[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65445-65448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29016]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

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

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and 
Border Protection announcing 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);

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Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended.
    The import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in China and exported during the period January 1, 2004 
through December 31, 2004 are based on the 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 has been 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 availability of 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 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 
China 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 limit
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Group I                                  ...............................
200, 218, 219, 226, 237, 239pt. \1\,     1,177,098,174 square meters
 300/301, 313-315, 317/326, 331pt. \2\,   equivalent.
 333-336, 338/339, 340-342, 345, 347/
 348, 351, 352, 359-C \3\, 359-V \4\,
 360-363, 410, 433-436, 438, 440, 442-
 444, 445/446, 447, 448, 611, 613-615,
 617, 631pt. \5\, 633-636, 638/639, 640-
 643, 644, 645/646, 647, 648, 651, 652,
 659-C \6\, 659-H \7\, 659-S \8\,
 666pt. \9\, 845 and 846, as a group.
Sublevels in Group I                     ...............................
200....................................  852,327 kilograms.
218....................................  12,048,926 square meters.
219....................................  2,725,489 square meters.
226....................................  12,746,159 square meters.
237....................................  2,334,096 dozen.
300/301................................  2,423,182 kilograms.
313....................................  45,461,137 square meters.
314....................................  55,735,486 square meters.
315....................................  141,681,032 square meters.
317/326................................  24,915,312 square meters of
                                          which not more than 4,766,788
                                          square meters shall be in
                                          Category 326.
331pt..................................  2,211,238 dozen pairs.
333....................................  117,888 dozen.
334....................................  355,560 dozen.
335....................................  387,929 dozen.
336....................................  195,182 dozen.
338/339................................  2,331,725 dozen of which not
                                          more than 1,770,033 dozen
                                          shall be in Categories 338-S/
                                          339-S \10\.
340....................................  804,295 dozen of which not more
                                          than 402,148 dozen shall be in
                                          Category 340-Z \11\.
341....................................  696,915 dozen of which not more
                                          than 430,955 dozen shall be in
                                          Category 341-Y \12\.
342....................................  277,017 dozen.
345....................................  126,650 dozen.
347/348................................  2,303,209 dozen.
351....................................  651,185 dozen.
352....................................  1,643,919 dozen.
359-C..................................  706,281 kilograms.
359-V..................................  971,520 kilograms.
360....................................  9,325,474 numbers of which not
                                          more than 6,177,149 numbers
                                          shall be in Category 360-P
                                          \13\.
361....................................  4,849,843 numbers.
362....................................  7,903,255 numbers.
363....................................  22,899,052 numbers.
410....................................  1,059,175 square meters of
                                          which not more than 849,044
                                          square meters shall be in
                                          Category 410-A \14\ and not
                                          more than 849,044 square
                                          meters shall be in Category
                                          410-B \15\.
433....................................  20,831 dozen.
434....................................  13,320 dozen.

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435....................................  24,462 dozen.
436....................................  15,534 dozen.
438....................................  26,375 dozen.
440....................................  38,837 dozen of which not more
                                          than 22,192 dozen shall be in
                                          Category 440-M \16\.
442....................................  39,886 dozen.
443....................................  128,859 numbers.
444....................................  212,873 numbers.
445/446................................  281,062 dozen.
447....................................  70,548 dozen.
448....................................  22,256 dozen.
611....................................  6,270,756 square meters.
613....................................  8,615,225 square meters.
614....................................  13,538,210 square meters.
615....................................  28,184,093 square meters.
617....................................  19,691,942 square meters.
631pt..................................  330,228 dozen pairs.
633....................................  63,140 dozen.
634....................................  686,909 dozen.
635....................................  724,570 dozen.
636....................................  568,421 dozen.
638/639................................  2,506,986 dozen.
640....................................  1,385,249 dozen.
641....................................  1,312,236 dozen.
642....................................  380,981 dozen.
643....................................  548,139 numbers.
644....................................  3,605,043 numbers.
645/646................................  809,845 dozen.
647....................................  1,616,029 dozen.
648....................................  1,154,641 dozen.
651....................................  852,132 dozen of which not more
                                          than 154,543 dozen shall be in
                                          Category 651-B \17\.
652....................................  3,234,833 dozen.
659-C..................................  451,128 kilograms.
659-H..................................  3,173,412 kilograms.
659-S..................................  701,306 kilograms.
666pt..................................  530,098 kilograms.
845....................................  2,414,080 dozen.
846....................................  189,886 dozen.
Group II                                 ...............................
332, 359-O \18\, 459pt. \19\ and 659-O   41,052,778 square meters
 \20\, as a group.                        equivalent.
Group III                                ...............................
201, 220, 224-V \21\, 224-O \22\, 225,   48,634,805 square meters
 227, 369-O \23\, 400, 414, 469pt.        equivalent.
 \24\, 603, 604-O \25\, 618-620 and 624-
 629, as a group.
Sublevels in Group III                   ...............................
224-V..................................  4,100,648 square meters.
225....................................  7,286,166 square meters.
Group IV                                 ...............................
852....................................  392,820 square meters
                                          equivalent.
Levels not in a Group                    ...............................
369-S \26\.............................  621,077 kilograms.
863-S \27\.............................  8,919,240 numbers.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


 
 
 
  \1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
  \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.
  \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.
  \4\ Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,
6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,
6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,
6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and
6211.42.0070.
  \5\ 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.
  \6\ 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.
  \7\ 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.
  \8\ 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.

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  \9\ 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.
  \10\ Category 338-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012,
6109.10.0014, 6109.10.0018 and 6109.10.0023; Category 339-S: all HTS
numbers except 6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045, 6109.10.0060 and
6109.10.0065.
  \11\ Category 340-Z: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060.
  \12\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
  \13\ Category 360-P: only HTS numbers 6302.21.3010, 6302.21.5010,
6302.21.7010, 6302.21.9010, 6302.31.3010, 6302.31.5010, 6302.31.7010 and
6302.31.9010.
  \14\ Category 410-A: only HTS numbers 5111.11.3000, 5111.11.7030,
5111.11.7060, 5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020, 5111.19.6040, 5111.19.6060,
5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000, 5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000, 5111.90.9000,
5212.11.1010, 5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010, 5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010,
5212.21.1010, 5212.22.1010, 5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010, 5212.25.1010,
5311.00.2000, 5407.91.0510, 5407.92.0510, 5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510,
5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510, 5408.33.0510, 5408.34.0510, 5515.13.0510,
5515.22.0510, 5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510, 5516.32.0510, 5516.33.0510,
5516.34.0510 and 6301.20.0020.
  \15\ Category 410-B: only HTS numbers 5007.10.6030, 5007.90.6030,
5112.11.3030, 5112.11.3060, 5112.11.6030, 5112.11.6060, 5112.19.6010,
5112.19.6020, 5112.19.6030, 5112.19.6040, 5112.19.6050, 5112.19.6060,
5112.19.9510, 5112.19.9520, 5112.19.9530, 5112.19.9540, 5112.19.9550,
5112.19.9560, 5112.20.3000, 5112.30.3000, 5112.90.3000, 5112.90.9010,
5112.90.9090, 5212.11.1020, 5212.12.1020, 5212.13.1020, 5212.14.1020,
5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020, 5212.22.1020, 5212.23.1020, 5212.24.1020,
5212.25.1020, 5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000, 5407.91.0520, 5407.92.0520,
5407.93.0520, 5407.94.0520, 5408.31.0520, 5408.32.0520, 5408.33.0520,
5408.34.0520, 5515.13.0520, 5515.22.0520, 5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520,
5516.32.0520, 5516.33.0520 and 5516.34.0520.
  \16\ Category 440-M: only HTS numbers 6203.21.9030, 6203.23.0030,
6205.10.1000, 6205.10.2010, 6205.10.2020, 6205.30.1510, 6205.30.1520,
6205.90.3020, 6205.90.4020 and 6211.31.0030.
  \17\ Category 651-B: only HTS numbers 6107.22.0015 and 6108.32.0015.
  \18\ 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,
6211.42.0010 (Category 359-C); 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040,
6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035,
6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 6203.19.1030,
6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and 6211.42.0070
(Category 359-V); 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.).
  \19\ 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.
  \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); 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.
  \21\ 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.
  \22\ Category 224-O: all HTS numbers except 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 (Category 224-V).
  \23\ 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, 6307.10.0020, 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.).
  \24\ 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.
  \25\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-
A).
  \26\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
  \27\ Category 863-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2015.
 

    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 9, 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 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,
James C. Leonard III,
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
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