Wednesday, April 26, 2006
[IWS] USITC: Effect of Preferential Treatment to APPAREL From Sub-Saharan African, Caribbean Basin, and Andean Countries [March 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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USITC
Commercial Availability of Apparel Inputs (2005):
Effect of Providing Preferential Treatment to Apparel From Sub-Saharan African, Caribbean Basin, and Andean Countries
Compilation of Reports Requested in 2005
Investigation No. 332-465 [March 2006]
http://prototype.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/pres_cong/documents/pub3848FullVersion332-465.pdf
[full-text, 69 pages]
Summary of Findings
The Commission's analysis concerns granting duty-free treatment to U.S. imports of knitted apparel made
in eligible Caribbean Basin, Andean, and Sub-Saharan African countries from certain anti-microbial
elastomeric filament yarn, regardless of the source of the yarn. Four U.S. producers said they either make,
or can make, anti-microbial elastomeric yarns. To the extent that the U.S. yarns are like or substitutable for
the subject yarn, the proposed preferential treatment could have an adverse effect on U.S. yarn producers
and their workers. However, adequate information is not available on the extent to which the U.S. yarns
are like or substitutable for the subject yarn or whether any of the four U.S. producers can meet the
requirements of the petitioner or apparel producers in terms of product specifications, quality, quantity, or
price. The proposed preferential treatment could also have a slight adverse effect on U.S. producers of
apparel likely to contain the subject yarn (e.g., hosiery) and their workers. The proposed action would likely
benefit U.S. firms making such apparel in eligible countries, and their U.S.-based workers, as well as U.S.
consumers.
Contents
Page
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Knitted apparel of anti-microbial elastomeric filament yarn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 001-1
Cotton sweaters containing certain open-end spun yarns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 002-1
Shirts and blouses of certain flannel fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 003-1
Apparel of coat weight fabrics of camel hair, cashmere, and wool blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 004-1
Shirts and blouses of cotton, carbon-emerized fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 005-1
Shirts and blouses of 2x2 twill cotton flannel fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 006-1
Apparel of woven bamboo/cotton fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 007-1
Certain apparel of compacted, plied, ring-spun cotton yarns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 008-1
Shirts, blouses, and sleepwear of cotton seersucker fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 009-1
Certain knitted apparel of nylon flat filament yarn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 010-1
Apparel of certain yarn-dyed twill-woven flannel fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 011-1
APPENDICES
A. Request letter from the United States Trade Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
B. Federal Register Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
C. Petitions for which the Commission provided advice under the "commercial availability"
provisions of the AGOA, CBTPA, and ATPDEA, 2001-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
USITC
Commercial Availability of Apparel Inputs (2005):
Effect of Providing Preferential Treatment to Apparel From Sub-Saharan African, Caribbean Basin, and Andean Countries
Compilation of Reports Requested in 2005
Investigation No. 332-465 [March 2006]
http://prototype.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/pres_cong/documents/pub3848FullVersion332-465.pdf
[full-text, 69 pages]
Summary of Findings
The Commission's analysis concerns granting duty-free treatment to U.S. imports of knitted apparel made
in eligible Caribbean Basin, Andean, and Sub-Saharan African countries from certain anti-microbial
elastomeric filament yarn, regardless of the source of the yarn. Four U.S. producers said they either make,
or can make, anti-microbial elastomeric yarns. To the extent that the U.S. yarns are like or substitutable for
the subject yarn, the proposed preferential treatment could have an adverse effect on U.S. yarn producers
and their workers. However, adequate information is not available on the extent to which the U.S. yarns
are like or substitutable for the subject yarn or whether any of the four U.S. producers can meet the
requirements of the petitioner or apparel producers in terms of product specifications, quality, quantity, or
price. The proposed preferential treatment could also have a slight adverse effect on U.S. producers of
apparel likely to contain the subject yarn (e.g., hosiery) and their workers. The proposed action would likely
benefit U.S. firms making such apparel in eligible countries, and their U.S.-based workers, as well as U.S.
consumers.
Contents
Page
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Knitted apparel of anti-microbial elastomeric filament yarn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 001-1
Cotton sweaters containing certain open-end spun yarns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 002-1
Shirts and blouses of certain flannel fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 003-1
Apparel of coat weight fabrics of camel hair, cashmere, and wool blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 004-1
Shirts and blouses of cotton, carbon-emerized fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 005-1
Shirts and blouses of 2x2 twill cotton flannel fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 006-1
Apparel of woven bamboo/cotton fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 007-1
Certain apparel of compacted, plied, ring-spun cotton yarns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 008-1
Shirts, blouses, and sleepwear of cotton seersucker fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 009-1
Certain knitted apparel of nylon flat filament yarn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 010-1
Apparel of certain yarn-dyed twill-woven flannel fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 011-1
APPENDICES
A. Request letter from the United States Trade Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
B. Federal Register Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
C. Petitions for which the Commission provided advice under the "commercial availability"
provisions of the AGOA, CBTPA, and ATPDEA, 2001-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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