[Federal Register: November 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 218)]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-
Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile
Products Produced or Manufactured in India
November 1, 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: Ross Arnold, 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
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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or
manufactured in India and exported during the period January 1, 2003
through December 31, 2003 are based on limits notified to the Textiles
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC).
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2003 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 66 FR 65178, published on December 18, 2001).
Information regarding 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
November 1, 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 Uruguay Round Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective
on January 1, 2003, entry into the United States for consumption and
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, man-made fiber,
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products
in the following categories, produced or manufactured in India 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 restraint limit
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Levels in Group I ............................
218....................................... 24,368,564 square meters.
219....................................... 104,946,651 square meters.
313....................................... 65,201,255 square meters.
314....................................... 12,493,649 square meters.
315....................................... 20,984,324 square meters.
317....................................... 54,611,405 square meters.
326....................................... 12,411,685 square meters.
334/634................................... 223,315 dozen.
335/635................................... 994,196 dozen.
336/636................................... 1,445,279 dozen.
338/339................................... 5,378,396 dozen.
340/640................................... 2,935,925 dozen.
341....................................... 5,772,811 dozen of which not
more than 3,463,684 dozen
shall be in Category 341-Y
\1\.
342/642................................... 2,013,251 dozen.
345....................................... 325,776 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,048,127 dozen.
351/651................................... 425,562 dozen.
363....................................... 76,153,055 numbers.
369-S \2\................................. 1,136,224 kilograms.
641....................................... 2,343,938 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,361,103 dozen.
Group II ............................
200, 201, 220, 224-227, 237, 239pt. \3\, 161,513,644 square meters
300, 301, 331pt. \4\, 332, 333, 352, equivalent.
359pt. \5\, 360-362, 603, 604, 611-620,
624-629, 631pt. \6\, 633, 638, 639, 643-
646, 652, 659pt. \7\, 666pt. \8\, 845,
846 and 852, as a group
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\1\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
\2\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\3\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\4\ 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.
\5\ 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.
\6\ 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.
\7\ 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.
\8\ Category 666pt.: all HTS numbers except 5805.00.4010, 6301.10.0000,
6301.40.0010, 6301.40.0020, 6301.90.0010, 6302.53.0010, 6302.53.0020,
6302.53.0030, 6302.93.1000, 6302.93.2000, 6303.12.0000, 6303.19.0010,
6303.92.1000, 6303.92.2010, 6303.92.2020, 6303.99.0010, 6304.11.2000,
6304.19.1500, 6304.19.2000, 6304.91.0040, 6304.93.0000, 6304.99.6020,
6307.90.9884, 9404.90.8522 and 9404.90.9522.
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 2002 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated November 23, 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. 02-28630 Filed 11-8-02; 8:45 am]