[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 202 (Monday, October 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59919-59921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26424]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, 
Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Korea

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: 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Korea 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. Carryforward applied to the 2003 limits is being deducted 
from 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

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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, man-made 
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
the Republic of Korea 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:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Group I                                  ...............................
200-220, 224-V \1\, 224-O \2\, 225-227,  251,715,942 square meters
 300-326, 360-363, 369pt., \3\, 400-      equivalent.
 414, 469pt., \4\, 603, 604, 611-620,
 625-629, 666pt. \5\, as a group
Sublevels within Group I                 ...............................
200....................................  576,047 kilograms.
201....................................  3,839,661 kilograms.
218....................................  11,904,271 square meters.
219....................................  10,839,662 square meters.
224-V..................................  13,665,051 square meters.
300/301................................  3,993,265 kilograms.
313....................................  65,076,679 square meters.
314....................................  36,283,903 square meters.
315....................................  21,151,383 square meters.
317/326................................  24,184,185 square meters.
363....................................  1,393,671 numbers.
410....................................  3,917,219 square meters.
604....................................  519,053 kilograms.
611....................................  4,670,666 square meters.
613/614................................  7,936,180 square meters.
617....................................  6,581,224 square meters.
619/620................................  102,210,837 square meters.
624....................................  11,613,923 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629....................  19,928,173 square meters.
Group II                                 ...............................
237, 239pt. \6\, 331pt. \7\, 332-348,    582,607,892 square meters
 351, 352, 359pt. \8\, 433-438, 440-      equivalent.
 448, 459-W \9\, 459pt. \10\, 631pt.
 \11\, 633-648, 651, 652, 659-H \12\,
 659-S \13\ and 659pt. \14\, as a group
Sublevels within Group II                ...............................
237....................................  78,973 dozen.
239pt..................................  319,325 kilograms.
333/334/335............................  350,301 dozen of which not more
                                          than 179,044 dozen shall be in
                                          Category 335.
336....................................  74,751 dozen.
338/339................................  1,556,888 dozen.
340....................................  809,582 dozen of which not more
                                          than 420,361 dozen shall be in
                                          Category 340-D \15\.
341....................................  207,399 dozen.
342/642................................  281,556 dozen.
345....................................  152,723 dozen.
347/348................................  576,047 dozen.
351/651................................  298,663 dozen.
352....................................  232,413 dozen.
433....................................  14,493 dozen.
434....................................  7,433 dozen.
435....................................  38,474 dozen.
436....................................  16,287 dozen.
438....................................  65,298 dozen.
440....................................  208,662 dozen.
442....................................  55,038 dozen.
443....................................  318,836 numbers.
444....................................  59,975 numbers.
445/446................................  54,368 dozen.
447....................................  92,757 dozen.
448....................................  38,720 dozen.
459-W..................................  104,740 kilograms.
631pt..................................  79,754 dozen pairs.
633/634/635............................  1,385,451 dozen of which not
                                          more than 157,107 dozen shall
                                          be in Category 633 and not
                                          more than 585,489 dozen shall
                                          be in Category 635.
636....................................  311,222 dozen.
638/639................................  5,339,862 dozen.
640-D \16\.............................  3,294,663 dozen.

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640-O \17\.............................  2,718,346 dozen.
641....................................  1,106,570 dozen of which not
                                          more than 41,797 dozen shall
                                          be in Category 641-Y \18\.
643....................................  819,801 numbers.
644....................................  1,233,354 numbers.
645/646................................  3,699,208 dozen.
647/648................................  1,450,258 dozen.
659-H..................................  1,536,487 kilograms.
659-S..................................  233,967 kilograms.
Group III-only 852.....................  13,340,356 square meters
                                          equivalent.
Levels not in a group
845....................................  2,315,056 dozen.
846....................................  826,905 dozen.
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\1\ Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,
  5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,
  5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,
  5801.36.0010 and 5801.36,0020.
\2\Category 224-O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.
\3\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,
  4202.12.8060, 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500, 4202.22.8030, 4202.32.4000,
  4202.32.9530, 4202.92.0505, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091,
  5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020, 5702.10.9020,
  5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020, 5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010,
  5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020, 5805.00.3000, 5807.10.0510, 5807.90.0510,
  6301.30.0010, 6301.30.0020, 6302,51.1000, 6302.51.2000, 6302.51.3000,
  6302.51.4000, 6302.60.0010, 6302.60.0030, 6302.91.0005, 6302.91.0025,
  6302.91.0045, 6302.91.0050, 6302.91.0060, 6303.11.0000, 6303.91.0010,
  6303.91.0020, 6304.91.0020, 6304.92.0000, 6305.20.0000, 6306.11.0000,
  6307.10.1020, 6307.10.1090, 6307.90.3010, 6307.90.4010, 6307.90.5010,
  6307.90.8910, 6307.90.8945, 6307.90.9882, 6406.10.7700, 9404.90.1000,
  9404.90.8040 and 9404.90.9505.
\4\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010,
  6304.19.3040, 6304.91.0050, 6304.99.1500, 6304.99.6010, 6308.00.0010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\5\ Category 666pt.: all HTS numbers except 5805.00.4010, 6301.10.0000,
  6301.40.0010, 6301.40.0020, 6301.90.0010, 6302.53.0010, 6302.53.0020,
  6302.53.0030, 6302.93.1000, 6302.93.2000, 6303.12.0000, 6303.19.0010,
  6303.92.1000, 6303.92.2010, 6303.92.2020, 6303.99.0010, 6304.11.2000,
  6304.19.1500, 6304.19.2000, 6304.91.0040, 6304.93.0000, 6304.99.6020,
  6307.90.9884, 9404.90.8522 and 9404.90.9522.
\6\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\7\ 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.
\8\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.19.8010, 6117.10.6010,
  6117.20.9010, 6203.22.1000, 6204.22.1000, 6212.90.0010, 6214.90.0010,
  6406.99.1550, 6505.90.1525, 6505.90.1540, 6505.90.2060 and
  6505.90.2545.
\9\ Category 459-W: only HTS number 6505.90.4090.
\10\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.4090 (Category 459-
  W); 6115.19.8020, 6117.10.1000, 6117.10.2010, 6117.20.9020,
  6212.90.0020, 6214.20.0000, 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090,
  6406.99.1505, 6406.99.1560.
\11\ 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.
\12\ 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.
\13\ 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.
\14\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,
  6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090
  (Category 659-H); 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, 6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S); 6115.11.0010,
  6115.12.2000, 6117.10.2030, 6117.20.9030, 6212.90.0030, 6214.30.0000,
  6214.40.0000, 6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540.
\15\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.
\16\ Category 640-D: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,
  6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030.
\17\ 640-O: only HTS numbers 6203.23.0080, 6203.29.2050, 6205.30.1000,
  6205.30.2050, 6205.30.2060, 6205.30.2070, 6205.30.2080 and
  6211.33.0040.
\18\ Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030,
  6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.

    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.
    The conversion factors for the following merged categories are 
listed below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Conversion factor (Square
                 Category                    meters equivalent/category
                                                        unit)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
333/334/335...............................  33.75
633/634/635...............................  34.1
638/639...................................  12.96
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    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 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. 03-26424 Filed 10-17-03; 8:45 am]
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