[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 81 (Monday, April 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22361-22362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10361]


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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 
Indonesia

April 22, 2003.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 28, 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 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 for 
carryforward used, swing, special shift and the adjustment allowed to 
certain apparel categories for traditional folklore products made of 
hand-loomed fabric.
    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 63627, published on October 15, 2002.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

April 22, 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 October 8, 2002, 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 Indonesia and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2003 and extends 
through December 31, 2003.
    Effective on April 28, 2003, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the categories listed below, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                           Twelve-month restraint limit
                Category                               \1\
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Levels in Group I                        ...............................
219....................................  14,644,198 square meters.
313-O \2\..............................  28,310,118 square meters.
314-O \3\..............................  88,292,290 square meters.
315-O \4\..............................  35,870,611 square meters.
317-O \5\/617/326-O \6\................  30,793,601 square meters of
                                          which not more than 6,072,930
                                          square meters shall be in
                                          Category 326-O.
334/335................................  377,330 dozen.
336/636................................  1,081,993 dozen.
338/339................................  1,120,093 dozen.
340/640................................  2,443,874 dozen.
341....................................  1,618,606 dozen.
342/642................................  612,970 dozen.
345....................................  715,692 dozen.
347/348................................  2,950,087 dozen.
351/651................................  796,860 dozen.
359-S/659-S \7\........................  2,461,151 kilograms.
433....................................  12,338 dozen.
443....................................  91,534 numbers.
447....................................  19,397 dozen.
448....................................  23,883 dozen.
611-O \8\..............................  4,886,642 square meters.
613/614/615............................  33,987,416 square meters.
618-O \9\..............................  7,200,572 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629-O \10\.............  42,162,898 square meters.
634/635................................  490,376 dozen.
638/639................................  2,789,177 dozen.
641....................................  3,858,707 dozen.
644....................................  727,932 numbers.
647/648................................  5,092,740 dozen.
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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 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; Category
  659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,
  6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020,
  6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.
\8\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025
  and 5516.14.0085.
\9\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and
  5408.24.9040.
\10\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except
  5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.

    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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 03-10361 Filed 4-25-03; 8:45 am]
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