[Federal Register: September 24, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 185)]
[Notices]
[Page 57270]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Wool and Man-Made
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Belarus
September 20, 2004.
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, 2005.
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 Web site at http://www.cbp.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 Bilateral Textile Memorandum of Understanding dated January 10,
2003 between the Governments of the United States and Belarus, as
amended on May 13, 2004, establishes limits for the period January 1,
2005 through December 31, 2005.
These limits may be revised if Belarus becomes a member of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO
agreement to Belarus.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to establish the
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 69 FR 4926, published on February 2, 2004). Information
regarding the availability of the 2005 CORRELATION will be published in
the Federal Register at a later date.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 20, 2004.
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; you are directed to prohibit, effective
on January 1, 2005, entry into the United States for consumption and
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of textiles and textile
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in
Belarus and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on
January 1, 2005 and extending through December 31, 2005:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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435....................................... 68,666 dozen.
448....................................... 35,374 dozen.
622....................................... 10,224,760 square meters of
which not more than
1,685,400 square meters
shall be in Category 622-L
\1\ and not more than
648,006 square meters shall
be in Category 622-N \2\.
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\1\ Category 622-L: only HTS numbers 7019.51.9010, 7019.52.4010,
7019.52.9010, 7019.59.4010, and 7019.59.9010.
\2\ Category 622-N: only HTS numbers 7019.52.40.21, 7019.52.90.21,
7019.59.40.21, 7019.59.90.21.
Products in the above categories exported during 2004 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits and sublimits for that
year (see directives dated December 12, 2003 and March 1, 2004 and)
to the extent of any unfilled balance. In the event the limits and
sublimits established for that period have been exhausted by
previous entries, such products shall be charged to the limits and
sublimits set forth in this directive.
The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to
the current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the
United States and Belarus.
These limits may be revised if Belarus becomes a member of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO
agreement to Belarus.
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 this action falls within the foreign affairs
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. E4-2364 Filed 9-23-04; 8:45 am]