[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14408-14409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6977]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Increase of a Designated Consultation Level for Certain Wool 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mexico

March 19, 2003.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and 
Border Protection increasing a designated consultation level.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port, call (202) 927-5850, or refer to the Bureau of 
Customs and Border Protection 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 unused portion of the 2002 special increase in Category 433 is 
being recredited to the 2003 limit.
    The level does not apply to NAFTA (North American Free Trade 
Agreement) originating goods, as defined in Annex 300-B, Chapter 4 and 
Annex 401 of the agreement. In addition, this consultation level does 
not apply to textile and apparel goods, assembled in Mexico, in

[[Page 14409]]

which all fabric components were wholly formed and cut in the United 
States, entered under the United States Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
heading 9802.00.90.
    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 68 FR 1599, published on January 13, 2003). Also see 67 
FR 57408, published on September 10, 2002.

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

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 19, 2003.

Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on September 3, 2002 by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain wool and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Mexico and exported 
during the period which began on January 1, 2003 and extends through 
December 31, 2003. The levels established in that directive do not 
apply to NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) originating 
goods, as defined in Annex 300-B, Chapter 4 and Annex 401 of NAFTA 
or to textile and apparel goods, assembled in Mexico, in which all 
fabric components were wholly formed and cut in the United States, 
entered under the United States Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 
9802.00.90.
    Effective on March 25, 2003, you are directed to increase the 
current designated consultation level for Category 433 to 10,794 
dozen \1\, pursuant to the provisions of the NAFTA.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 2002.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls 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.

[FR Doc. 03-6977 Filed 3-24-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-S