[Federal Register: November 7, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 216)]
[Notices]
[Page 63070-63071]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits and Guaranteed Access
Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in the Dominican Republic
November 4, 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 and guaranteed access levels
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2004.
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 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 and Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for
textile products, produced or manufactured in the Dominican Republic
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).
These specific limits and guaranteed access levels do not apply to
goods that qualify for quota-free entry under the Trade and Development
Act of 2000.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to establish the
2004 limits and guaranteed access levels.
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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 availability of the 2004 CORRELATION will be published in
the Federal Register at a later date.
Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are
available in Federal Register notice 63 FR 16474, published on April 3,
1998.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 4, 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 textile products in the following categories, produced or
manufactured in the Dominican Republic and exported during the
twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2004 and extending
through December 31, 2004, in excess of the following levels of
restraint:
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Category Restraint limit
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338/638................................ 1,607,332 dozen.
339/639................................ 1,912,721 dozen.
340/640................................ 1,654,659 dozen.
342/642................................ 1,164,422 dozen.
347/348/647/648........................ 3,960,929 dozen of which not
more than 2,092,563 dozen
shall be in Categories 647/
648.
351/651................................ 1,983,653 dozen.
433.................................... 24,199 dozen.
442.................................... 82,158 dozen.
443.................................... 150,309 numbers.
444.................................... 82,158 numbers.
448.................................... 42,324 dozen.
633.................................... 242,787 dozen.
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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
directive dated October 18, 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.
Also pursuant to the ATC, and under the terms of the Special
Access Program, as set forth in 63 FR 16474 (April 3, 1998),
effective on January 1, 2004, you are directed to establish
guaranteed access levels for properly certified textile products in
the following categories which are assembled in the Dominican
Republic from fabric formed and cut in the United States and re-
exported to the United States from the Dominican Republic during the
period January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004:
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Category Guaranteed access level
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338/638................................ 1,150,000 dozen.
339/639................................ 1,150,000 dozen.
340/640................................ 1,000,000 dozen.
342/642................................ 1,000,000 dozen.
347/348/647/648........................ 8,050,000 dozen.
351/651................................ 1,000,000 dozen.
433.................................... 21,000 dozen.
442.................................... 65,000 dozen.
443.................................... 50,000 numbers.
444.................................... 30,000 numbers.
448.................................... 40,000 dozen.
633.................................... 60,000 dozen.
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Any shipment for entry under the Special Access Program which is
not accompanied by a valid and correct certification in accordance
with the provisions of the certification requirements established in
the directive of February 25, 1987 (52 FR 6595), as amended, shall
be denied entry unless the Government of the Dominican Republic
authorizes the entry and any charges to the appropriate specific
limits. Any shipment which is declared for entry under the Special
Access Program but found not to qualify shall be denied entry into
the United States.
These specific limits and guaranteed access levels do not apply
to goods that qualify for quota-free entry under the Trade and
Development Act of 2000.
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 U.S.C.553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.03-28086 Filed 11-6-03; 8:45 am]