[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57426-57427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28638]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the 
Federative Republic of Brazil

November 9, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Brazil and exported during the period January 1, 2002 
through December 31, 2002 are based on limits notified to the Textiles 
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC).
    Pursuant to the provisions of the ATC, the third stage of the 
integration of textile and apparel products into the General Agreement 
on Tariffs and Trade 1994 will take place on January 1, 2002 (see 60 FR 
21075, published on May 1, 1995). Accordingly, certain previously 
restrained categories may have been modified or eliminated and certain 
limits may have been revised. Integrated products will no longer be 
subject to quota.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2002 limits.
    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). 
Information regarding the 2002 CORRELATION will be published in the 
Federal Register at a later date.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 9, 2001.

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; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective 
on January 1, 2002, entry into the United States for consumption and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-
made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Brazil and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 2002 and extending through December 31, 
2002, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Aggregate Limit
200-221, 224-227, 237, 239pt. \1\, 300-     666,232,724 square meters
 326, 331pt. \2\, 332-348, 351, 352,         equivalent.
 359pt. \3\, 360-363, 369pt. \4\, 400-430,
 433-438, 440-448, 459pt. \5\, 469pt. \6\,
 601-605, 608-620, 623-629, 631pt. \7\,
 633-648, 651-652, 659pt. \8\, 666pt. \9\,
 as a group
Sublevels within the aggregate
218.......................................  8,873,092 square meters.
219.......................................  32,394,670 square meters.
225.......................................  15,527,913 square meters.
300/301...................................  12,033,955 kilograms.
313.......................................  74,518,221 square meters.
314.......................................  12,200,505 square meters.
315.......................................  36,601,514 square meters.
317/326...................................  33,274,100 square meters.
334/335...................................  238,772 dozen.
336.......................................  132,654 dozen.
338/339/638/639...........................  2,387,731 dozen.
342/642...................................  703,052 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,724,472 dozen.
361.......................................  1,804,062 numbers.
363.......................................  38,503,041 numbers.
410/624...................................  17,746,188 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             2,867,356 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 410.
433.......................................  19,904 dozen.
445/446...................................  77,974 dozen.
604.......................................  842,377 kilograms of which
                                             not more than 643,818
                                             kilograms shall be in
                                             Category 604-A \10\.
647/648...................................  795,912 dozen.
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\2\  Category 331pt.: all HTS numbers except 6116.10.1720, 6116.10.4810,
  6116.10.5510, 6116.10.7510, 6116.92.6410, 6116.92.6420, 6116.92.6430,
  6116.92.6440, 6116.92.7450, 6116.92.7460, 6116.92.7470, 6116.92.8800,
  6116.92.9400 and 6116.99.9510.
\3\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.19.8010, 6117.10.6010,
  6117.20.9010, 6203.22.1000, 6204.22.1000, 6212.90.0010, 6214.90.0010,
  6406.99.1550, 6505.90.1525, 6505.90.1540, 6505.90.2060 and
  6505.90.2545.

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\4\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,
  4202.12.8060, 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500, 4202.22.8030, 4202.32.4000,
  4202.32.9530, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091, 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, 5805.00.3000, 5807.10.0510, 5807.90.0510, 6301.30.0010,
  6301.30.0020, 6302,51.1000, 6302.51.2000, 6302.51.3000, 6302.51.4000,
  6302.60.0010, 6302.60.0030, 6302.91.0005, 6302.91.0025, 6302.91.0045,
  6302.91.0050, 6302.91.0060, 6303.11.0000, 6303.91.0010, 6303.91.0020,
  6304.91.0020, 6304.92.0000, 6305.20.0000, 6306.11.0000, 6307.10.1020,
  6307.10.1090, 6307.90.3010, 6307.90.4010, 6307.90.5010, 6307.90.8910,
  6307.90.8945, 6307.90.9905, 6307.90.9982, 6406.10.7700, 9404.90.1000,
  9404.90.8040 and 9404.90.9505.
\5\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.19.8020, 6117.10.1000,
  6117.10.2010, 6117.20.9020, 6212.90.0020, 6214.20.0000, 6405.20.6030,
  6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505, 6406.99.1560.
\6\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010,
  6304.19.3040, 6304.91.0050, 6304.99.1500, 6304.99.6010, 6308.00.0010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\7\ Category 631pt.: all HTS numbers except 6116.10.1730, 6116.10.4820,
  6116.10.5520, 6116.10.7520, 6116.93.8800, 6116.93.9400, 6116.99.4800,
  6116.99.5400 and 6116.99.9530.
\8\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.11.0010, 6115.12.2000,
  6117.10.2030, 6117.20.9030, 6212.90.0030, 6214.30.0000, 6214.40.0000.
  6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540.
\9\ Category 666pt.: all HTS numbers except 5805.00.4010, 6301.10.0000,
  6301.40.0010, 6301.40.0020, 6301.90.0010, 6302.53.0010, 6302.53.0020,
  6302.53.0030, 6302.93.1000, 6302.93.2000, 6303.12.0000, 6303.19.0010,
  6303.92.1000, 6303.92.2010, 6303.92.2020, 6303.99.0010, 6304.11.2000,
  6304.19.1500, 6304.19.2000, 6304.91.0040, 6304.93.0000, 6304.99.6020,
  6307.90.9984, 9404.90.8522 and 9404.90.9522.
\10\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.

    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified 
to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
    Products in the above categories exported during 2001 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated October 27, 2000) to the extent of any unfilled 
balances. In the event the limits established for that period have 
been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged 
to the limits set forth in this directive.
    Products to be integrated into the General Agreement on Tariffs 
and Trade 1994 on January 1, 2002 (listed in the Federal Register 
notice published on May 1, 1995, 60 FR 21075) which are exported 
during 2001 shall be charged to the applicable 2001 limits to the 
extent of any unfilled balances. After January 1, 2002, should those 
2001 limits be filled, such products shall no longer be charged to 
any limit.
    The conversion factor for merged Categories 338/339/638/639 is 
10 (square meters equivalent/category unit).
    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 these actions fall 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. 01-28638 Filed 11-14-01; 8:45 am]
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