[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35869-35870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15272]


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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 Philippines

June 12, 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: June 18, 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 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 
carryover, 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 68 FR 1599, published on January 13, 2003). Also see 67 
FR 63632, published on October 15, 2002.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

June 12, 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 and man-made 
fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber

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apparel, produced or manufactured in the Philippines and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2003 and 
extends through December 31, 2003.
    Effective on June 18, 2003, 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                           ............................
237.......................................  2,905,952 dozen.
331pt./631pt. \2\.........................  2,783,927 dozen pairs.
333/334...................................  484,624 dozen of which not
                                             more than 70,327 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 333.
335.......................................  318,668 dozen.
336.......................................  1,327,661 dozen.
338/339...................................  3,685,690 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,574,799 dozen.
341/641...................................  1,363,330 dozen.
342/642...................................  1,021,729 dozen.
345.......................................  331,194 dozen.
347/348...................................  3,641,678 dozen.
351/651...................................  1,061,115 dozen.
352/652...................................  4,167,271 dozen.
359-C/659-C \3\...........................  1,011,205 kilograms.
361.......................................  3,287,514 numbers.
369-S \4\.................................  554,061 kilograms.
433.......................................  3,897 dozen.
443.......................................  48,956 numbers.
445/446...................................  35,450 dozen.
447.......................................  9,856 dozen.
611.......................................  6,133,175 square meters.
633.......................................  87,610 dozen.
634.......................................  889,118 dozen.
635.......................................  426,602 dozen.
636.......................................  2,725,731 dozen.
638/639...................................  3,043,469 dozen.
643.......................................  1,263,285 numbers.
645/646...................................  1,212,768 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,846,540 dozen.
659-H \5\.................................  2,015,424 kilograms.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2002.
\2\ 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.
\3\ 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.
\4\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\5\ Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,
  6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and
  6505.90.8090.

    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.03-15272 Filed 6-16-03; 8:45 am]
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