67 FR 199 pgs. 63625-63626 - Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Arab Republic of Egypt
Type: NOTICEVolume: 67Number: 199Pages: 63625 - 63626
FR document: [FR Doc. 02-26148 Filed 10-11-02; 8:45 am]
Agency: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
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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 8, 2002.
AGENCY:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
January 1, 2003.
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 U.S. Customs 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, 2003 through December 31, 2003 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 of Customs to establish the 2003 limits.
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 66 FR 65178, published on December 18, 2001). Information regarding the 2003 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 8, 2002.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, 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, 2003, 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, 2003 and extending through December 31, 2003, in excess of the following levels of restraint:
| Category | Twelve-month restraint limit |
|---|---|
| Fabric Group | |
| 218-220, 224-227, 313-O1 , 314-O2 , 315-O3 , 317-O4 and 326-O5 , as a group | 182,709,318 square meters. |
| Sublevels within Fabric Group | |
| 218 | 2,508,000 square meters. |
| 219 | 42,987,425 square meters. |
| 220 | 42,987,425 square meters. |
| 224 | 42,987,425 square meters. |
| 225 | 42,987,425 square meters. |
| 226 | 42,987,425 square meters. |
| 227 | 42,987,425 square meters. |
| 313-O | 78,937,229 square meters. |
| 314-O | 42,987,425 square meters. |
| 315-O | 50,480,520 square meters. |
| 317-O | 42,987,425 square meters. |
| 326-O | 2,508,000 square meters. |
| Levels not in a group | |
| 300/301 | 17,071,349 kilograms of which not more than 5,354,175 kilograms shall be in Category 301. |
| 338/339 | 4,717,195 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 1,954,268 dozen. |
| 369-S6 | 2,474,710 kilograms. |
| 448 | 20,894 dozen. |
| 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 2002 shall be charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see directive dated November 23, 2001) 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 of Customs 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. 02-26148 Filed 10-11-02; 8:45 am]
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