[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37779-37780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13472]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

May 24, 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: May 30, 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://www.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 
carryforward used, carryover, swing, special shift and carryforward.
    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 63035, published on December 4, 2001.

James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 24, 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

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vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during the twelve-month 
period which began on January 1, 2002 and extends through December 
31, 2002.
    Effective on May 30, 2002, you are directed to adjusting the 
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                               Adjusted twelve-month
                 Category                         limit[thinsp]\1\
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237......................................  496,747 dozen.
314......................................  6,272,349 square meters.
331pt./631pt. \2\........................  1,188,599 dozen pairs.
333/633..................................  28,178 dozen.
334/634..................................  1,392,652 dozen.
335......................................  274,501 dozen.
336/636..................................  731,188 dozen.
338/339..................................  2,373,506 dozen.
340/640..................................  1,942,683 dozen.
341/641..................................  3,339,264 dozen of which not
                                            more than 2,226,176 dozen
                                            shall be in Category 341 and
                                            not more than 2,094,115
                                            dozen shall be in Category
                                            641.
342/642..................................  1,122,967 dozen.
345/845..................................  306,045 dozen.
351/651..................................  591,656 dozen.
352/652..................................  2,102,738 dozen.
359-C/659-C \3\..........................  1,694,184 kilograms.
360......................................  1,327,477 numbers.
363......................................  21,656,745 numbers.
369-S \4\................................  768,141 kilograms.
434......................................  9,068 dozen.
435......................................  19,432 dozen.
440......................................  9,638 dozen.
611......................................  3,474,240 square meters.
635......................................  728,219 dozen.
638/639..................................  1,603,686 dozen.
644......................................  952,654 numbers.
645/646..................................  229,079 dozen.
647/648..................................  1,588,840 dozen.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\[thinsp]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.
\3\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and
  6211.43.0010.
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

    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,
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 02-13472 Filed 5-29-02; 8:45 a.m.
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