[Federal Register: March 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 58)]
[Notices]
[Page 15302-15303]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 the Federative Republic of Brazil
March 19, 2004.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection adjusting a limit.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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 Bureau of
Customs and Border Protection Web site at http://cbp.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);
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Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended.
The current limit for Category 363 is being increased for swing.
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 69 FR 4926, published on February 2, 2004). Also see 68
FR 63070, published on November 7, 2003.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
March 19, 2004.
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 November 3, 2003, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Brazil and
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1,
2004 and extends through December 31, 2004.
Effective on March 25, 2004, you are directed to increase the
current limit for Category 363 to 47,764,944 numbers \1\, as
provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing.
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\1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 2003.
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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has
determined that this action falls 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. E4-680 Filed 3-24-04; 8:45 am]