[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63030-63031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29908]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

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 Malaysia 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 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.
    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; 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 textiles and textile products and silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber apparel in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Malaysia and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 2002 and extending through December 31, 
2002, in excess of the following limits:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Fabric Group
218-220, 225-227, 313-326, 611-O \1\, 613/  176,479,316 square meters
 614/615/617, 619 and 620, as a group        equivalent.
Sublevels within the group
218.......................................  10,125,516 square meters.
219.......................................  49,052,499 square meters.
220.......................................  49,052,499 square meters.
225.......................................  49,052,499 square meters.
226.......................................  49,052,499 square meters.
227.......................................  49,052,499 square meters.
313.......................................  58,502,980 square meters.
314.......................................  70,383,508 square meters.
315.......................................  49,052,499 square meters.
317.......................................  49,052,499 square meters.
326.......................................  9,485,648 square meters.
611-O.....................................  5,691,389 square meters.
613/614/615/617...........................  56,306,809 square meters.
619.......................................  7,588,519 square meters.
620.......................................  9,485,648 square meters.
Other specific limits
200.......................................  426,987 kilograms.
237.......................................  574,510 dozen.
300/301...................................  4,528,684 kilograms.
331pt./631pt. \2\.........................  796,687 dozen pairs.
333/334/335...............................  356,472 dozen of which not
                                             more than 213,946 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 333.
336/636...................................  692,296 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,716,366 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,999,232 dozen.
341/641...................................  2,591,080 dozen of which not
                                             more than 924,369 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341.
342/642...................................  618,698 dozen.
345.......................................  237,988 dozen.
347/348...................................  727,399 dozen.

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351/651...................................  385,097 dozen.
363.......................................  6,032,871 numbers.
435.......................................  16,418 dozen.
438-W \3\.................................  13,436 dozen.
442.......................................  20,008 dozen.
445/446...................................  31,758 dozen.
604.......................................  1,985,726 kilograms.
634/635...................................  1,209,334 dozen.
638/639...................................  712,387 dozen.
645/646...................................  544,876 dozen.
647/648...................................  2,564,131 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,794,889 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 647-K
                                             \4\ and not more than
                                             1,794,889 dozen shall be in
                                             Category 648-K \5\
Group II
201, 224, 239pt \6\, 332, 352, 359pt. \7\,  26,226,560 square meters
 360-362, 369pt. \8\, 400-414, 433, 434,     equivalent.
 436, 438-O \9\, 440, 443, 444, 447, 448,
 459pt. \10\, 469pt. \11\, 603, 618, 624-
 629, 633, 643, 644, 652, 659pt. \12\,
 666pt. \13\, 845, 846 and 852, as a group
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\1\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025
  and 5516.14.0085.
\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.; 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.
\3\ Category 438-W: only HTS numbers 6104.21.0060, 6104.23.0020,
  6104.29.2051, 6106.20.1010, 6106.20.1020, 6106.90.1010, 6106.90.1020,
  6106.90.2520, 6106.90.3020, 6109.90.1540, 6109.90.8020, 6110.10.2080,
  6110.30.1560, 6110.90.9074 and 6114.10.0040.
\4\ Category 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,
  6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550,
  6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050,
  6112.19.1050, 6112.20,.1060 and 6113.00.9044.
\5\ Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,
  6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2006, 6104.63.2011,
  6104.63.2026, 6104.63.2028, 6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030,
  6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026, 6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070,
  6113.00.9052 and 6117.90.9070.
\6\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\7\ 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.
\8\  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.
\9\ Category 438-O: only HTS numbers 6103.21.0050, 6103.23.0025,
  6105.20.1000, 6105.90.1000, 6105.90.8020, 6109.90.1520, 6110.10.2070,
  6110.30.1550, 6110.90.9072, 6114.10.0020 and 6117.90.9025.
\10\ 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.
\11\ 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.
\12\ 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.
\13\ 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 the 
November 15, 2000 directive) 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. 01-29908 Filed 12-3-01; 8:45 am]
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