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 Thailand
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.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
October 20, 2003.
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
( printed page 59930)
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.
The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted for the charging of additional carryforward used, swing, carryover, 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 68 FR 1599, published on January 13, 2003). Also see 67 FR 63633, published on October 15, 2002.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 14, 2003.
Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229
Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, the directive issued to you on October 8, 2002, 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 Thailand and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2003 and extends through December 31, 2003.
Effective on October 20, 2003, you are directed to adjust the limits for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
Category
Adjusted twelve-month limit 1
Levels in Group I
200
2,088,878 kilograms.
218
27,328,680 square meters.
219
11,843,261 square meters.
300
7,422,111 kilograms.
301-O 2
1,696,915 kilograms.
314-O 3
78,712,514 square meters.
315-O 4
55,703,467 square meters.
317-O/326-O 5
23,384,855 square meters.
363
36,207,254 numbers.
604
1,303,272 kilograms of which not more than 835,551 kilograms shall be in Category 604-A 6
.
613/614/615
84,185,472 square meters of which not more than 49,019,053 square meters shall be in Categories 613/615 and not more than 49,019,053 square meters shall be in Category 614.
617
30,400,308 square meters.
619
12,903,804 square meters.
620
12,759,104 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629
23,078,445 square meters of which not more than 17,564,156 square meters shall be in Category 625.
Group II
237, 331pt.7
, 332-348, 351, 352, 359pt. 8
, 433-438, 440, 442-448, 459pt. 9
, 631pt. 10
, 633-648, 651, 652, 659-H 11
, 659pt. 12
, 845, 846 and 852, as a group
477,314,603 square meters equivalent.
Sublevels in Group II
334/634
1,086,218 dozen.
335/635
895,186 dozen.
336/636
577,905 dozen.
338/339
2,801,379 dozen.
340
532,949 dozen.
341/641
1,258,348 dozen.
342/642
1,095,502 dozen.
345
538,719 dozen.
347/348
1,386,349 dozen.
351/651
425,302 dozen.
433
11,591 dozen.
434
14,953 dozen.
435
67,943 dozen.
438
22,428 dozen.
442
26,045 dozen.
638/639
3,339,939 dozen.
640
919,104 dozen.
645/646
557,035 dozen.
647/648
1,989,414 dozen.
1
The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 2002.
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.
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68 FR 59929
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