CSMS Message: 07-000186

Title:COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC LICENSE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Date:2007-09-04
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TO: ALL ABI BROKERS

FROM: TONY CASUCCI

SUBJECT: COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC LICENSE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

DATE: 09/01/2007

SECTION 406 OF THE TAX RELIEF AND HEALTH CARE ACT OF 2006, AUTHORIZED
THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE TO ISSUE LICENSES TO ELIGIBLE MANUFACTURERS
UNDER HEADINGS 99025208 THROUGH 99025219 OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES, SPECIFYING THE RESTRICTIONS UNDER EACH
LICENSE ON THE QUANTITY OF COTTON WOVEN FABRICS THAT MAY BE ENTERED
EACH YEAR BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE MANUFACTURER.

THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING THE COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC LICENSE
WILL BE THE FOLLOWING:

1) TARIFF NUMBERS SUBJECT TO THE COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC LICENSE ARE
THE FOLLOWING:

99025208
99025209
99025210
99025211
99025212
99025213
99025214
99025215
99025216
99025217
99025218
99025219

THE ABOVE TARIFF NUMBERS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC
LICENSE REQUIREMENT WILL HAVE A PERMIT INDICATOR OF '12' INDICATED ON
THE TARIFF RECORD (V2/W2 MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT/LICENSE NUMBER FIELD).

2) THE COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC LICENSE NUMBER WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE
FOLLOWING ENTRY TYPES:

INFORMAL ENTRY TYPES: '11', '12'
CONSUMPTION ENTRY TYPES: '01', '02', '03', '06', '07', '52'
WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL ENTRY TYPES: '31', '32', '34', '38'
TEMPORARY IMPORTATION BOND ENTRY TYPE: '23'

THE COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC LICENSE WILL BE OPTIONAL FOR WAREHOUSE
ENTRY TYPES '21' AND '22'.

PLEASE NOTE, THE ABOVE CHAPTER 990252XX TARIFF NUMBERS ARE ALL SUBJECT
TO TARIFF RATE QUOTA. AS A RESULT, THE COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC LICENSE
WOULD ONLY BE SUBMITTED WITH ENTRY TYPES ASSOCIATED WITH QUOTA CLASS
MERCHANDISE.

THE COTTON SHIRTING LICENSE NUMBER WILL BE ENTERED ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY
RECORD IDENTIFIER 52 (INPUT) IN THE MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT/LICENSE
NUMBER FIELD IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:

RECORD IDENTIFIER 52 (INPUT)

DATA ELEMENT LENGTH/ POSITON STATUS DESCRIPTION
CLASS

MISCELLANEOUS
PERMIT/LICENSE NBR 9AN 30-38 C COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC
LICENSE NUMBER

THE ERROR MESSAGE '0P1' '52 REC-PERMIT/LICENSE REQUIRED' WILL BE
RETURNED TO THE FILER IF THE TARIFF NUMBER SUBJECT TO THE COTTON
SHIRTING FABRIC LICENSE (TARIFF NUMBERS WITH A PERMIT INDICATOR OF '12')
IS SUBMITTED WITHOUT THE COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC LICENSE NUMBER.

A FUTURE MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO THE TRADE INDICATING WHEN THE COTTON
SHIRTING FABRIC LICENSE WILL BE EFFECTIVE. THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE
COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC LICENSE WILL BE EQUAL TO THE DUTY COMPUTATION
DATE FOR THE SUMMARY.

TO DETERMINE THE DUTY COMPUTATION DATE FOR A SUMMARY, REFER TO ANY OF
THE FOLLOWING CATAIR ENTRY SUMMARY (EI INPUT) REFERENCES:

ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD 10 (INPUT), NOTE 3.
ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD 20 (INPUT), NOTE 2.
ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD 30 (INPUT), NOTE 6.

THE COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC LICENSE NUMBER SHOULD BE DISPLAYED IN
BLOCK 34 OF THE CBP FORM 7501 IN OR NEAR WHERE THE CURRENT VISA NUMBER
IS DISPLAYED.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THE COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC PROGRAM SHOULD BE
DIRECTED TO SERGIO BOTERO, OFFICE OF TEXTILES AND APPAREL, U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AT 202-482-4058. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CAN BE FOUND ON THE OFFICE OF TEXTILE'S WEBSITE:

HTTP://OTEXA.ITA.DOC.GOV

THE TRADE WILL BE NOTIFIED IN A FUTURE MESSAGE WHEN ACS HAS COMPLETED
THE NECESSARY SYSTEM CHANGES TO ACCEPT THE ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF
THE COTTON FABRIC SHIRTING LICENSE.

QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH QUOTA RELATED ISSUES MAY BE DIRECTED TO
CBP, QUOTA BRANCH ATTENTION MICHELLE VIDELOCK AT 202-863-6511.

SYSTEM RELATED QUESTIONS MAY BE DIRECTED TO YOUR LOCAL CLIENT
REPRESENTATIVE OR TO ACS, ATTENTION TONY CASUCCI AT 202-772-2041.

Referenced By

CSMS #07-000224