| 2.8.2005 US to Further Extend Safeguard Decisions on Six Textile and Clothing Items from China On 1 August 2005, the US inter-agency Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) announced its decision to extend until 31 August 2005 the deadlines for making determinations on the pending safeguard decisions on six textile and clothing items from China.
The products affected by this deadline extension are knit fabric (category 222), other synthetic filament fabric (category 620), cotton and man-made fibre brassieres (category 349/649), cotton and man-made fibre robes and dressing gowns (category 350/650), cotton and man-made fibre sweaters (category 345/645/646), and men's and boys' wool trousers (category 447). Hong Kong's re-exports of these six categories originated from the mainland to the US amounted to about US$700 million in 2004, which accounted for 16% of Hong Kong's re-exports of China-origin textiles and clothing to the US.
Additionally, CITA decided to accept for consideration the safeguard petitions submitted by the domestic textile industry on women's and girls' cotton and man-made fibre woven shirts (category 341/641), cotton and man-made fibre skirts (category 342/642), cotton and man-made fibre nightwear (category 351/651), and cotton and man-made fibre swimwear (category 359-s/650-s), as well as the petition to re-apply the safeguard quota on cotton, wool, and man-made fibre socks (category 332/432/632-pt). CITA will publish a Federal Register notice shortly formally announcing its decision to consider these petitions and initiating a 30-day period for interested parties to submit comments. Hong Kong's re-exports of these five categories originated from the mainland to the US amounted to about US$300 million in 2004, which accounted for 7% of Hong Kong's re-exports of China-origin textiles and clothing to the US.
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