[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49676-49677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19298]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

July 25, 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: July 31, 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.
    The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted for 
swing, carryover, and the recrediting of unused 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 63028, published on December 4, 2001.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 25, 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 and man-made 
fiber textiles and textile products, produced or manufactured in 
Macau and exported during the twelve-month period which began on 
January 1, 2002 and extends through December 31, 2002.
    Effective on July 31, 2002, you are directed to adjust 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 limit
                 Category                                \1\
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Levels in Group I
225.......................................  7,187,336 square meters.
317.......................................  4,810,939 square meters.
333/334/335...............................  487,250 dozen of which not
                                             more than 240,235 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 333/
                                             335.
336.......................................  113,096 dozen.
338.......................................  598,612 dozen.
339.......................................  2,404,993 dozen.
340.......................................  624,831 dozen.
341.......................................  403,003 dozen.
342.......................................  165,319 dozen.
345.......................................  99,321 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,394,617 dozen.
351.......................................  132,182 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  729,271 kilograms.
359-V \3\.................................  243,092 kilograms.
625/626/627/628/629.......................  7,637,880 square meters.
633/634/635...............................  1,085,898 dozen.
638/639...................................  3,356,306 dozen.
640.......................................  240,429 dozen.
641.......................................  288,892 dozen.
642.......................................  235,661 dozen.
645/646...................................  530,156 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,050,852 dozen.
659-S \4\.................................  243,092 kilograms.

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Group II
400-414, 433-438, 440-448, 459pt. \5\ and   1,749,056 square meters
 469pt. \6\, as a group                      equivalent.
Sublevel in Group II
445/446...................................  97,938 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2001.
\2\ 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.
\3\ Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,
  6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,
  6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,
  6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070
  and 6211.42.0070.
\4\ Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020,
  6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,
  6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010, and 6211.12.1020.
\5\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.19.8020, 6117.10.1000,
  6117.10.2010, 6117.20.9020, 6212.90.0020, 6214.20.0000, 6405.20.6030,
  6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\6\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010,
  6304.19.3040, 6304.91.0050, 6304.99.1500, 6304.99.6010, 6308.00.0010
  and 6406.10.9020.

    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 02-19298 Filed 7-30-02; 8:45 am]
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