[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 202 (Monday, October 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59916-59917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26421]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the 
Arab Republic of Egypt

October 14, 2003.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Egypt and exported during the period January 1, 2004 
through December 31, 2004 are based on limits notified to the Textiles 
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC).
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to establish the 
2004 limits.
    These limits are subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions 
of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified to the Textiles 
Monitoring Body. However, as the ATC and all restrictions thereunder 
will terminate on January 1, 2005, no adjustment for carryforward 
(borrowing from next year's limits for use in the current year) will be 
available.
    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). Information 
regarding the 2004 Correlation will be published in the Federal 
Register at a later date.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 14, 2003.

Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of 
March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective 
on January 1, 2004, entry into the United States for consumption and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-
made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Egypt and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 2004 and extending through December 31, 
2004, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Fabric Group                                ............................
218-220, 224-227, 313-O \1\, 314-O \2\,     205,916,302 square meters.
 315-O \3\, 317-O \4\ and 326-O \5\, as a
 group
Sublevels within Fabric Group               ............................
218.......................................  2,508,000 square meters.
219.......................................  48,447,510 square meters.
220.......................................  48,447,510 square meters.
224.......................................  48,447,510 square meters.
225.......................................  48,447,510 square meters.
226.......................................  48,447,510 square meters.
227.......................................  48,447,510 square meters.
313-O.....................................  88,963,510 square meters.
314-O.....................................  48,447,510 square meters.
315-O.....................................  56,892,347 square meters.
317-O.....................................  48,447,510 square meters.
326-O.....................................  2,508,000 square meters.
Levels not in a group                       ............................
300/301...................................  19,274,099 kilograms of
                                             which not more than
                                             6,045,035 kilograms shall
                                             be in Category 301.
338/339...................................  5,287,822 dozen.
340/640...................................  2,190,671 dozen.
369-S \6\.................................  2,774,069 kilograms.
448.......................................  21,315 dozen.
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\1\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
  and 5209.51.6032.
\2\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\3\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\4\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\5\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
  and 5211.59.0015.
\6\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified 
to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
    Products in the above categories exported during 2003 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated October 8, 2002) to the extent of any unfilled 
balances. In the event the limits established for that period have 
been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged 
to the limits set forth in this directive.
    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner, Bureau 
of Customs and Border Protection should construe entry into the 
United States for consumption to include

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entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    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,
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 03-26421 Filed 10-17-03; 8:45 am]
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