[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57411-57412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22868]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the 
Republic of Turkey

September 3, 2002.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2003.

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://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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Turkey and exported during the period January 1, 2003 
through December 31, 2003 are based on limits notified to the Textiles 
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC).
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2003 limits.
    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). 
Information regarding the 2003 CORRELATION will be published in the 
Federal Register at a later date.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 3, 2002.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of 
March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective 
on January 1, 2003, entry into the United States for consumption and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-
made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Turkey and exported during the period January 1, 
2003 through December 31, 2003, in excess of the following levels of 
restraint:

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                 Category                          Restraint limit
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Fabric Group                                ............................
219, 313-O \1\, 314-O \2\, 315-O \3\, 317-  278,517,342 square meters of
 O \4\, 326-O \5\, 617, 625/626/627/628/     which not more than
 629, as a group                             63,646,891 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 219;
                                             not more than 77,790,644
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 313-O; not more
                                             than 45,260,011 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             314-O; not more than
                                             60,818,144 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 315-O;
                                             not more than 63,646,891
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 317-O; not more
                                             than 7,071,875 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             326-O, and not more than
                                             42,431,264 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 617.
Sublevel in Fabric Group                    ............................
625/626/627/628/629.......................  28,651,713 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             11,460,683 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625;
                                             not more than 11,460,683
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             11,460,683 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 627;
                                             not more than 11,460,683
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 628; and not more
                                             than 11,460,683 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.
Limits not in a group                       ............................
200.......................................  2,685,509 kilograms.
300/301...................................  13,075,550 kilograms.
335.......................................  564,562 dozen.
336/636...................................  1,329,857 dozen.
338/339/638/639...........................  8,280,244 dozen of which not
                                             more than 7,452,221 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S/638-S/639-S \6\.
340/640...................................  2,140,759 dozen of which not
                                             more than 608,859 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             Y/640-Y \7\.

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341/641...................................  2,114,099 dozen of which not
                                             more than 739,935 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 341-
                                             Y/641-Y \8\.
342/642...................................  1,480,408 dozen.
347/348...................................  8,054,420 dozen of which not
                                             more than 2,801,676 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 347-
                                             T/348-T \9\.
351/651...................................  1,342,404 dozen.
361.......................................  2,822,812 numbers.
369-S \10\................................  2,918,250 kilograms.
410/624...................................  1,195,222 square meters of
                                             which not more than 836,656
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 410.
448.......................................  41,012 dozen.
604.......................................  3,368,517 kilograms.
611.......................................  84,269,738 square meters.
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\1\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
  and 5209.51.6032.
\2\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\3\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\4\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\5\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
  and 5211.59.0015.
\6\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
  6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
  6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category
  339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010
  and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
  6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS
  numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and
  6109.90.1070.
\7\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS
  numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.
\8\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054; Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers
  6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.
\9\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,
  6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,
  6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,
  6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,
  6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and
  6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,
  6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011,
  6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042,
  6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034,
  6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,
  6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010. 6210.50.9060,
  6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.
\10\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified 
to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
    Products in the above categories exported during 2002 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated November 27, 2001) to the extent of any unfilled 
balances. In the event the limits established for that period have 
been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged 
to the limits set forth in this directive.
    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of 
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption 
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico.
    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. 02-22868 Filed 9-9-02; 8:45 am]
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