[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68994-68995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28887]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made 
Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Thailand

November 7, 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 14, 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 
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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
variously, for carryover, the cancellation of carryover, carryforward, 
the recrediting of unused carryforward, swing and special shift.
    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 63036, published on December 4, 2001.

James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 7, 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 November 27, 2001, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Thailand and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 2002 and extends through 
December 31, 2002.
    Effective on November 14, 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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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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Levels in Group I                           ............................
200.......................................  1,813,256 kilograms.
218.......................................  24,956,130 square meters.
300.......................................  6,591,528 kilograms.
313-O \2\.................................  30,098,958 square meters.
363.......................................  31,429,809 numbers.
613/614/615...............................  66,902,279 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             39,767,408 square meters
                                             shall be in Categories 613/
                                             615 and not more than
                                             39,767,408 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 614.
619.......................................  11,489,616 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629.......................  23,505,436 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             15,816,582 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625.
Sublevels in Group II
334/634...................................  978,143 dozen.
336/636...................................  533,244 dozen.
338/339...................................  3,079,535 dozen.
340.......................................  479,441 dozen.
341/641...................................  1,031,840 dozen.
342/642...................................  986,503 dozen.
345.......................................  469,356 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,471,248 dozen.
435.......................................  61,423 dozen.
442.......................................  23,148 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,896,059 dozen.
640.......................................  827,657 dozen.
645/646...................................  501,611 dozen.

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647/648...................................  1,682,223 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2001.
\2\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
  and 5209.51.6032.

    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. 02-28887 Filed 11-13-02; 8:45 am]
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