[Federal Register: November 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 217)]
[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 Limits for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile
Products Produced or Manufactured in Colombia
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.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2004.
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 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 Colombia 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.
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.
These limits do not apply to goods entered under the Andean Trade
Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA. Section 3103 of the Trade
Act of 2002 amended the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) to provide
for duty and quota-free treatment for certain textile and apparel
articles imported from designated Andean Trade Promotion and Drug
Eradication Act (ATPDEA) beneficiary countries. See 67 FR 67283,
published on November 5, 2002.
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
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 and wool textile
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in
Colombia and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on
January 1, 2004 and extending through December 31, 2004, in excess
of the following restraint limits:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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315....................................... 43,853,164 square meters.
443....................................... 142,251 numbers.
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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 December 3, 2002. to the extent of any unfilled
balances. In the event
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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.
These limits do not apply to goods entered under the Andean
Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA. Section 3103 of
the Trade Act of 2002 amended the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA)
to provide for duty and quota-free treatment for certain textile and
apparel articles imported from designated Andean Trade Promotion and
Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) beneficiary countries. See directive
dated October 31, 2002.
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. 03-28171 Filed 11-7-03; 8:45 am]