[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67602-67603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28194]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

October 31, 2002.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 6, 2002.

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 
Web site at http://www.customs.gov. For information on embargoes and 
quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel Web site 
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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
variously, for swing, changing donor categories for swing and special 
swing, and cancelling special shift and special swing.
    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). Also see 
66 FR 63683, published on December 10, 2001.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 31, 2002.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on December 4, 2001, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products produced or

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manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the twelve-month period 
which began on January 1, 2002 and extends through December 31, 
2002.
    Effective on November 6, 2002, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                           Twelve-month restraint limit
                Category                               \1\
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Specific limits                          ...............................
219....................................  13,091,616 square meters.
226/313................................  155,373,925 square meters.
237....................................  355,050 dozen.
239pt. \2\.............................  800,878 kilograms.
315....................................  116,779,952 square meters.
331pt./631pt. \3\......................  1,059,992 dozen pairs.
335/635................................  657,825 dozen.
340/640................................  1,135,072 dozen of which not
                                          more than 515,830 dozen shall
                                          be in Categories 340-D/640-D
                                          \4\.
341/641................................  1,381,384 dozen.
359-C/659-C \5\........................  1,242,728 kilograms.
625/626/627/628/629....................  96,051,811 square meters of
                                          which not more than 61,068,605
                                          square meters shall be in
                                          Category 625; not more than
                                          61,068,605 square meters shall
                                          be in Category 626; not more
                                          than 61,068,605 square meters
                                          shall be in Category 627; not
                                          more than 12,634,885 square
                                          meters shall be in Category
                                          628; and not more than
                                          61,068,605 square meters shall
                                          be in Category 629.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2001.
\2\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\3\ 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.
\4\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers
  6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030
  and 6205.90.4030.
\5\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034,
  6104.62.1020, 6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052, 6203.42.2010,
  6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010, 6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0055,
  6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,
  6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,
  6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510,
  6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017 and
  6211.43.0010.

    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
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