[Federal Register: December 9, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 236)]
[Notices]
[Page 68598-68599]
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 and
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Nepal
December 3, 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 Web site at http://www.customs.gov. For
information on embargoes and quota re-openings, refer to the Office of
Textiles and Apparel Web site 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 Agreement, effected by exchange of notes
dated May 30 and June 1, 1986, as amended and extended, and Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) dated July 13, 2000 between the Governments of
the United States and Nepal establish limits for the period January 1,
2004 through December 31, 2004.
These limits will be revised when Nepal becomes a member of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO
agreement to Nepal.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to establish the
2004 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). Information
regarding the 2004
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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
December 3, 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; the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected
by exchange of notes dated May 30 and June 1, 1986, as amended and
extended; and the Memorandum of Understanding dated July 13, 2000
between the Governments of the United States and Nepal, 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 man-made fiber textile products in the
following categories, produced or manufactured in Nepal 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 Twelve-month restraint limit
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336/636................................... 365,462 dozen.
340....................................... 479,856 dozen.
341....................................... 1,333,220 dozen.
342/642................................... 418,806 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,080,848 dozen.
363....................................... 9,773,596 numbers.
369-S \1\................................. 1,106,886 kilograms.
640....................................... 241,509 dozen.
641....................................... 544,541 dozen.
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\1\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to
the provisions of the current bilateral agreement between the
Governments of the United States and Nepal.
Products in the above categories exported during 2003 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive 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.
These limits will be revised when Nepal becomes a member of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO
agreement to Nepal.
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. E3-00487 Filed 12-8-03; 8:45 am]