| 12.7.2005 US Textile Industry Filed 4 New Safeguard Petitions, Made a Refiling and Requested Extension of Sock Quota On 11 July 2005, a coalition of US textile industry filed four new safeguard petitions with the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) covering the following categories: cotton/man-made fibre non-knit shirts (cat. 341/641), cotton/man-made fibre skirts (cat. 342/642), cotton/man-made fibre pajamas and nightwear (cat. 351/651), and cotton/man-made fibre swimwear (cat. 359-S/659-S).
Earlier on 22 June 2005, the group refiled a petition against cotton/man-made fibre curtains and draperies (cat. 369(part)/666(part)) that had been rejected earlier by the CITA.
Separately, on 8 July 2005, another petition group requested an extension of the safeguard quota on imports of cotton, wool and man-made fibre socks (cat. 332/432 and 632(part)), which will expire on 28 October 2005.
CITA will within 15 working days decide whether each of these petitions meets all the necessary specifications for consideration. If CITA accepts the petition, it will publish a notice in the Federal Register initiating the statutorily-required 30-day comment period for interested parties. CITA will then make a final decision on whether or not to invoke safeguard measure within 60 days.
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