[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14409-14410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6979]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

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 adjusting limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 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 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);

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Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended.
    The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted for 
carryforward used, swing, and carryforward.
    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 57411, published on September 10, 2002.

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

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 cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the Republic of 
Turkey and exported during the twelve-month period which began on 
January 1, 2003 and extends through December 31, 2003.
    Effective on March 25, 2003, you are directed to adjust the 
current limits for the following categories, as provided for under 
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                Category                        Adjusted limit \1\
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Fabric Group                             ...............................
219, 313-O \2\, 314-O \3\, 315-O \4\,    262,848,802 square meters of
 317-O \5\, 326-O \6\, 617, 625/626/627/  which not more than 63,646,891
 628/629, as a group                      square meters shall be in
                                          Category 219; not more than
                                          77,790,644 square meters shall
                                          be in Category 313-O; not more
                                          than 45,260,011 square meters
                                          shall be in Category 314-O;
                                          not more than 60,818,144
                                          square meters shall be in
                                          Category 315-O; not more than
                                          63,646,891 square meters shall
                                          be in Category 317-O; not more
                                          than 7,071,875 square meters
                                          shall be in Category 326-O,
                                          and not more than 42,431,264
                                          square meters shall be in
                                          Category 617; Sublevel in
                                          Fabric Group 625/626/627/628/
                                          629: 28,651,713 square meters
                                          of which not more than
                                          11,460,683 square meters shall
                                          be in Category 625; not more
                                          than 11,460,683 square meters
                                          shall be in Category 626; not
                                          more than 11,460,683 square
                                          meters shall be in Category
                                          627; not more than 11,460,683
                                          square meters shall be in
                                          Category 628; and not more
                                          than 11,460,683 square meters
                                          shall be in Category 629..
Limits not in a group                    ...............................
338/339/638/639........................  9,356,676 dozen of which not
                                          more than 8,421,009 dozen
                                          shall be in Categories 338-S/
                                          339-S/638-S/639-S \7\.
347/348................................  8,054,420 dozen of which not
                                          more than 3,014,519 dozen
                                          shall be in Categories 347-T/
                                          348-T \8\.
351/651................................  1,444,386 dozen.
361....................................  3,037,261 numbers.
448....................................  44,822 dozen.
604....................................  3,630,786 kilograms.
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 2002.
\2\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
  and 5209.51.6032.
\3\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\4\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\5\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\6\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
  and 5211.59.0015.
\7\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
  6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
  6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category
  339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010
  and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
  6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS
  numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and
  6109.90.1070.
\8\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,
  6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,
  6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,
  6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,
  6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and
  6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,
  6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011,
  6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042,
  6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034,
  6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,
  6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010. 6210.50.9060,
  6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.

    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.
[FR Doc. 03-6979 Filed 3-24-03; 8:45 am]
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