[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63033-63034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29910]


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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 Produced or 
Manufactured in Romania

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.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 Romania and exported during the period January 1, 2002 
through December 31, 2002 are based on the limits notified to the 
Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
    These limits do not apply to goods entered under the Outward 
Processing Program, as defined in the notice and letter to the 
Commissioner of Customs published in the Federal Register on December 
14, 1999 (see 64 FR 69746).
    Any shipment for entry under the Outward Processing Program which 
is not accompanied by valid certification in accordance with the 
provisions established in the notice and letter to the Commissioner of 
Customs, published in the Federal Register on December 14, 1999 (see 64 
FR 69744), shall be denied entry. However, the Government of Romania 
may authorize the entry and charges to the appropriate specific limits 
by the issuance of a valid visa. Also see 49 FR 493, as amended, 
published on January 4, 1984.
    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, and a previously restrained category has 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 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 in the following 
categories, produced or manufactured in Romania 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 limit
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313.......................................  2,899,725 square meters.
314.......................................  2,174,794 square meters.
315.......................................  5,233,646 square meters.
333.......................................  207,232 dozen.
334.......................................  501,022 dozen.
335.......................................  257,485 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,133,143 dozen.
340.......................................  494,611 dozen.
341.......................................  200,862 dozen.
347/348...................................  884,405 dozen.
352.......................................  315,275 dozen.
359pt. \1\................................  1,130,885 kilograms.
360.......................................  2,922,519 numbers.
361.......................................  1,948,347 numbers.
369pt. \2\................................  428,581 kilograms.
410.......................................  183,962 square meters.
433/434...................................  10,189 dozen.
435.......................................  10,658 dozen.
442.......................................  12,343 dozen.
443.......................................  95,220 numbers.
444.......................................  44,888 numbers.
447/448...................................  24,754 dozen.
604.......................................  1,756,083 kilograms.
638/639...................................  1,103,357 dozen.
640.......................................  151,748 dozen.
647/648...................................  261,947 dozen.
666pt. \3\................................  199,327 kilograms.
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\1\ 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.
\2\  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.
\3\ 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 5, 2000) to the extent of any unfilled 
balances. In the event

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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.
    These limits do not apply to goods entered under the Outward 
Processing Program, as defined in the letter to the Commissioner of 
Customs, dated December 8, 1999 (see 64 FR 69746).
    Any shipment for entry under the Outward Processing Program 
which is not accompanied by a valid certification in accordance with 
the provisions established in the letter to the Commissioner of 
Customs, dated December 9, 1999 (see 64 FR 69744), shall be denied 
entry. However, the Government of Romania may authorize the entry 
and charges to the appropriate specific limits by the issuance of a 
valid visa. Also see directive dated December 29, 1983, as amended, 
(49 FR 493). Any shipment which is declared for entry under the 
Outward Processing Program but found not to qualify shall be denied 
entry into the United States.
    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).
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
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