[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59577-59578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29629]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-
Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in India

November 23, 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: 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in India 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 have been modified or eliminated and a limit has 
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,

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published on December 28, 2000). Information regarding the 2002 
CORRELATION will be published in the Federal Register at a later date.

Jim Bennett,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 23, 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, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products 
in the following categories, produced or manufactured in India 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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Levels in Group I
218.......................................  21,586,018 square meters.
219.......................................  94,504,814 square meters.
313.......................................  57,756,193 square meters.
314.......................................  11,250,573 square meters.
315.......................................  18,896,455 square meters.
317.......................................  50,864,710 square meters.
326.......................................  11,560,163 square meters.
334/634...................................  201,096 dozen.
335/635...................................  895,277 dozen.
336/636...................................  1,290,776 dozen.
338/339...................................  5,009,403 dozen.
340/640...................................  2,688,391 dozen.
341.......................................  5,376,759 dozen of which not
                                             more than 3,226,053 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341-Y
                                             \1\.
342/642...................................  1,812,939 dozen.
345.......................................  288,577 dozen.
347/348...................................  928,446 dozen.
351/651...................................  383,220 dozen.
363.......................................  67,457,452 numbers.
369-S \2\.................................  1,023,174 kilograms.
641.......................................  2,110,724 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,225,678 dozen.
Group II
200, 201, 220, 224-227, 237, 239pt. \3\,    143,071,068 square meters
 300, 301, 331pt. \4\, 332, 333, 352,        equivalent.
 359pt. \5\, 360-362, 603, 604, 611-620,
 624-629, 631pt. \6\, 633, 638, 639, 643-
 646, 652, 659pt. \7\, 666pt. \8\, 845,
 846 and 852, as a group
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\1\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
\2\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\3\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\4\ Category 331pt.: all HTS numbers except 6116.10.4810, 6116.10.1720,
  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.
\5\ 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.
\6\ 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.
\7\ 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.
\8\ 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.

    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 December 13, 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.
    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,
Jim Bennett,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 01-29629 Filed 11-28-01; 8:45 am]
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