[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 79059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30691]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Entry of Shipments of Cotton, Wool, and Man-Made Fiber Apparel in 
Excess of 2008 Agreement Limits

December 19, 2008
AGENCY: The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
(CITA).

ACTION: Directive to Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, 
Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1857).
    In the letter to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection published below, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is 
directed to implement staged entry limits for China for shipments in 
excess of 2008 agreement limits.
    In a Federal Register Notice published on June 16, 2008 (73 FR 
33992), the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
(CITA) advised the public that any overshipments of the 2008 limits of 
the U.S. - China Bilateral Textile Agreement would be subject to staged 
entry procedures laid out in the notice.
    The procedures laid out below apply only in cases of overshipments 
of the 2008 agreed quota limits for China.
    For all shipments exported in 2008 that exceed the applicable 2008 
agreed quota limits for China, entry will not be permitted until 
February 1, 2009. From February 1 through February 28, 2009, entry will 
be permitted to goods in an amount equal to 5 percent of the applicable 
2008 base quota limit. For each succeeding month, beginning on the 
first day of the month and extending through the last day of the month, 
entry will be permitted to goods in an amount equal to 5 percent of the 
applicable base 2008 quota limit, until all shipments in excess of the 
quota limits have been entered.
    The 5 percent staged entry limits described above are published in 
the following letter to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection.

Janet E. Heinzen,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 19, 2008.

Commissioner,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: This directive provides instructions on 
permitting entry to goods shipped in excess of 2008 quota limits for 
China.
    For all shipments exported in 2008 that exceed the applicable 
2008 agreed quota limits for China, you are directed to deny entry 
until February 1, 2009, subject to the following procedure. From 
February 1, through February 28, 2009, you are directed to permit 
entry to goods in an amount equal to 5 percent of the applicable 
2008 base quota limit. For each succeeding month, beginning on the 
first day of the month and extending through the last day of the 
month, you are directed to permit entry to goods in an amount equal 
to 5 percent of the applicable base 2008 quota limit, until all 
shipments in excess of the quota limits have been entered.
    The monthly 5 percent staged entry limits described above are 
listed below:

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                 Category                      5 percent of base limit
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332/432/632-T (plus baby socks) \1\.......  4,252,922 dozen pair, of
                                             which not more than
                                             4,043,310 dozen pair shall
                                             be in categories 332/432/
                                             632-B (plus baby socks)
                                             \2\.
347/348...................................  1,272,148 dozen.
352/652...................................  1,225,759 dozen.
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\1\ Categories 332/432/632-T: baby socks: only HTS numbers 6111.20.6050,
  6111.30.5050 and 6111.90.5050; within Category 632: only HTS number
  6115.10.4000, 6115.10.5500, 6115.30.9010, 6115.96.6020, 6115.96.9020,
  6115.99.1420, and 6115.99.1920.
\2\ Categories 332/432/632-B: baby socks: only HTS numbers 6111.10.6050,
  6111.30.5050 and 6111.90.5050; within Category 632: only HTS numbers
  6115.10.4000, 6115.10.5500, 6115.96.6020, 6115.96.9020, 6115.99.1420,
  and 6115.99.1920.

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Janet E. Heinzen,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. E8-30691 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]
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