[Federal Register: October 16, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 200)]
[Notices]
[Page 63898-63899]
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 Wool Textile
Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine
October 9, 2002.
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, 2003.
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 U.S. Customs
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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of July 22, 1998, as amended and
extended by exchange of notes on September 19, 2000 and January 15,
2001, between the Governments of the United States and Ukraine
establishes limits for certain wool textile products, produced or
manufactured in Ukraine and exported during the period beginning on
January 1, 2003 and extending through December 31, 2003.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2003 limits.
These limits may be revised if Ukraine becomes a member of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO
agreement to Ukraine.
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 66 FR 65178, published on December 18, 2001).
Information regarding the availability of the 2003 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
October 9, 2002.
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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of
July 22, 1998, as amended and extended by exchange of notes on
September 19, 2000 and January 15, 2001, between the Governments of
the United States and Ukraine, you are directed to prohibit,
effective on January 1, 2003, entry into the United States for
consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool
textile products in the following categories, produced or
manufactured in Ukraine and exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 2003 and extending through December 31,
2003, in excess of the following levels of restraint:
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Category Twelve-month limit
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435....................................... 99,478 dozen.
442....................................... 16,561 dozen.
444....................................... 71,766 numbers.
448....................................... 71,766 dozen.
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The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to
the current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the
United States and Ukraine.
These limits may be revised if Ukraine becomes a member of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO
agreement to Ukraine.
Products in the above categories exported during 2002 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated November 29, 2001) 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.
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 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. 02-26317 Filed 10-15-02; 8:45 am]
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