[Federal Register: October 2, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 191)]
[Notices]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in Bangladesh
September 30, 2002.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting a
limit.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 2002.
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 this
limit, 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://www.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 Governments of the United States and the People's Republic of
Bangladesh have agreed to increase the 2002 limit for Category 347/348
by 175,230 dozen special carryforward. For every dozen of this special
carryforwared that is used, three dozen will be deducted from the 2003
limit for Category 347/348, up to a maximum of 525,690 dozen. This will
reopen the current limit effective on October 2, 2002.
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). Also see
66 FR 59409, published on November 28, 2001.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
September 30, 2002.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,
the directive issued to you on November 21, 2001, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber
textile products, produced or manufactured in Bangladesh and
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1,
2002 and extends through December 31, 2002.
Effective on October 2, 2002, you are directed to increase the
current limit for Categories 347/348 to 3,949,163 dozen \1\.
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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 2001.
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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that this action falls 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. 02-25116 Filed 9-30-02; 10:40 a.m.
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