[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68572-68573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28636]


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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 Pakistan

November 1, 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 
Web site at http://www.ustreas.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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Pakistan 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.
    Carryforward that has been applied to the 2002 limits is being 
deducted from 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 availability of the 2003 CORRELATION will be

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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

November 1, 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 Pakistan 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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Specific limits                             ............................
219.......................................  13,954,600 square meters.
226/313...................................  188,607,522 square meters.
237.......................................  678,700 dozen.
239pt. \1\................................  2,931,125 kilograms.
314.......................................  10,148,798 square meters.
315.......................................  120,194,128 square meters.
317/617...................................  54,537,940 square meters.
331pt./631pt. \2\.........................  1,022,761 dozen pairs.
334/634...................................  461,009 dozen.
335/635...................................  711,937 dozen.
336/636...................................  814,442 dozen.
338.......................................  6,812,771 dozen.
339.......................................  2,307,030 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,085,922 dozen of which not
                                             more than 407,220 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             D/640-D \3\.
341/641...................................  1,404,911 dozen.
342/642...................................  604,660 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,278,241 dozen.
351/651...................................  591,218 dozen.
352/652...................................  1,285,258 dozen.
359-C/659-C \4\...........................  2,443,324 kilograms.
360.......................................  8,258,650 numbers.
361.......................................  9,603,080 numbers.
363.......................................  63,368,762 numbers.
369-S \5\.................................  1,177,195 kilograms.
613/614...................................  37,346,020 square meters.
615.......................................  39,729,801 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629.......................  122,191,123 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             61,095,563 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625;
                                             not more than 61,095,563
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             61,095,563 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 627;
                                             not more than 12,640,462
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 628; and not more
                                             than 61,095,563 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.
638/639...................................  816,663 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,548,362 dozen.
666-P \6\.................................  1,130,546 kilograms.
666-S \7\.................................  5,985,245 kilograms.
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\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 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.
\4\ 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.
\5\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\6\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,
  6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and
  6302.32.2020.
\7\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,
  6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and
  6302.32.2040.

    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 December 4, 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.
    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.02-28636 Filed 11-8-02; 8:45 am]
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