[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54753-54754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27219]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia

October 24, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 30, 2001.

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.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 
swing, special shift, carryforward and the recrediting of unused 
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 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000). Also see 
65 FR 69911, published on November 21, 2000.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 24, 2001.

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 15, 2000, 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, 2001 and extends 
through December 31, 2001.
    Effective on October 30, 2001, 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
                 Category                             limit \1\
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Levels in Group I                           ............................
219.......................................  12,167,650 square meters.
313-O \2\.................................  24,079,690 square meters.
314-O \3\.................................  72,895,964 square meters.
317-O \4\/326-O \5\/617...................  32,687,988 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             5,220,052 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 326-O.
331/631...................................  3,458,408 dozen pairs.
334/335...................................  344,963 dozen.
340/640...................................  2,208,129 dozen.
341.......................................  1,256,446 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,512,951 dozen.
351/651...................................  742,461 dozen.
360.......................................  1,875,823 numbers.
361.......................................  1,915,696 numbers.
433.......................................  13,223 dozen.
445/446...................................  67,214 dozen.
447.......................................  20,661 dozen.
448.......................................  24,096 dozen.
604-A \6\.................................  1,029,418 kilograms.
613/614/615...............................  29,092,809 square meters.
618-O \7\.................................  4,781,490 square meters.
619/620...................................  12,429,273 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629-O \8\.................  28,816,191 square meters.
638/639...................................  1,980,060 dozen.
641.......................................  3,355,774 dozen.
643.......................................  444,057 numbers.
645/646...................................  1,158,288 dozen.
Group II
201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 237,      146,249,008 square meters
 239pt. \9\, 332, 333, 352, 359-O \10\,      equivalent.
 362, 363, 369-O \11\, 400, 410, 414, 431,
 434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt.
 \12\, 464, 469pt. \13\, 603, 604-O \14\,
 606, 607, 621, 622, 624, 633, 649, 652,
 659-O \15\, 666, 669-O \16\, 670-O \17\,
 831, 833-836, 838, 840, 842-846, 850-852,
 858 and 859pt. \18\, as a group.
Subgroup in Group II
400, 410, 414, 431, 434, 435, 436, 438,     3,308,326 square meters
 440, 442, 444, 459pt., 464 and 469pt., as   equivalent.
 a group
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2000.
\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 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\5\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
  and 5211.59.0015.
\6\  Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
\7\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and
  5408.24.9040.
\8\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except
  5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.
\9\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\10\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and
  6211.42.0010 (Category 359-C); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020 (Category
  359-S) and 6406.99.1550 (Category 359pt.).

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\11\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-
  S); 5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020,
  5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020, 5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000,
  5702.99.1010, 5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020 and 6406.10.7700 (Category
  369pt.).
\12\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
  6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\13\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\14\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-
  A).
\15\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020,
  6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030,
  6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010,
  6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010,
  6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-
  C); 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,
  6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S); 6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540 (Category
  659pt.).
\16\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);
  5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and
  6406.10.9040 (Category 669pt.).
\17\  Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907 (Category
  670-L).
\18\ Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers 6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020,
  6212.10.5030, 6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030, 6212.90.0090,
  6214.10.2000 and 6214.90.0090.

    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.01-27219 Filed 10-29-01; 8:45 am]
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