[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65254-65256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28908]


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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 Indonesia

November 13, 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 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); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended.
    The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Indonesia 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), a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated 
November 1, 1996 between the Governments of the United States and 
Indonesia, and an exchange of notes dated December 10, 1997 and January 
9, 1998.
    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 2003 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 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

November 13, 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; the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles 
and Clothing (ATC); a Memorandum of Understanding dated November 1, 
1996 between the Governments of the United States and Indonesia, and 
an exchange of notes dated December 10, 1997 and January 9, 1998, 
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 Indonesia 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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Levels in Group I                        ...............................
200....................................  1,477,649 kilograms.
219....................................  16,414,326 square meters.
225....................................  11,494,286 square meters.
300/301................................  7,024,287 kilograms.
313-O \1\..............................  29,783,618 square meters.
314-O \2\..............................  103,996,948 square meters.
315-O \3\..............................  47,254,277 square meters.
317-O \4\/617/326-O \5\................  45,640,819 square meters of
                                          which not more than 6,743,928
                                          square meters shall be in
                                          Category 326-O.
331pt./631pt. \6\......................  1,850,392 dozen pairs.
334/335................................  384,072 dozen.
336/636................................  1,014,842 dozen.
338/339................................  1,962,017 dozen.
340/640................................  2,416,276 dozen.
341....................................  1,453,274 dozen.
342/642................................  604,069 dozen.
345....................................  742,775 dozen.
347/348................................  2,657,905 dozen.
351/651................................  830,141 dozen.
359-C/659-C \7\........................  2,426,572 kilograms.
359-S/659-S \8\........................  2,554,284 kilograms.
360....................................  2,273,304 numbers.
361....................................  2,273,304 numbers.
369-S \9\..............................  1,567,932 kilograms.
433....................................  11,931 dozen.
443....................................  88,517 numbers.
445/446................................  63,028 dozen.

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447....................................  17,705 dozen.
448....................................  23,165 dozen.
604-A \10\.............................  1,219,495 kilograms.
611-O \11\.............................  7,647,547 square meters.
613/614/615............................  43,295,136 square meters.
618-O \12\.............................  10,217,143 square meters.
619/620................................  15,836,570 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629-O \13\.............  48,320,991 square meters.
634/635................................  510,856 dozen.
638/639................................  2,512,931 dozen.
641....................................  3,894,526 dozen.
643....................................  568,329 numbers.
644....................................  752,666 numbers.
645/646................................  1,344,245 dozen.
647/648................................  5,569,021 dozen.
Group II                                 ...............................
201, 218, 220, 224, 226, 227, 237,       163,930,335 square meters
 239pt. \14\, 332, 333, 352, 359-O        equivalent.
 \15\, 362, 363, 369-O \16\, 400, 410,
 414, 434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442,
 444, 459pt. \17\, 469pt. \18\, 603,
 604-O \19\, 624, 633, 652, 659-O \20\,
 666pt. \21\, 845, 846 and 852, as a
 group
Subgroup in Group II                     ...............................
400, 410, 414, 434, 435, 436, 438, 440,  3,319,772 square meters
 442, 444, 459pt. and 469pt., as a        equivalent.
 group
In Group II subgroup                     ...............................
435....................................  52,120 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 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.
\7\ 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.
\8\ 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.
\9\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\10\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
\11\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025
  and 5516.14.0085.
\12\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and
  5408.24.9040.
\13\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except
  5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.
\14\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\15\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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 359-C); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020 (Category
  359-S); 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 (Category 359pt.).
\16\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-
  S); 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 (Category 369pt.).
\17\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 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 and 6406.99.1560.
\18\ 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.
\19\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-
  A).
\20\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-
  C); 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 (Category 659pt.).
\21\ 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.


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    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 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. 03-28908 Filed 11-18-03; 8:45 am]
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