[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63626-63627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26147]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Cotton and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Fiji

October 8, 2002.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2003.

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 import restraint limit for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Fiji and exported during the period January 1, 2003 
through December 31, 2003 is based on a limit 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 limit for the 2003 period.
    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 availability of 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; 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 and man-made 
fiber textile products in Categories 338/339/638/639, produced or 
manufactured in Fiji and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 2003 and extending through December 31, 
2003, in excess of 2,113,052 dozen of which not more than 1,760,880 
dozen shall be in Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S \1\
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    \1\ 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 in Category 638 except 
6109.90.1007, 6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 
639-S: all HTS numbers in Category 639 except 6109.90.1050, 
6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and 6109.90.1070.
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    The limit set forth above is 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

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applicable category limit for that year (see directive dated 
November 14, 2001) to the extent of any unfilled balance. In the 
event the limit established for that period has been exhausted by 
previous entries, such products shall be charged to the limit 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 this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception to 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. 02-26147 Filed 10-11-02; 8:45 am]
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