[Federal Register: November 14, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 220)]
[Notices]
[Page 57042-57043]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool,
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in Bahrain
November 8, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2002.
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 U.S. Customs
website at http://www.customs.ustreas.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 Bahrain and exported during the period January 1, 2002
through December 31, 2002 are based on limits notified to the Textiles
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC).
Pursuant to the provisions of the ATC, the third stage of the
integration of textile and apparel products into the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade 1994 will take place on January 1, 2002 (see 60 FR
21075, published on May 1, 1995). Accordingly, certain previously
restrained categories may have been modified or eliminated and certain
limits may have been revised. Integrated products will no longer be
subject to quota.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the limits for the 2002 period.
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 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000).
Information regarding the availability of the 2002 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
November 8, 2001.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, 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, 2002, entry into the United States for consumption and
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool, man-made
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products in the
following categories, produced or manufactured in Bahrain and
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2002
and extending through December 31, 2002, in excess of the following
levels of restraint:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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Group I
237, 239pt. \1\, 331pt. \2\, 332-336, 63,720,503 square meters
338, 339, 340-342, 345, 347, 348, 351, equivalent.
352, 359pt. \3\, 433-436, 438, 440,
442-448, 459pt. \4\, 631pt. \5\, 633-
636, 638, 639, 640-647, 648, 651, 652,
659pt. \6\, and 852, as a group.
Sublevels in Group I
338/339................................ 885,448 dozen.
340/640................................ 424,822 dozen of which not more
than 318,616 dozen shall be in
Categories 340-Y/640-Y \7\.
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\2\ Category 331pt.: all HTS numbers except 6116.10.1720, 6116.10.4810,
6116.10.5510, 6116.10.7510, 6116.92.6410, 6116.92.6420, 6116.92.6430,
6116.92.6440, 6116.92.7450, 6116.92.7460, 6116.92.7470, 6116.92.8800,
6116.92.9400 and 6116.99.9510.
\3\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.19.8010, 6117.10.6010,
6117.20.9010, 6203.22.1000, 6204.22.1000, 6212.90.0010, 6214.90.0010,
6406.99.1550, 6505.90.1525, 6505.90.1540, 6505.90.2060 and
6505.90.2545.
\4\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.19.8020, 6117.10.1000,
6117.10.2010, 6117.20.9020, 6212.90.0020, 6214.20.0000, 6405.20.6030,
6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\5\ Category 631pt.: all HTS numbers except 6116.10.1730, 6116.10.4820,
6116.10.5520, 6116.10.7520, 6116.93.8800, 6116.93.9400, 6116.99.4800,
6116.99.5400 and 6116.99.9530.
\6\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.11.0010, 6115.12.2000,
6117.10.2030, 6117.20.9030, 6212.90.0030, 6214.30.0000, 6214.40.0000,
6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540.
\7\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640Y: only HTS
numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.
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 2001 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated October 11, 2000) 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.
Products to be integrated into the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade 1994 on January 1, 2002 (listed in the Federal Register
notice published on May 1, 1995, 60 FR 21075) which are exported
during 2001 shall be charged to the applicable 2001 limits to the
extent of any unfilled balances. After January 1, 2002, should those
2001 limits be filled, such products shall no longer be charged to
any limit.
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of
Customs 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 to 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. 01-28507 Filed 11-13-01; 8:45 am]
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