[Federal Register: December 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 248)]
[Notices]
[Page 79059]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Entry of Shipments of Cotton, Wool, and Man-Made Fiber Apparel in
Excess of 2008 Agreement Limits
December 19, 2008
AGENCY: The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
ACTION: Directive to Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended,
Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C.
1857).
In the letter to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection published below, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is
directed to implement staged entry limits for China for shipments in
excess of 2008 agreement limits.
In a Federal Register Notice published on June 16, 2008 (73 FR
33992), the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA) advised the public that any overshipments of the 2008 limits of
the U.S. - China Bilateral Textile Agreement would be subject to staged
entry procedures laid out in the notice.
The procedures laid out below apply only in cases of overshipments
of the 2008 agreed quota limits for China.
For all shipments exported in 2008 that exceed the applicable 2008
agreed quota limits for China, entry will not be permitted until
February 1, 2009. From February 1 through February 28, 2009, entry will
be permitted to goods in an amount equal to 5 percent of the applicable
2008 base quota limit. For each succeeding month, beginning on the
first day of the month and extending through the last day of the month,
entry will be permitted to goods in an amount equal to 5 percent of the
applicable base 2008 quota limit, until all shipments in excess of the
quota limits have been entered.
The 5 percent staged entry limits described above are published in
the following letter to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection.
Janet E. Heinzen,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 19, 2008.
Commissioner,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive provides instructions on
permitting entry to goods shipped in excess of 2008 quota limits for
China.
For all shipments exported in 2008 that exceed the applicable
2008 agreed quota limits for China, you are directed to deny entry
until February 1, 2009, subject to the following procedure. From
February 1, through February 28, 2009, you are directed to permit
entry to goods in an amount equal to 5 percent of the applicable
2008 base quota limit. For each succeeding month, beginning on the
first day of the month and extending through the last day of the
month, you are directed to permit entry to goods in an amount equal
to 5 percent of the applicable base 2008 quota limit, until all
shipments in excess of the quota limits have been entered.
The monthly 5 percent staged entry limits described above are
listed below:
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Category 5 percent of base limit
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332/432/632-T (plus baby socks) \1\....... 4,252,922 dozen pair, of
which not more than
4,043,310 dozen pair shall
be in categories 332/432/
632-B (plus baby socks)
\2\.
347/348................................... 1,272,148 dozen.
352/652................................... 1,225,759 dozen.
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\1\ Categories 332/432/632-T: baby socks: only HTS numbers 6111.20.6050,
6111.30.5050 and 6111.90.5050; within Category 632: only HTS number
6115.10.4000, 6115.10.5500, 6115.30.9010, 6115.96.6020, 6115.96.9020,
6115.99.1420, and 6115.99.1920.
\2\ Categories 332/432/632-B: baby socks: only HTS numbers 6111.10.6050,
6111.30.5050 and 6111.90.5050; within Category 632: only HTS numbers
6115.10.4000, 6115.10.5500, 6115.96.6020, 6115.96.9020, 6115.99.1420,
and 6115.99.1920.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
Janet E. Heinzen,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. E8-30691 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]