[Federal Register: September 4, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 171)]
[Notices]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in Colombia
August 28, 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: September 5, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 4824212. 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) 9275850, or refer to the U.S. Customs
Web site at http://www.customs.gov. For information on embargoes and
quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel Web site
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.
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing the
limit for Category 443 for carryforward.
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 57044, published on November 14, 2001.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
August 28, 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 8, 2001, by the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and wool textile
products, produced or manufactured in Colombia and exported during
the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2002 and extends
through December 31, 2002.
Effective on September 5, 2002, you are directed to increase the
current limit for Category 443 to 154,453 dozen \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, 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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 02-22424 Filed 9302; 8:45 a.m.
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