[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63037-63038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29915]


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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 the 
Republic of Turkey

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: Roy Unger, 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 Turkey 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 certain 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 textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Turkey and exported during the period January 1, 
2002 through December 31, 2002, in excess of the following levels of 
restraint:

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                 Category                          Restraint limit
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Fabric Group
219, 313-O \1\, 314-O \2\, 315-O \3\, 317-  250,805,808 square meters of
 O \4\, 326-O \5\, 617, 625/626/627/628/     which not more than
 629, as a group                             57,314,241 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 219;
                                             not more than 70,050,738
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 313-O; not more
                                             than 40,756,793 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             314-O; not more than
                                             54,766,944 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 315-O;
                                             not more than 57,314,241
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 317-O; not more
                                             than 6,368,247 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             326-O, and not more than
                                             38,209,497 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 617.
Sublevel in Fabric Group
625/626/627/628/629.......................  25,800,964 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             10,320,384 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625;
                                             not more than 10,320,384
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             10,320,384 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 627;
                                             not more than 10,320,384
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 628; and not more
                                             than 10,320,384 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.
Limits not in a group
200.......................................  2,418,310 kilograms.
300/301...................................  11,774,577 kilograms.
335.......................................  508,390 dozen.
336/636...................................  1,197,541 dozen.
338/339/638/639...........................  7,456,388 dozen of which not
                                             more than 6,710,750 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S/638-S/639-S \6\.
340/640...................................  1,993,889 dozen of which not
                                             more than 567,087 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             Y/640-Y \7\.
341/641...................................  1,969,058 dozen of which not
                                             more than 689,171 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 341-
                                             Y/641-Y \8\.
342/642...................................  1,333,112 dozen.
347/348...................................  7,253,032 dozen of which not
                                             more than 2,522,919 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 347-
                                             T/348-T \9\.
351/651...................................  1,208,839 dozen.
352/652...................................  4,136,198 dozen.
361.......................................  2,541,952 numbers.
369-S \10\................................  2,627,894 kilograms.
410/624...................................  1,173,610 square meters of
                                             which not more than 821,528
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 410.
448.......................................  40,270 dozen.
604.......................................  3,033,361 kilograms.
611.......................................  75,885,184 square meters.
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\1\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
  and 5209.51.6032.
\2\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\3\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\4\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\5\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
  and 5211.59.0015.
\6\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
  6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
  6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category
  339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010
  and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
  6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS
  numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and
  6109.90.1070.
\7\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS
  numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.
\8\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054; Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers
  6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.
\9\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,
  6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,
  6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,
  6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,
  6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and
  6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,
  6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011,
  6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042,
  6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034,
  6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,
  6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010. 6210.50.9060,
  6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.
\10\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

    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 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. 01-29915 Filed 12-3-01; 8:45 am]
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