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Commercial Information Circulars
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e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk
Ref : EIC 111/3/10/1
6 December 2006
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 487/2006
US: Request for Public Comments on the Monitoring Program Covering Imports
of Textile and Apparel Products from Vietnam
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) published a notice in the Federal Register (FR) on 4 December 2006 to invite public comments by 27 December 2006 on the monitoring program for imports of textiles and apparel products from Vietnam. The relevant FR notice (pdf format) is appended for reference.
DETAILS
- The monitoring program will begin upon Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and will expire at the end of the current US Administration on 19 January 2009. DoC is now inviting all interested parties to provide comments and identify issues that deserve DoC's attention regarding the development and implementation of the program such as the consultative process to be established, the kinds of products* to be covered, the kinds of domestic industry information to be examined etc.. For further details, traders may refer to the list of specific issues and questions put under the part of 'Guidance on Comments' in the FR notice.
- As also stated in the FR notice, in addition to monitoring import volumes and values, DoC will develop, in close cooperation with interested parties, production templates to assist it in its biannual evaluation of imports of textiles and apparel products from Vietnam to determine whether sufficient evidence exists to initiate an antidumping investigation consistent with US laws and US' international obligations under the WTO.
ENQUIRIES
- For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss WONG Ying)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* While comments are being sought on the kinds of textile and apparel goods to be covered by the program, five product groups (i.e. trousers, shirts, underwear, swimwear and sweaters) have already been identified as of special sensitivity and named in the FR notice.
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Electronic services for Production Notification and Certificate of Origin enable traders to make the relevant applications directly through their office computer faster and easier. Electronic service has now been extended to the submission of Cargo Manifests and Textiles Notifications. For details and enquiries,
please call the following service providers:
Global e-Trading Services Limited (Tel. : 8109 1820)
Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited (Tel. : 2599 1700) |
Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
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