[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65339-65340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27090]


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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 Bangladesh

October 18, 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.ustreas.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 Bangladesh and exported during the period January 1, 
2003 through December 31, 2003 are based on the 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 limits for the 2003 period. 
Certain 2003 limits have been reduced for carryforward applied to the 
2001 limits. Also, special carryforward that was applied to the 2002 
limit for Category 347/348, in the amount of 175,230 dozen, is being 
deducted as 525,690 dozen from the 2003 limit, reflecting the 3:1 
payback penalty.
    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 18, 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 the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Bangladesh 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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237.......................................  782,722 dozen.
331pt. \1\................................  184,031 dozen pairs.
334.......................................  252,195 dozen.
335.......................................  428,749 dozen.
336/636...................................  767,257 dozen.
338/339...................................  2,222,663 dozen.
340/640...................................  5,024,468 dozen.
341.......................................  4,334,870 dozen.
342/642...................................  720,146 dozen.
347/348...................................  3,220,394 dozen.
351/651...................................  1,207,941 dozen.

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352/652...................................  17,063,426 dozen.
363.......................................  42,631,995 numbers
369-S \2\.................................  2,857,654 kilograms.
634.......................................  835,419 dozen.
635.......................................  541,253 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,818,745 dozen.
641.......................................  1,742,878 dozen.
645/646...................................  665,210 dozen.
647/648...................................  2,356,029 dozen.
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\1\ 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.
\2\ 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 21, 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.
    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,
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 02-27090 Filed 10-23-02; 8:45 am]
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