[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63031-63033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29909]


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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 the 
Philippines

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: 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.ustreas.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 the Philippines 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 and their limits have been 
revised. Certain other previously

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restrained categories have been eliminated. 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 availability of 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 the Philippines 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:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Levels in Group I
237.......................................  2,536,947 dozen.
331pt./631pt. \1\.........................  2,258,500 dozen pairs.
333/334...................................  397,417 dozen of which not
                                             more than 57,054 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 333.
335.......................................  258,679 dozen.
336.......................................  941,351 dozen.
338/339...................................  2,804,331 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,245,287 dozen.
341/641...................................  1,123,714 dozen.
342/642...................................  814,222 dozen.
345.......................................  242,473 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,852,582 dozen.
351/651...................................  888,070 dozen.
352/652...................................  3,487,683 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  1,206,576 kilograms.
361.......................................  2,711,415 numbers.
369-S \3\.................................  614,610 kilograms.
433.......................................  3,572 dozen.
443.......................................  43,189 numbers.
445/446...................................  29,499 dozen.
447.......................................   8,201 dozen.
611.......................................  8,137,171 square meters.
633.......................................  52,464 dozen.
634.......................................  650,938 dozen.
635.......................................  392,295 dozen.
636.......................................  2,453,219 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,880,811 dozen.
643.......................................  1,253,149 numbers.
645/646...................................  1,016,713 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,721,220 dozen.
659-H \4\.................................  2,021,422 kilograms.
Group II
200-220, 224-227, 300-326, 332, 359pt.      191,448,987 square meters
 \5\, 360, 362, 363, 369pt. \6\, 400-414,    equivalent.
 434-438, 442, 444, 448, 459pt. \7\,
 469pt. \8\, 603, 604, 613-620, 624-629,
 644, 659-O \9\, 666pt. \10\, 845, 846 and
 852, as a group.
Sublevel in Group II
604.......................................  2,874,614 kilograms.
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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 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.
\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\4\ Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,
  6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and
  6505.90.8090.
\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 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.
\7\ 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.
\8\ 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.
\9\ 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); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,
  6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H);
  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.).
\10\ 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, administrative arrangements notified to 
the Textiles Monitoring Body and a Memorandum of Understanding dated 
August 19, 1998 between the Governments of the United States and the 
Republic of the Philippines.
    Products in the above categories exported during 2001 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated November 14, 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

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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. 01-29909 Filed 12-3-01; 8:45 am]
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