[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63896-63897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26316]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and 
Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

October 9, 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: 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 limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Malaysia 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

October 9, 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 textiles and textile products and silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber apparel in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Malaysia and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 2003 and extending through December 31, 
2003, in excess of the following limits:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Fabric Group                                ............................
218-220, 225-227, 313-326, 611-O \1\, 613/  195,978,516 square meters
 614/615/617, 619 and 620, as a group        equivalent.
Sublevels within the group                  ............................
218.......................................  11,244,284 square meters.
219.......................................  54,472,310 square meters.
220.......................................  54,472,310 square meters.
225.......................................  54,472,310 square meters.
226.......................................  54,472,310 square meters.
227.......................................  54,472,310 square meters.
313.......................................  64,966,974 square meters.
314.......................................  78,160,182 square meters.
315.......................................  54,472,310 square meters.
317.......................................  54,472,310 square meters.
326.......................................  10,533,717 square meters.
611-O.....................................  6,320,231 square meters.
613/614/615/617...........................  62,528,148 square meters.
619.......................................  8,426,974 square meters.
620.......................................  10,533,717 square meters.
Other specific limits                       ............................
200.......................................  474,165 kilograms.
237.......................................  637,988 dozen.
300/301...................................  5,029,058 kilograms.
331pt./631pt. \2\.........................  884,713 dozen pairs.
333/334/335...............................  395,859 dozen of which not
                                             more than 237,585 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 333.
336/636...................................  768,788 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,906,007 dozen.
340/640...................................  2,220,127 dozen.
341/641...................................  2,877,368 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,026,503 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341.
342/642...................................  687,058 dozen.
345.......................................  264,283 dozen.
347/348...................................  807,769 dozen.
351/651...................................  427,646 dozen.
363.......................................  6,699,443 numbers.
435.......................................  16,720 dozen.
438-W \3\.................................  13,683 dozen.
442.......................................  20,376 dozen.
445/446...................................  32,343 dozen.
604.......................................  2,205,129 kilograms.
634/635...................................  1,342,953 dozen.
638/639...................................  791,099 dozen.
645/646...................................  605,079 dozen.
647/648...................................  2,847,442 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,993,206 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 647-K
                                             \4\ and not more than
                                             1,993,206 dozen shall be in
                                             Category 648-K \5\
Group II                                    ............................
201, 224, 239pt \6\, 332, 352, 359pt. \7\,  29,124,333 square meters
 360-362, 369pt. \8\, 400-414, 433, 434,     equivalent.
 436, 438-O \9\, 440, 443, 444, 447, 448,
 459pt. \10\, 469pt. \11\, 603, 618, 624-
 629, 633, 643, 644, 652, 659pt. \12\,
 666pt. \13\, 845, 846 and 852, as a group
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\1\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025
  and 5516.14.0085.
\2\ Category 331pt.: all HTS numbers except 6116.10.1720, 6116.10.4810,
  6116.10.5510, 6116.10.7510, 6116.92.6410, 6116.92.6420, 6116.92.6430,
  6116.92.6440, 6116.92.7450, 6116.92.7460, 6116.92.7470, 6116.92.8800,
  6116.92.9400 and 6116.99.9510.; Category 631pt.: all HTS numbers
  except 6116.10.1730, 6116.10.4820, 6116.10.5520, 6116.10.7520,
  6116.93.8800, 6116.93.9400, 6116.99.4800, 6116.99.5400 and
  6116.99.9530.
\3\ Category 438-W: only HTS numbers 6104.21.0060, 6104.23.0020,
  6104.29.2051, 6106.20.1010, 6106.20.1020, 6106.90.1010, 6106.90.1020,
  6106.90.2520, 6106.90.3020, 6109.90.1540, 6109.90.8020, 6110.11.0080,
  6110.12.2080, 6110.19.0080, 6110.30.1560, 6110.90.9074 and
  6114.10.0040.
\4\ Category 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,
  6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550,
  6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050,
  6112.19.1050, 6112.20,.1060 and 6113.00.9044.
\5\ Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,
  6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2006, 6104.63.2011,
  6104.63.2026, 6104.63.2028, 6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030,
  6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026, 6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070,
  6113.00.9052 and 6117.90.9070.
\6\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\7\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.19.8010, 6117.10.6010,
  6117.20.9010, 6203.22.1000, 6204.22.1000, 6212.90.0010, 6214.90.0010,
  6406.99.1550, 6505.90.1525, 6505.90.1540, 6505.90.2060 and
  6505.90.2545.
\8\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,
  4202.12.8060, 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500, 4202.22.8030, 4202.32.4000,
  4202.32.9530, 4202.92.0505, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091,
  5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020, 5702.10.9020,
  5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020, 5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010,
  5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020, 5805.00.3000, 5807.10.0510, 5807.90.0510,
  6301.30.0010, 6301.30.0020, 6302,51.1000, 6302.51.2000, 6302.51.3000,
  6302.51.4000, 6302.60.0010, 6302.60.0030, 6302.91.0005, 6302.91.0025,
  6302.91.0045, 6302.91.0050, 6302.91.0060, 6303.11.0000, 6303.91.0010,
  6303.91.0020, 6304.91.0020, 6304.92.0000, 6305.20.0000, 6306.11.0000,
  6307.10.1020, 6307.10.1090, 6307.90.3010, 6307.90.4010, 6307.90.5010,
  6307.90.8910, 6307.90.8945, 6307.90.9882, 6406.10.7700, 9404.90.1000,
  9404.90.8040 and 9404.90.9505.
\9\ Category 438-O: only HTS numbers 6103.21.0050, 6103.23.0025,
  6105.20.1000, 6105.90.1000, 6105.90.8020, 6109.90.1520, 6110.11.0070,
  6110.12.2070, 6110.19.0070, 6110.30.1550, 6110.90.9072, 6114.10.0020
  and 6117.90.9025.
\10\ 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, 6406.99.1560.
\11\ 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.
\12\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.11.0010, 6115.12.2000,
  6117.10.2030, 6117.20.9030, 6212.90.0030, 6214.30.0000, 6214.40.0000.
  6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540.
\13\ Category 666pt.: all HTS numbers except 5805.00.4010, 6301.10.0000,
  6301.40.0010, 6301.40.0020, 6301.90.0010, 6302.53.0010, 6302.53.0020,
  6302.53.0030, 6302.93.1000, 6302.93.2000, 6303.12.0000, 6303.19.0010,
  6303.92.1000, 6303.92.2010, 6303.92.2020, 6303.99.0010, 6304.11.2000,
  6304.19.1500, 6304.19.2000, 6304.91.0040, 6304.93.0000, 6304.99.6020,
  6307.90.9884, 9404.90.8522 and 9404.90.9522.

    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 the 
November 27, 2001 directive) 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. 02-26316 Filed 10-15-02; 8:45 am]
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