[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63631-63632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26144]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Nepal

October 8, 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 Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected by exchange of notes 
dated May 30 and June 1, 1986, as amended and extended, and Memorandum 
of Understanding (MOU) dated July 13, 2000 between the Governments of 
the United States and Nepal establish limits for the period January 1, 
2003 through December 31, 2003.
    These limits may be revised if Nepal becomes a member of the World 
Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO 
agreement to Nepal.
    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

October 8, 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; the Bilateral Textile Agreement, effected 
by exchange of notes dated May 30 and June 1, 1986, as amended and 
extended; and the Memorandum of Understanding dated July 13, 2000 
between the Governments of the United States and Nepal, 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 and man-made fiber textile products in the 
following categories, produced or manufactured in Nepal and exported 
during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2003 and 
extending through December 31, 2003, in excess of the following 
levels of restraint:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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336/636...................................  344,775 dozen.
340.......................................  452,694 dozen.
341.......................................  1,257,755 dozen.
342/642...................................  395,100 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,019,668 dozen.
363.......................................  9,220,374 numbers.
369-S \1\.................................  1,074,647 kilograms.
640.......................................  227,839 dozen.
641.......................................  513,718 dozen.
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\1\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the provisions of the current bilateral agreement between the 
Governments of the United States and Nepal.
    Products in the above categories exported during 2002 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated November 23, 2001) to the extent of any unfilled 
balances. In the event the limits established for that period have 
been exhausted by previous entries, such

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products shall be charged to the limits set forth in this directive.
    These limits may be revised if Nepal becomes a member of the 
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO 
agreement to Nepal.
    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. 02-26144 Filed 10-11-02; 8:45 am]
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