[Federal Register: October 24, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 206)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 Thailand
October 20, 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.
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 Thailand 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.
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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 20, 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, man-made
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in
Thailand and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on
January 1, 2004 and extending through December 31, 2004.
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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Level not in a Group ............................
239pt. \1\................................ 3,201,966 kilograms.
Levels in Group I ............................
200....................................... 2,089,800 kilograms.
218....................................... 30,612,223 square meters.
219....................................... 11,145,613 square meters.
300....................................... 8,359,209 kilograms.
301-P \2\................................. 8,359,209 kilograms.
301-O \3\................................. 1,581,515 kilograms.
313-O \4\................................. 39,009,643 square meters.
314-O \5\................................. 89,164,893 square meters.
315-O \6\................................. 55,728,057 square meters.
317-O/326-O \7\........................... 23,395,178 square meters.
363....................................... 36,223,238 numbers.
369-S \8\................................. 557,281 kilograms.
604....................................... 1,303,847 kilograms of which
not more than 835,920
kilograms shall be in
Category 604-A \9\.
611-O \10\................................ 14,320,376 square meters.
613/614/615............................... 84,222,635 square meters of
which not more than
49,040,692 square meters
shall be in Categories 613/
615 and not more than
49,040,692 square meters
shall be in Category 614.
617....................................... 30,413,728 square meters.
619....................................... 11,861,336 square meters.
620....................................... 11,861,336 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629....................... 23,237,686 square meters of
which not more than
19,504,820 square meters
shall be in Category 625.
Group II ............................
237, 331pt.\11\, 332-348, 351, 352, 359pt. 464,223,863 square meters
\12\, 433-438, 440, 442-448, 459pt. \13\, equivalent.
631pt. \14\, 633-648, 651, 652, 659-H
\15\, 659pt. \16\, 845, 846 and 852, as a
group
Sublevels in Group II ............................
331pt./631pt.............................. 916,059 dozen pairs.
334/634................................... 1,086,698 dozen.
335/635................................... 813,336 dozen.
336/636................................... 557,281 dozen.
338/339................................... 2,641,739 dozen.
340....................................... 484,950 dozen.
341/641................................... 1,184,222 dozen.
342/642................................... 1,030,970 dozen.
345....................................... 500,812 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,345,444 dozen.
351/651................................... 395,378 dozen.
659-H..................................... 2,228,640 kilograms.
433....................................... 10,634 dozen.
434....................................... 13,127 dozen.
435....................................... 59,650 dozen.
438....................................... 19,690 dozen.
442....................................... 22,865 dozen.
638/639................................... 3,113,478 dozen.
640....................................... 919,510 dozen.
645/646................................... 557,281 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,876,726 dozen.
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\2\ Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,
5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000,
5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.
\3\ Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0020, 5205.21.0090,
5205.22.0020, 5205.22.0090, 5205.23.0020, 5205.23.0090, 5205.24.0020,
5205.24.0090, 5205.26.0020, 5205.26.0090, 5205.27.0020, 5205.27.0090,
5205.28.0020, 5205.28.0090, 5205.41.0020, 5205.41.0090, 5205.42.0020,
5205.42.0090, 5205.43.0020, 5205.43.0090, 5205.44.0020, 5205.44.0090,
5205.46.0020, 5205.46.0090, 5205.47.0020, 5205.47.0090, 5205.48.0020
and 5205.48.0090.
\4\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
and 5209.51.6032.
\5\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\6\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\7\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085; Category 326-O:
all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015 and 5211.59.0015.
\8\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\9\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
\10\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025
and 5516.14.0085.
\11\ Categories 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.
\12\ 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.
\13\ 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 and 6406.99.1560.
\14\ 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.
\15\ Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,
6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and
6505.90.8090.
\16\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,
6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090
(Category 659-H); 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.
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
directives dated October 8, 2002.) 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.
The conversion factors for Category 659-H and merged Categories
638/639 are 11.5 and 12.96, respectively.
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner, Bureau
of Customs and Border Protection should construe entry into
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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. 03-26841 Filed 10-23-03; 8:45 am]