[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63038-63040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29916]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured 
in the United Arab Emirates

November 27, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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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 the United Arab Emirates 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 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 limits for the 2002 period. The 
2002 levels for Categories 315 and 361 are zero.
    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 notices 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 and man-made 
fiber textiles and textile products in the following categories, 
produced or manufactured in the United Arab Emirates 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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219.......................................  1,836,053 square meters.
226/313...................................  3,139,695 square meters.
315.......................................  -0-
317.......................................  50,649,664 square meters.
326.......................................  2,963,877 square meters.
334/634...................................  374,182 dozen.
335/635...................................  241,044 dozen.
336/636...................................  324,290 dozen.
338/339...................................  925,479 dozen of which not
                                             more than 616,985 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S \1\.
340/640...................................  573,747 dozen.
341/641...................................  502,404 dozen.
342/642...................................  399,131 dozen.
347/348...................................  687,499 dozen of which not
                                             more than 343,749 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 347-
                                             T/348-T \2\.
351/651...................................  286,874 dozen.
352.......................................  528,847 dozen.
361.......................................  -0-
363.......................................  9,879,589 numbers.
369-O \3\.................................  120,706 kilograms.
369-S \4\.................................  137,525 kilograms.
638/639...................................  374,182 dozen.
647/648...................................  536,329 dozen.
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\1\ 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.
\2\ 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.
\3\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-
  S); 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 (Category 369pt.).
\4\ 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 November 2, 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. 01-29916 Filed 12-3-01; 8:45 am]
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