If the Committee makes a negative determination, it will cause this determination and the reasons therefore to be published in the **Federal Register** . If the Committee makes an affirmative determination that imports of Chinese origin other synthetic filament fabric threaten to disrupt the U.S. market, the United States will request consultations with China with a view to easing or avoiding the disruption. James C. Leonard III, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. [FR Doc. E4-3530 Filed 12-6-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army Availability of U.S. Patent and U.S. Patent Applications for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404 announcement is made of the availability for licensing of the U.S. Patent Applications and U.S. Patent for non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive licensing listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION . The invention listed has been assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John Biffoni, Intellectual Property attorney, U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command, Attn: AMSRD-CC (Bldg. E4435), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424, phone:
(410)436-1158: fax: 410-436-2534 or e-mail: *U.John.Biffoni@us.army.mil* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. *Title:* “Collapsing and Telescoping Baffles for Stirred Vessels.” *Description:* The present invention relates to the field of baffles for use in stirred vessels, such as reaction calorimeters. Specifically, the invention is a set of removable baffles, forming a system which need not be manufactured with the vessel itself. Due to its construction, the baffle system of this invention is removable and replaceable. *Patent Number:* 6,769,800. *Issue Date:* August 3, 2004. Brenda S. Bowen, Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 04-26804 Filed 12-6-04; 8:45 am]
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