[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63034-63035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29912]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Singapore

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 Singapore 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, a previously restrained 
category has been eliminated and certain categories have been modified 
and their 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 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 textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Singapore 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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237.......................................  356,306 dozen.
239pt. \1\................................  243,980 kilograms.
331pt. \2\................................  83,227 dozen pairs.
334.......................................  89,829 dozen.
335.......................................  270,206 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,867,662 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,091,479 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 338
                                             and not more than 1,213,589
                                             dozen shall be in Category
                                             339.
340.......................................  1,307,086 dozen.
341.......................................  328,668 dozen.
342.......................................  202,256 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,264,512 dozen of which not
                                             more than 790,318 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 347
                                             and not more than 614,694
                                             dozen shall be in Category
                                             348.
435.......................................  7,350 dozen.
604.......................................  1,131,213 kilograms.
631pt. \3\................................  503,927 dozen pairs.
634.......................................  342,950 dozen.
635.......................................  350,954 dozen.
638.......................................  1,259,602 dozen.
639.......................................  4,015,193 dozen.
640.......................................  278,659 dozen.
641.......................................  454,523 dozen.
642.......................................  472,478 dozen.
645/646...................................  193,191 dozen.
647.......................................  799,624 dozen.
648.......................................  1,650,312 dozen.
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\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.
\3\ 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.

    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 October 27, 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

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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. 01-29912 Filed 12-3-01; 8:45 am]
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