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
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA). ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bu...
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
AGENCY:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection announcing limits.
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 www.customs.gov. For information on embargoes and quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel website at otexa.ita.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority:
Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);
( printed page 65446)
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:
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.
( printed page 65447)
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 20
, as a group
41,052,778 square meters equivalent.
Group III
201, 220, 224-V 21
, 224-O 22
, 225, 227, 369-O 23
, 400, 414, 469pt. 24
, 603, 604-O 25
, 618-620 and 624-629, as a group.
48,634,805 square meters equivalent.
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).
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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68 FR 65445
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