[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18868-18869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9325]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

April 11, 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: April 18, 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

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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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted for 
swing and the adjustment allowed to certain apparel categories for 
traditional folklore products made of hand-loomed fabric.
    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, 2001). Also see 
66 FR 63025, published on December 4, 2001.

J. Hayden Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 11, 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 November 27, 2001, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2002 and extends 
through December 31, 2002
    Effective on April 18, 2002, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the categories listed below, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                                Twelve-month restraint
                 Category                             limit \1\
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Levels in Group I
225.......................................  7,879,716 square meters.
314-O \2\.................................  79,331,784 square meters.
317-O \3\/617/326-O \4\...................  33,010,430 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             5,173,219 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 326-O.
331pt./631pt. \5\.........................  1,421,897 dozen pairs.
334/335...................................  348,819 dozen.
336/636...................................  927,335 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,708,744 dozen.
340/640...................................  2,104,363 dozen.
341.......................................  1,308,067 dozen.
342/642...................................  551,981 dozen.
345.......................................  611,939 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,428,722 dozen.
351/651...................................  717,576 dozen.
611-O \6\.................................  4,201,444 square meters.
613/614/615...............................  33,108,300 square meters.
618-O \7\.................................  6,285,146 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629-O \8\.................  32,183,798 square meters.
634/635...................................  441,586 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,188,541 dozen.
641.......................................  3,145,368 dozen.
644.......................................  655,506 numbers.
645/646...................................  1,164,842 dozen.
647/648...................................  4,813,871 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2001.
\2\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\3\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\4\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
  and 5211.59.0015.
\5\ 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.
\6\  Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025
  and 5516.14.0085.
\7\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and
  5408.24.9040.
\8\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except
  5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
J. Hayden Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc.02-9325 Filed 4-16-02; 8:45 am]
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