[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63025-63027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29905]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

November 27, 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 Indonesia 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), a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated 
November 1, 1996 between the Governments of the United States and 
Indonesia, and an exchange of notes dated December 10, 1997 and January 
9, 1998.
    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 certain 
limits 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. Certain limits 
have been reduced for carryforward that was applied to the 2001 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 27, 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; the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles 
and Clothing (ATC); a Memorandum of Understanding dated November 1, 
1996 between the Governments of the United States and Indonesia, and 
an exchange of notes dated December 10, 1997 and January 9, 1998, 
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, man-made fiber, silk blend and 
other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Indonesia 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
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Levels in Group I
200.......................................  1,198,235 kilograms.
219.......................................  13,310,481 square meters.
225.......................................  9,320,789 square meters.
300/301...................................  5,696,039 kilograms.

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313-O \1\.................................  24,151,725 square meters.
314-O \2\.................................  84,331,784 square meters.
315-O \3\.................................  38,318,793 square meters.
317-O \4\/617/326-O \5\...................  37,010,430 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             5,173,219 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 326-O.
331pt./631pt. \6\.........................  1,316,862 dozen pairs.
334/335...................................  311,446 dozen.
336/636...................................  822,942 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,591,012 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,959,373 dozen.
341.......................................  1,245,778 dozen.
342/642...................................  489,843 dozen.
345.......................................  569,777 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,155,312 dozen.
351/651...................................  636,796 dozen.
359-C/659-C \7\...........................  1,967,722 kilograms.
359-S/659-S \8\...........................  2,071,285 kilograms.
360.......................................  1,743,836 numbers.
361.......................................  1,743,836 numbers.
369-S \9\.................................  1,271,446 kilograms.
433.......................................  11,504 dozen.
443.......................................  85,344 numbers.
445/446...................................  60,769 dozen.
447.......................................  18,139 dozen.
448.......................................  21,019 dozen.
604-A \10\................................  935,466 kilograms.
611-O \11\................................  6,201,444 square meters.
613/614/615...............................  35,108,300 square meters.
618-O \12\................................  8,285,146 square meters.
619/620...................................  12,148,120 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629-O \13\................  39,183,798 square meters.
634/635...................................  391,875 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,037,751 dozen.
641.......................................  2,987,463 dozen.
643.......................................  460,861 numbers.
644.......................................  610,342 numbers.
645/646...................................  1,088,538 dozen.
647/648...................................  4,271,956 dozen.
Group II
201, 218, 220, 224, 226, 227, 237, 239pt.   108,765,392 square meters
 \14\, 332, 333, 352, 359-O \15\, 362,       equivalent.
 363, 369-O \16\, 400, 410, 414, 434, 435,
 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt. \17\,
 469pt. \18\, 603, 604-O \19\, 624, 633,
 652, 659-O \20\, 666pt. \21\, 845, 846
 and 852, as a group
Subgroup in Group II
400, 410, 414, 434, 435, 436, 438, 440,     3,012,212 square meters
 442, 444, 459pt. and 469pt., as a group     equivalent.
In Group II subgroup
435.......................................  50,253 dozen.
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\1\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
  and 5209.51.6032.
\2\Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\3\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\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 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; 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 359-C: only HTS numbers 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 659-C: only HTS numbers 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 and
  6211.43.0010.
\8\ Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; Category
  659-S: only HTS numbers 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 and 6211.12.1020.
\9\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\10\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
\11\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025
  and 5516.14.0085.
\12\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and
  5408.24.9040.
\13\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except
  5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.
\14\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\15\ 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); 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 (Category 359pt.).
\16\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-
  S); 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 (Category 369pt.).
\17\ 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 and 6406.99.1560.
\18\ 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.
\19\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-
  A).
\20\ 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); 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 (Category 659pt.).
\21\ 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.

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    Products in the above categories exported during 2001 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated November 15, 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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 01-29905 Filed 12-3-01; 8:45 am]
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