[Federal Register: April 28, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 81)]
[Notices]
[Page 22361-22362]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made
Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in
Indonesia
April 22, 2003.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 28, 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 Bureau of
Customs and Border Protection 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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted for
carryforward used, swing, special shift and the adjustment allowed to
certain apparel categories for traditional folklore products made of
hand-loomed fabric.
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 68 FR 1599, published on January 13, 2003). Also see 67
FR 63627, published on October 15, 2002.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
April 22, 2003.
Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,
the directive issued to you on October 8, 2002, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber,
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,
produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2003 and extends
through December 31, 2003.
Effective on April 28, 2003, you are directed to adjust the
limits for the categories listed below, as provided for under the
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
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Twelve-month restraint limit
Category \1\
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Levels in Group I ...............................
219.................................... 14,644,198 square meters.
313-O \2\.............................. 28,310,118 square meters.
314-O \3\.............................. 88,292,290 square meters.
315-O \4\.............................. 35,870,611 square meters.
317-O \5\/617/326-O \6\................ 30,793,601 square meters of
which not more than 6,072,930
square meters shall be in
Category 326-O.
334/335................................ 377,330 dozen.
336/636................................ 1,081,993 dozen.
338/339................................ 1,120,093 dozen.
340/640................................ 2,443,874 dozen.
341.................................... 1,618,606 dozen.
342/642................................ 612,970 dozen.
345.................................... 715,692 dozen.
347/348................................ 2,950,087 dozen.
351/651................................ 796,860 dozen.
359-S/659-S \7\........................ 2,461,151 kilograms.
433.................................... 12,338 dozen.
443.................................... 91,534 numbers.
447.................................... 19,397 dozen.
448.................................... 23,883 dozen.
611-O \8\.............................. 4,886,642 square meters.
613/614/615............................ 33,987,416 square meters.
618-O \9\.............................. 7,200,572 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629-O \10\............. 42,162,898 square meters.
634/635................................ 490,376 dozen.
638/639................................ 2,789,177 dozen.
641.................................... 3,858,707 dozen.
644.................................... 727,932 numbers.
647/648................................ 5,092,740 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 2002.
\2\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
and 5209.51.6032.
\3\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\4\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\5\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\6\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
and 5211.59.0015.
\7\ Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,
6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; Category
659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,
6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020,
6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.
\8\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025
and 5516.14.0085.
\9\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and
5408.24.9040.
\10\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except
5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.
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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 03-10361 Filed 4-25-03; 8:45 am]