[Federal Register: October 20, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 202)]
[Notices]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool
and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and
Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia
October 14, 2003.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection establishing limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2004.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, 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 Bureau of
Customs and Border Protection website at http://www.customs.gov. For
information on embargoes and quota re-openings, 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or
manufactured in Malaysia and exported during the period January 1, 2004
through December 31, 2004 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, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to establish the
2004 limits. Carryforward applied to the 2003 limits is being deducted
from the 2004 limits.
These limits are subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions
of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified to the Textiles
Monitoring Body. However, as the ATC and all restrictions thereunder
will terminate on January 1, 2005, no adjustment for carryforward
(borrowing from next year's limits for use in the current year) will be
available.
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). Information
regarding the 2004 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
October 14, 2003.
Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, 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, 2004, entry into the United States for consumption and
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-
made fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other
vegetable fiber apparel in the following categories, produced or
manufactured in Malaysia and exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 2004 and extending through December 31,
2004, in excess of the following limits:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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Fabric Group ...............................
218-220, 225-227, 313-326, 611-O \1\, 217,632,182 square meters
613/614/615/617, 619 and 620, as a equivalent.
group
Sublevels within the group ...............................
218.................................... 12,486,665 square meters.
219.................................... 60,490,956 square meters.
220.................................... 60,490,956 square meters.
225.................................... 60,490,956 square meters.
226.................................... 60,490,956 square meters.
227.................................... 60,490,956 square meters.
313.................................... 72,145,175 square meters.
314.................................... 86,796,101 square meters.
315.................................... 60,490,956 square meters.
317.................................... 60,490,956 square meters.
326.................................... 11,697,587 square meters.
611-O.................................. 7,018,553 square meters.
613/614/615/617........................ 69,436,883 square meters.
619.................................... 9,358,070 square meters.
620.................................... 11,697,587 square meters.
Other specific limits ...............................
200.................................... 526,555 kilograms.
237.................................... 708,479 dozen.
300/301................................ 5,282,976 kilograms.
331pt./631pt. \2\...................... 982,465 dozen pairs.
333/334/335............................ 439,597 dozen of which not more
than 263,836 dozen shall be in
Category 333.
336/636................................ 853,731 dozen.
338/339................................ 2,002,242 dozen.
340/640................................ 2,465,429 dozen.
341/641................................ 3,195,288 dozen of which not
more than 1,139,921 dozen
shall be in Category 341.
342/642................................ 762,971 dozen.
345.................................... 293,484 dozen.
347/348................................ 848,553 dozen.
351/651................................ 449,238 dozen.
363.................................... 7,439,664 numbers.
435.................................... 17,028 dozen.
438-W \3\.............................. 13,935 dozen.
442.................................... 20,751 dozen.
445/446................................ 32,939 dozen.
604.................................... 2,448,774 kilograms.
634/635................................ 1,491,336 dozen.
638/639................................ 878,508 dozen.
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645/646................................ 671,934 dozen.
647/648................................ 3,162,056 dozen of which not
more than 2,213,435 dozen
shall be in Category 647-K \4\
and not more than 2,213,435
dozen shall be in Category 648-
K \5\.
Group II ...............................
201, 224, 239pt \6\, 332, 352, 359pt. 32,342,281 square meters
\7\, 360-362, 369pt. \8\, 400-414, equivalent.
433, 434, 436, 438-O \9\, 440, 443,
444, 447, 448, 459pt. \10\, 469pt.
\11\, 603, 618, 624-629, 633, 643,
644, 652, 659pt. \12\, 666pt. \13\,
845, 846 and 852, as a group
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\1\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025
and 5516.14.0085.
\2\ 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.
\3\ Category 438-W: only HTS numbers 6104.21.0060, 6104.23.0020,
6104.29.2051, 6106.20.1010, 6106.20.1020, 6106.90.1010, 6106.90.1020,
6106.90.2520, 6106.90.3020, 6109.90.1540, 6109.90.8020, 6110.11.0080,
6110.12.2080, 6110.19.0080, 6110.30.1560, 6110.90.9074 and
6114.10.0040.
\4\ Category 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,
6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550,
6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050,
6112.19.1050, 6112.20,.1060 and 6113.00.9044.
\5\ Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,
6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2006, 6104.63.2011,
6104.63.2026, 6104.63.2028, 6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030,
6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026, 6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070,
6113.00.9052 and 6117.90.9070.
\6\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\7\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.19.8010, 6117.10.6010,
6117.20.9010, 6203.22.1000, 6204.22.1000, 6212.90.0010, 6214.90.0010,
6406.99.1550, 6505.90.1525, 6505.90.1540, 6505.90.2060 and
6505.90.2545.
\8\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,
4202.12.8060, 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500, 4202.22.8030, 4202.32.4000,
4202.32.9530, 4202.92.0505, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091,
5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020, 5702.10.9020,
5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020, 5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010,
5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020, 5805.00.3000, 5807.10.0510, 5807.90.0510,
6301.30.0010, 6301.30.0020, 6302,51.1000, 6302.51.2000, 6302.51.3000,
6302.51.4000, 6302.60.0010, 6302.60.0030, 6302.91.0005, 6302.91.0025,
6302.91.0045, 6302.91.0050, 6302.91.0060, 6303.11.0000, 6303.91.0010,
6303.91.0020, 6304.91.0020, 6304.92.0000, 6305.20.0000, 6306.11.0000,
6307.10.1020, 6307.10.1090, 6307.90.3010, 6307.90.4010, 6307.90.5010,
6307.90.8910, 6307.90.8945, 6307.90.9882, 6406.10.7700, 9404.90.1000,
9404.90.8040 and 9404.90.9505.
\9\ Category 438-O: only HTS numbers 6103.21.0050, 6103.23.0025,
6105.20.1000, 6105.90.1000, 6105.90.8020, 6109.90.1520, 6110.11.0070,
6110.12.2070, 6110.19.0070, 6110.30.1550, 6110.90.9072, 6114.10.0020
and 6117.90.9025.
\10\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.19.8020, 6117.10.1000,
6117.10.2010, 6117.20.9020, 6212.90.0020, 6214.20.0000, 6405.20.6030,
6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505, 6406.99.1560.
\11\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010,
6304.19.3040, 6304.91.0050, 6304.99.1500, 6304.99.6010, 6308.00.0010
and 6406.10.9020.
\12\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.11.0010, 6115.12.2000,
6117.10.2030, 6117.20.9030, 6212.90.0030, 6214.30.0000, 6214.40.0000.
6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540.
\13\ Category 666pt.: all HTS numbers except 5805.00.4010, 6301.10.0000,
6301.40.0010, 6301.40.0020, 6301.90.0010, 6302.53.0010, 6302.53.0020,
6302.53.0030, 6302.93.1000, 6302.93.2000, 6303.12.0000, 6303.19.0010,
6303.92.1000, 6303.92.2010, 6303.92.2020, 6303.99.0010, 6304.11.2000,
6304.19.1500, 6304.19.2000, 6304.91.0040, 6304.93.0000, 6304.99.6020,
6307.90.9884, 9404.90.8522 and 9404.90.9522.
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 2003 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see the
October 9, 2002 directive) 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, Bureau
of Customs and Border Protection 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. 03-26425 Filed 10-17-03; 8:45 am]