[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63027-63028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29906]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits and Guaranteed Access 
Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber and Other Vegetable 
Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Jamaica

November 27, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits and guaranteed access levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2002.

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 
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 and Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Jamaica 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).
    These specific limits and guaranteed access levels do not apply to 
goods that qualify for quota-free entry under the Trade and Development 
Act of 2000.
    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, a previously restrained 
category has been modified and its 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 limits and guaranteed access 
levels for the period January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.
    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.
    Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are 
available in Federal Register notice 63 FR 16474, published on April 3, 
1998.

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; 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, man-made 
fiber and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the 
following categories, produced or manufactured in Jamaica 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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331pt./631pt. \1\.........................  1,000,691 dozen pairs.
338/339/638/639...........................  1,975,563 dozen.
340/640...................................  923,825 dozen of which not
                                             more than 781,698 dozen
                                             shall be in shirts made
                                             from fabrics with two or
                                             more colors in the warp and/
                                             or the filling in
                                             Categories 340-Y/640-Y \2\.
341/641...................................  1,160,041 dozen.
345/845...................................  286,245 dozen.
347/348/647/648...........................  2,132,374 dozen.
352/652...................................  3,186,167 dozen.
445/446...................................  56,829 dozen.
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\1\ 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.
\2\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS
  numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.

    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 November 28, 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.
    Also pursuant to the ATC; and under the terms of the Special 
Access Program, as set forth in 63 FR 16474 (April 3, 1998), you are 
directed to establish guaranteed access levels for properly 
certified cotton, wool, man-made fiber and other vegetable fiber 
textile products in the following categories which are assembled in 
Jamaica from fabric formed and cut in the United States and re-
exported to the United States from Jamaica during the twelve-month 
period which begins on January 1, 2002 and extends through December 
31, 2002:

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                Category                     Guaranteed access Level
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331pt./631pt. \1\......................  1,320,000 dozen pairs.
336/636................................  125,000 dozen.
338/339/638/639........................  1,500,000 dozen.
340/640................................  300,000 dozen.

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341/641................................  375,000 dozen.
342/642................................  200,000 dozen.
345/845................................  50,000 dozen.
347/348/647/648........................  2,000,000 dozen.
352/652................................  10,500,000 dozen.
447....................................  30,000 dozen.
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    Any shipment for entry under the Special Access Program which is 
not accompanied by a valid and correct certification in accordance 
with the provisions of the certification requirements established in 
the directive of February 19, 1987 (52 FR 6049) shall be denied 
entry unless the Government of Jamaica authorizes the entry and any 
charges to the appropriate specific limits. Any shipment which is 
declared for entry under the Special Access Program but found not to 
qualify shall be denied entry into the United States.
    These specific limits and guaranteed access levels do not apply 
to goods that qualify for quota-free entry under the Trade and 
Development Act of 2000.
    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 U.S.C.553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc.01-29906 Filed 12-3-01; 8:45 am]
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