[Federal Register: November 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 218)]
[Notices]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool,
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka
November 1, 2002.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce
(202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of these limits,
refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards of each
Customs port, call (202) 927-5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs Web
site at http://www.customs.gov. For information on embargoes and quota
re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel Web site at
http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as
amended.
The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or
manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during the period January 1,
2003, through December 31, 2003, are based on limits notified to the
Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2003 limits.
A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS
numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories
with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal
Register notice 66 FR 65178, published on December 18, 2001).
Information regarding the availability of the 2003 CORRELATION will be
published in the Federal Register at a later date.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 1, 2002.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of
March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective
on January 1, 2003, entry into the United States for consumption and
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool, man-made
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in
Sri Lanka and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on
January 1, 2003 and extending through December 31, 2003, in excess
of the following levels of restraint:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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237....................................... 508,038 dozen.
314....................................... 7,584,276 square meters.
331pt./631pt. \1\......................... 1,118,582 dozen pairs.
333/633................................... 95,632 dozen.
334/634................................... 1,120,671 dozen.
335....................................... 488,683 dozen.
336/636................................... 655,453 dozen.
338/339................................... 2,241,345 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,877,483 dozen.
341/641................................... 3,090,447 dozen of which not
more than 2,060,298 dozen
shall be in Category 341
and not more than 2,060,298
dozen shall be in Category
641.
342/642................................... 1,149,404 dozen.
345/845................................... 301,839 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,607,209 dozen.
351/651................................... 579,413 dozen.
352/652................................... 2,390,764 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\........................... 2,301,864 kilograms.
360....................................... 2,528,093 numbers.
363....................................... 21,666,305 numbers.
369-S \3\................................. 1,355,537 kilograms.
434....................................... 7,961 dozen.
435....................................... 17,059 dozen.
440....................................... 11,373 dozen.
611....................................... 9,901,696 square meters.
635....................................... 657,463 dozen.
638/639................................... 1,596,885 dozen.
644....................................... 896,536 numbers.
645/646................................... 358,614 dozen.
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647/648................................... 1,922,762 dozen.
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\1\ Category 331pt.: all HTS numbers except 6116.10.1720, 6116.10.4810,
6116.10.5510, 6116.10.7510, 6116.92.6410, 6116.92.6420, 6116.92.6430,
6116.92.6440, 6116.92.7450, 6116.92.7460, 6116.92.7470, 6116.92.8800,
6116.92.9400 and 6116.99.9510; Category 631pt.: all HTS numbers except
6116.10.1730, 6116.10.4820, 6116.10.5520, 6116.10.7520, 6116.93.8800,
6116.93.9400, 6116.99.4800, 6116.99.5400 and 6116.99.9530.
\2\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,
6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,
6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and
6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,
6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,
6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,
6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,
6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and
6211.43.0010.
\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to
the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified
to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
Products in the above categories exported during 2002 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated November 27, 2001) to the extent of any unfilled
balances. In the event the limits established for that period have
been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged
to the limits set forth in this directive.
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 02-28639 Filed 11-8-02; 8:45 am]