[Federal Register: January 28, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 18)]
[Notices]
[Page 4181-4182]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Wool and Man-Made
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Belarus
January 21, 2003.
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 28, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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-penings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel website
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 Bilateral Textile Memorandum of Understanding dated January 10,
2003 between the Governments of the United States and Belarus
establishes limits for the period January 1, 2003 through December 31,
2003. This notice cancels and supercedes the notice published on
December 30, 2002 (67 FR 79571).
These limits may be revised if Belarus becomes a member of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO
agreement to Belarus.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 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 68 FR 1599, published on January 13, 2003).
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
January 21, 2003.
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; this directive cancels and supercedes the
directive issued to you on December 23, 2002. You are directed to
prohibit, effective on January 28, 2003, entry into the United
States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption
of textiles and textile products in the following categories,
produced or manufactured in Belarus and exported during the twelve-
month period beginning on January 1, 2003 and extending through
December 31, 2003:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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622....................................... 9,100,000 square meters of
which not more than
1,500,000 square meters
shall be in Category 622-L
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435....................................... 66,000 dozen.
448....................................... 34,000 dozen.
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\1\ Category 622-L: only HTS numbers 7019.51.9010, 7019.52.4010,
7019.52.9010, 7019.59.4010, and 7019.59.9010.
Products in Categories 622 and 622-L exported during 2002 shall
be charged to the applicable category limit and sublimit for that
year (see directive dated October 19, 2001) to the extent of any
unfilled balance. In the event the limit and sublimit established
for that period have been exhausted by previous entries, such
products shall be charged to the limit and sublimit set forth in
this directive.
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to
the current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the
United States and Belarus.
This limits may be revised if Belarus becomes a member of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO
agreement to Belarus.
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 this action falls within the foreign affairs
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
James C. Leonard III,
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Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.03-1865 Filed 1-27-03; 8:45 am]