[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR340.4]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 340--MODIFICATION OF THE TARIFF RATE QUOTA LIMITATION ON WORSTED WOOL FABRIC IMPORTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 340.4  Comments regarding requested modification.

    (a) If the Department receives a request or requests from a U.S. 
manufacturer under Sec. 340.3, the Department will cause to be published 
in the Federal Register a notice summarizing the request or requests and 
soliciting comments from any interested person, including U.S. 
manufacturers of Worsted Wool Fabric, wool yarn, wool top and wool 
fiber, regarding the requested modification. Comments must be received, 
or postmarked, on a date not later than 20 calendar days after the date 
of the Federal Register notice.
    (b) If the person submitting comments is a domestic producer of 
Worsted Wool Fabric, comments should include, to the extent available, 
the following information for each limitation with respect to which 
comments are being made:
    (1) A list of domestic manufacturers of Worsted Wool Suits, Suit-
Type Jackets, or Trousers for whom orders were filled during the twelve 
months prior to the submission of the comments, the date of such orders, 
the total quantity ordered and supplied in square meters of domestically 
produced Worsted Wool Fabric and of imported Worsted Wool Fabric, and 
the average price received per square meter of domestically produced 
Worsted Wool Fabric and of imported Worsted Wool Fabric for such orders.
    (2) A list of all requests to purchase Worsted Wool Fabric during 
the twelve months prior to the submission of the comments that were 
rejected by the person submitting the comments, indicating the dates of 
the requests, the quantity requested, the price quoted, and the reasons 
why the request was rejected;
    (3) Data indicating increase and/or decrease in production and sales 
for the most recent six month period for which data is available and the 
comparable six month period in the previous year of domestically-
produced Worsted Wool Fabrics used in the production of Worsted Wool 
Suits, Suit-Type Jackets and Trousers.
    (4) Evidence of lost sales due to the temporary duty reductions on 
certain Worsted Wool Fabric under the Tariff Rate Quotas; and
    (5) Other evidence of the ability of domestic producers of Worsted 
Wool Fabric to meet the needs of the manufacturers of Worsted Wool 
Suits, Suit-Type Jackets and Trousers in terms of quantity, variety, and 
other relevant factors.

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