[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 11104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5879]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

March 6, 2002.  
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 12, 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.

    A package of apparel benefits has been granted to the Government of 
Pakistan, and is laid out in the Annex to a February 21, 2002 letter 
from Commerce Department International Trade Administration Under 
Secretary Grant Aldonas to the Pakistani Secretary of Commerce, Mr. 
Mirza Qamar Beg, in response to Secretary Beg's letter of February 4, 
2002. In the attached directive, 2002 limits for imports of certain 
apparel categories from Pakistan are being raised reflecting the 
increases to base limits provided in the Annex to Under Secretary 
Aldonas' letter.
    The base limits for certain categories are being raised by 15%; 
also, some of these limits reflect reductions previously made for 
carryforward that was applied to the 2001 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 66 FR 65178, published on December 18, 2000). Also see 
66 FR 63683, published on December 10, 2001.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 6, 2002.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on December 4, 2001, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2002 and 
extends through December 31, 2002.
    Effective on March 12, 2002, you are directed to raise the 
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                            Twelve-month restraint limit
                 Category                                \1\
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Specific limits
331pt./631pt. \2\.........................  905,976 dozen pairs.
334/634...................................  389,495 dozen.
335/635...................................  630,644 dozen.
341/641...................................  1,244,490 dozen.
351/651...................................  527,543 dozen.
638/639...................................  700,857 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,328,797 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2001.
\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; 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 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.02-5879 Filed 3-11-02; 8:45 am]
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