[Federal Register: December 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 250)]
[Notices]
[Page 79571]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Establishment of an Import Limit and a Sublimit for Certain Man-
Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Belarus
December 23, 2002.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the commissioner of customs establishing
a limit and a sublimit.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2003.
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 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
Web site 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 Bilateral Textile Memorandum of Understanding dated February
17, 2000, as extended on December 20, 2002, between the Governments of
the United States and Belarus establishes a limit and a sublimit for
Category 622 and Sub-Category 622-L, respectively, for the period
January 1, 2003 through January 31, 2003.
This limit and sublimit may be revised if Belarus becomes a member
of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the
WTO agreement to Belarus.
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner of Customs to establish the limit and sublimit. 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.
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 23, 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; you are directed to prohibit, effective
on January 1, 2003, entry into the United States for consumption and
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of glass fiber fabric
products in Category 622, produced or manufactured in Belarus and
exported during the one-month period beginning on January 1, 2003
and extending through January 31, 2003, in excess of 1,163,280
square meters of which not more than 101,155 square meters shall be
in Category 622-L \1\
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\1\ Category 622-L: only HTS numbers 7019.51.9010, 7019.52.4010,
7019.52.9010, 7019.59.4010, and 7019.59.9010.
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Products in the above category and sub-category exported during
2002 shall be charged to the applicable category limit and sublimit
for that year (see directive dated October 19, 2001) to the extent
of any unfilled balance. In the event the limit and sublimit
established for that period have been exhausted by previous entries,
such products shall be charged to the limit and sublimit set forth
in this directive.
The limit and sublimit set forth above are subject to adjustment
pursuant to the current bilateral agreement between the Governments
of the United States and Belarus.
This limit and sublimit may be revised if Belarus becomes a
member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States
applies the WTO agreement to Belarus.
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.
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,
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 02-32820 Filed 12-27-02; 8:45 am]