[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48882-48883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18904]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

July 19, 2002.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 30, 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 this 
limit, 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 limit for Category 620 is being reduced for 
carryforward used.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
numbers is available in the

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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 63036, published on 
December 4, 2001.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 19, 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 Thailand and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 2002 and extends through 
December 31, 2002.
    Effective on July 30, 2002, you are directed to reduce the 
current limit for Category 620 in Group I to 9,618,434 square meters 
\1\, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles 
and Clothing
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 2001.
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls 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. 02-18904 Filed 7-25-02; 8:45 a.m.
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