[Federal Register: October 24, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 206)]
[Notices]
[Page 65339-65340]
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 Cotton and
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Bangladesh
October 18, 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
website at http://www.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 Bangladesh and exported during the period January 1,
2003 through December 31, 2003 are based on the 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 limits for the 2003 period.
Certain 2003 limits have been reduced for carryforward applied to the
2001 limits. Also, special carryforward that was applied to the 2002
limit for Category 347/348, in the amount of 175,230 dozen, is being
deducted as 525,690 dozen from the 2003 limit, reflecting the 3:1
payback penalty.
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 18, 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 Bangladesh 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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237....................................... 782,722 dozen.
331pt. \1\................................ 184,031 dozen pairs.
334....................................... 252,195 dozen.
335....................................... 428,749 dozen.
336/636................................... 767,257 dozen.
338/339................................... 2,222,663 dozen.
340/640................................... 5,024,468 dozen.
341....................................... 4,334,870 dozen.
342/642................................... 720,146 dozen.
347/348................................... 3,220,394 dozen.
351/651................................... 1,207,941 dozen.
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352/652................................... 17,063,426 dozen.
363....................................... 42,631,995 numbers
369-S \2\................................. 2,857,654 kilograms.
634....................................... 835,419 dozen.
635....................................... 541,253 dozen.
638/639................................... 2,818,745 dozen.
641....................................... 1,742,878 dozen.
645/646................................... 665,210 dozen.
647/648................................... 2,356,029 dozen.
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\1\ 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.
\2\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
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 21, 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.
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,
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 02-27090 Filed 10-23-02; 8:45 am]
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