[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63036-63037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29914]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

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 Thailand 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, man-made 
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
Thailand and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on 
January 1, 2002 and extending through December 31, 2002.

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Level not in a Group
239pt. \1\................................  2,596,494 kilograms.
Levels in Group I
200.......................................  1,694,632 kilograms.
218.......................................  25,667,876 square meters.
219.......................................  9,038,048 square meters.
300.......................................  6,778,536 kilograms.
301-P \2\.................................  6,778,536 kilograms.
301-O \3\.................................  1,355,710 kilograms.
313-O \4\.................................  31,633,166 square meters.
314-O \5\.................................  72,304,377 square meters.
315-O \6\.................................  45,190,235 square meters.
317-O/326-O \7\...........................  18,971,298 square meters.
363.......................................  29,373,653 numbers.
369-S \8\.................................  451,902 kilograms.
604.......................................  1,057,298 kilograms of which
                                             not more than 677,853
                                             kilograms shall be in
                                             Category 604-A \9\.
611-O \10\................................  13,807,176 square meters.
613/614/615...............................  68,296,669 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             39,767,408 square meters
                                             shall be in Categories 613/
                                             615 and not more than
                                             39,767,408 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 614.
617.......................................  24,662,685 square meters.
619.......................................  10,167,802 square meters.
620.......................................  10,167,802 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629.......................  19,919,861 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             15,816,582 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625.
Group II
237, 331pt.\11\, 332-348, 351, 352, 359pt.  387,228,301 square meters
 \12\, 433-438, 440, 442-448, 459pt. \13\,   equivalent.
 631pt. \14\ 633-648, 651, 652, 659-H
 \15\, 659pt. \16\, 845, 846 and 852, as a
 group
Sublevels in Group II
331pt./631pt..............................  742,838 dozen pairs.
334/634...................................  881,210 dozen.
335/635...................................  683,151 dozen.
336/636...................................  451,902 dozen.
338/339...................................  2,427,341 dozen.
340.......................................  406,713 dozen.
341/641...................................  960,293 dozen.
342/642...................................  836,020 dozen.
345.......................................  429,308 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,153,345 dozen.
351/651...................................  338,926 dozen.
659-H.....................................  1,807,218 kilograms.
433.......................................  10,253 dozen.
434.......................................  12,657 dozen.
435.......................................  57,512 dozen.
438.......................................  18,984 dozen.
442.......................................  22,046 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,860,795 dozen.
640.......................................  745,637 dozen.
645/646...................................  451,902 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,608,772 dozen.
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\2\ Category 301-P: only HTS numbers 5206.21.0000, 5206.22.0000,
  5206.23.0000, 5206.24.0000, 5206.25.0000, 5206.41.0000, 5206.42.0000,
  5206.43.0000, 5206.44.0000 and 5206.45.0000.

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\3\ Category 301-O: only HTS numbers 5205.21.0020, 5205.21.0090,
  5205.22.0020, 5205.22.0090, 5205.23.0020, 5205.23.0090, 5205.24.0020,
  5205.24.0090, 5205.26.0020, 5205.26.0090, 5205.27.0020, 5205.27.0090,
  5205.28.0020, 5205.28.0090, 5205.41.0020, 5205.41.0090, 5205.42.0020,
  5205.42.0090, 5205.43.0020, 5205.43.0090, 5205.44.0020, 5205.44.0090,
  5205.46.0020, 5205.46.0090, 5205.47.0020, 5205.47.0090, 5205.48.0020
  and 5205.48.0090.
\4\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
  and 5209.51.6032.
\5\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\6\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\7\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085; Category 326-O:
  all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015 and 5211.59.0015.
\8\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\9\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
\10\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025
  and 5516.14.0085.
\11\ Categories 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.
\12\ 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.
\13\ 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 and 6406.99.1560.
\14\ 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.
\15\ 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.
\16\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 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.

    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 
directives 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 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.
    The conversion factors for Category 659-H and merged Categories 
638/639 are 11.5 and 12.96, respectively.
    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. 01-29914 Filed 12-3-01; 8:45 am]
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