10 September 2001

Request No. TR-2000-006, Amendment to the Notice of Commencement of Investigation , Certain Woven Fabrics of Cotton/Polyester and Polyester/Cotton

The CITT gives notice of an amendment to the notice of commencement of investigation that was published in the 30 June 2001 edition of the Canada Gazette, part 1, following receipt of a request for tariff relief from Doubletex (the requester). The amendment reflects a request by the requester to narrow the scope of the end use of the fabrics under investigation.

The request is for the removal, for an indeterminate period of time, of the customs duty on importations from all countries of woven fabrics of cotton mixed solely with polyester staple fibres, unbleached or bleached, ring-spun, having a twist of 1,000 turns or more per metre in the warp or the weft, of heading Nos. 52.08, 52.09, 52.10 or 52.11, for use by textile converters only to produce dyed and finished fabrics for the apparel and footwear industries; and woven fabrics of polyester staple fibres mixed solely with cotton, unbleached or bleached, ring-spun, having a twist of 1,000 turns or more per metre in the warp or weft, of heading Nos. 55.12, 55.13 or 55.14, for use by textile converters only to produce dyed and finished fabrics for the apparel and footwear industries (the subject fabrics).

The Tribunal is conducting an investigation under section 19 of the CITT Act into the appropriateness of reducing or removing the customs duty on importations of the subject fabrics.

The Tribunal's investigation was commenced on 19 June 2001, and is being conducted by way of written submissions. To participate in the investigation, an interested party must file with the Tribunal a notice of appearance in Form I of the Textile Reference Guidelines on or before September 24, 2001. Interested parties that have already filed notices of appearance with the Tribunal in this investigation continue to be considered parties to the investigation and need not file additional notices of appearance.

Parties to the investigation may provide new or additional information to the CITT not later than September 24, 2001. On October 9, 2001 the Tribunal will distribute all exhibits, including the staff investigation report. Parties, other than the requester, may file submissions with the Tribunal not later than October 30, 2001. The requester may then respond not later than November 9, 2001.

Submissions may be written in English or French. All correspondence should be addressed to:

The Secretary
CITT
Standard Life Centre
333 Laurier Avenue West, 15th floor
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G7

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