Request No. TR-2001-001

February 4, 2002

4 February 2002

Request No. TR-2001-001

Notice is hereby given that the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) is satisfied that the request received from Gibson Textile Dyers Ltd. (the requester) of Toronto, Ontario, is properly documented. The request is for the removal, for an indeterminate period of time, of the customs duty on importations from all countries of plain woven fabrics, solely of acrylic staple fibres made from 2-ply yarns, having a decitex per single yarn of 295 or more but not exceeding 315 decitex, of a weight of 280 g/m2 or more but not exceeding 320 g/m2, of subheading No. 5512.29, for use in the manufacture of retractable
awnings or sun umbrellas (the subject fabrics).

The Tribunal will conduct an investigation under section 19 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act into the appropriateness of reducing or removing the customs duty on importations of the subject fabrics, which are classified in subheading No. 5512.29.

The Tribunal's investigation was commenced on January 31, 2002, and will be conducted by way of written submissions. To participate in the Tribunal's investigation, the requester or an interested party must file with the Tribunal a notice of appearance in Form I of the Textile Reference Guidelines on or before February 28, 2002. The Tribunal's recommendations to the Minister of Finance are scheduled to be issued by June 3, 2002.

A schedule of events consisting of key dates is available from the Tribunal's Web site at www.citt-tcce.gc.ca.

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

The Secretary
Canadian International Trade Tribunal
Standard Life Centre
333 Laurier Avenue West, 15th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G7
Telephone: (613) 993-3595
Fax: (613) 990-2439

This notice is found on the CITT web site at the following address:

http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/textiles/investig/notices/tr2b001e/tr2b001e.htm


Topic(s): 
Acts, Regulations, Policies & Decisions / Special Import Measures Act (SIMA)
Information Source: 
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
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