67 FR 135 pgs. 46458-46460 - Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia
Type: NOTICEVolume: 67Number: 135Pages: 46458 - 46460
FR document: [FR Doc.02-17630 Filed 7-12-02; 8:45 am]
Agency: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Indonesia
July 9, 2002.
AGENCY:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
July 16, 2002.
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 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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted for carryover, the recrediting of unused carryforward, swing, special shift, and carryforward.
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). Also see 66 FR 63025, published on December 4, 2001.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
July 9, 2002.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued to you on November 27, 2001, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2002 and extends through December 31, 2002.
Effective on July 16, 2002, you are directed to adjust the limits for the categories listed below, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
| Category | Twelve-month restraint limit1 |
|---|---|
| Levels in Group I | |
| 200 | 1,287,716 kilograms. |
| 219 | 14,774,634 square meters. |
| 225 | 8,428,603 square meters. |
| 300/301 | 6,322,603 kilograms. |
| 313-O2 | 26,808,415 square meters. |
| 314-O3 | 83,608,280 square meters. |
| 315-O4 | 42,530,966 square meters. |
| 317-O5 /617/326-O6 | 37,081,577 square meters of which not more than 5,173,219 square meters shall be in Category 326-O. |
| 331pt./631pt.7 | 1,523,626 dozen pairs. |
| 336/636 | 974,338 dozen. |
| 338/339 | 1,961,027 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 2,216,275 dozen. |
| 341 | 1,569,076 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 587,885 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 2,793,269 dozen. |
| 359-C/659-C8 | 2,184,171 kilograms. |
| 359-S/659-S9 | 2,444,116 kilograms. |
| 360 | 2,046,215 numbers. |
| 361 | 2,046,215 numbers. |
| 369-S10 | 1,411,305 kilograms. |
| 433 | 12,270 dozen. |
| 443 | 95,319 numbers. |
| 445/446 | 67,454 dozen. |
| 447 | 20,134 dozen. |
| 448 | 21,970 dozen. |
| 604-A11 | 1,007,236 kilograms. |
| 611-O12 | 4,883,603 square meters. |
| 613/614/615 | 36,970,213 square meters. |
| 618-O13 | 7,196,512 square meters. |
| 619/620 | 13,108,256 square meters. |
| 625/626/627/628/629-O14 | 36,494,016 square meters. |
| 638/639 | 2,188,492 dozen. |
| 641 | 3,474,779 dozen. |
| 643 | 511,556 numbers. |
| 647/648 | 4,586,029 dozen. |
| Group II | |
| 201, 218, 220, 224, 226, 227, 237, 239pt.15 , 332, 333, 352, 359-O16 , 362, 363, 369-O17 , 400, 410, 414, 434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt.18 , 469pt.19 , 603, 604-O20 , 624, 633, 652, 659-O21 , 666pt.22 , 845, 846 and 852, as a group | 128,888,953 square meters equivalent. |
| Subgroup in Group II | |
| 400, 410, 414, 434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt. and 469pt., as a group | 3,552,889 square meters equivalent. |
| In Group II subgroup | |
| 435 | 55,781 dozen. |
| 1 The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 2001. | |
| 2 Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035 and 5209.51.6032. | |
| 3 Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015. | |
| 4 Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055. | |
| 5 Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085. | |
| 6 Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015 and 5211.59.0015. | |
| 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; 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. | |
| 8 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. | |
| 9 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. | |
| 10 Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005. | |
| 11 Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000. | |
| 12 Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025 and 5516.14.0085. | |
| 13 Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and 5408.24.9040. | |
| 14 Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085. | |
| 15 Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers). | |
| 16 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.). | |
| 17 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, 4202.92.1500, 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, 6307.90.9905, 6307.90.9982, 6406.10.7700, 9404.90.1000, 9404.90.8040 and 9404.90.9505 (Category 369pt.). | |
| 18 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. | |
| 19 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. | |
| 20 Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-A). | |
| 21 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.). | |
| 22 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, 6307.90.9984, 9404.90.8522 and 9404.90.9522. | |
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,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.02-17630 Filed 7-12-02; 8:45 am]
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