[Federal Register: November 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 218)]
[Notices]
[Page 68572-68573]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan
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.ustreas.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 Pakistan 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.
Carryforward that has been applied to the 2002 limits is being
deducted from 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 availability of the 2003 CORRELATION will be
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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 and man-made
fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or
manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 2003 and extending through December 31,
2003, in excess of the following limits:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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Specific limits ............................
219....................................... 13,954,600 square meters.
226/313................................... 188,607,522 square meters.
237....................................... 678,700 dozen.
239pt. \1\................................ 2,931,125 kilograms.
314....................................... 10,148,798 square meters.
315....................................... 120,194,128 square meters.
317/617................................... 54,537,940 square meters.
331pt./631pt. \2\......................... 1,022,761 dozen pairs.
334/634................................... 461,009 dozen.
335/635................................... 711,937 dozen.
336/636................................... 814,442 dozen.
338....................................... 6,812,771 dozen.
339....................................... 2,307,030 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,085,922 dozen of which not
more than 407,220 dozen
shall be in Categories 340-
D/640-D \3\.
341/641................................... 1,404,911 dozen.
342/642................................... 604,660 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,278,241 dozen.
351/651................................... 591,218 dozen.
352/652................................... 1,285,258 dozen.
359-C/659-C \4\........................... 2,443,324 kilograms.
360....................................... 8,258,650 numbers.
361....................................... 9,603,080 numbers.
363....................................... 63,368,762 numbers.
369-S \5\................................. 1,177,195 kilograms.
613/614................................... 37,346,020 square meters.
615....................................... 39,729,801 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629....................... 122,191,123 square meters of
which not more than
61,095,563 square meters
shall be in Category 625;
not more than 61,095,563
square meters shall be in
Category 626; not more than
61,095,563 square meters
shall be in Category 627;
not more than 12,640,462
square meters shall be in
Category 628; and not more
than 61,095,563 square
meters shall be in Category
629.
638/639................................... 816,663 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,548,362 dozen.
666-P \6\................................. 1,130,546 kilograms.
666-S \7\................................. 5,985,245 kilograms.
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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; 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.
\3\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers
6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030
and 6205.90.4030.
\4\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,
6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,
6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and
6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,
6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,
6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,
6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,
6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and
6211.43.0010.
\5\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\6\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,
6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and
6302.32.2020.
\7\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,
6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and
6302.32.2040.
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 December 4, 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.02-28636 Filed 11-8-02; 8:45 am]