[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68576-68577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28639]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

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: Roy Unger, 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Sri Lanka 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 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

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, wool, man-made 
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
Sri Lanka 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.......................................  508,038 dozen.
314.......................................  7,584,276 square meters.
331pt./631pt. \1\.........................  1,118,582 dozen pairs.
333/633...................................  95,632 dozen.
334/634...................................  1,120,671 dozen.
335.......................................  488,683 dozen.
336/636...................................  655,453 dozen.
338/339...................................  2,241,345 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,877,483 dozen.
341/641...................................  3,090,447 dozen of which not
                                             more than 2,060,298 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341
                                             and not more than 2,060,298
                                             dozen shall be in Category
                                             641.
342/642...................................  1,149,404 dozen.
345/845...................................  301,839 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,607,209 dozen.
351/651...................................  579,413 dozen.
352/652...................................  2,390,764 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  2,301,864 kilograms.
360.......................................  2,528,093 numbers.
363.......................................  21,666,305 numbers.
369-S \3\.................................  1,355,537 kilograms.
434.......................................  7,961 dozen.
435.......................................  17,059 dozen.
440.......................................  11,373 dozen.
611.......................................  9,901,696 square meters.
635.......................................  657,463 dozen.
638/639...................................  1,596,885 dozen.
644.......................................  896,536 numbers.
645/646...................................  358,614 dozen.

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647/648...................................  1,922,762 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; 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.
\2\ 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.
\3\ 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 27, 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. 02-28639 Filed 11-8-02; 8:45 am]
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