[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56536-56537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22422]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Sublimit for Certain Cotton Textiles 
Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

August 28, 2002.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 4, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 4824212. 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) 9275850, or refer to the U.S. Customs 
Web site at http://www.customs.gov. For information on embargoes and 
quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel Web site 
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 sublimit for Category 326 is being increased for 
carryforward. The limit for Categories 317/326 does not change.
    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 67229, published on 
December 28, 2001.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 28, 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 20, 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 China and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 2002 and extends through 
December 31, 2002.
    Effective on September 4, 2002, you are directed to increase the 
sublimit for Category 326, as provided for under the Uruguay Round 
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                 Category                      Twelve-month limit \1\
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Sublevel in Group I                         ............................
317/326...................................  24,971,671 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             4,914,073 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 326.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2001.

    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.02-22422 Filed 9302; 8:45 am]
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