Federal Register: October 20, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 202)
DOCID: FR Doc 03-26427
COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection establishing limits.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Singapore
EFFECTIVE DATES: January 1, 2004.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
October 14, 2003.
SUMMARY:
Singapore,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
October 14, 2003.
SUPPLEMENTAL 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 Singapore and exported during the period January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004 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, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to establish 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
October 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 and man
made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or
manufactured in Singapore and exported during the twelvemonth
period beginning on January 1, 2004 and extending through December 31, 2004, in excess of the following levels of restraint:
Category Twelvemonth restraint limit 237....................................... 410,730 dozen.
239pt. \1\................................ 290,977 kilograms.
331pt. \2\................................ 95,940 dozen pairs. 334....................................... 100,029 dozen.
335....................................... 300,886 dozen.
338/339................................... 2,227,426 dozen of which not
more than 1,301,728 dozen
shall be in Category 338
and not more than 1,447,360
dozen shall be in Category 339.
340....................................... 1,558,867 dozen. 341....................................... 391,978 dozen.
342....................................... 241,216 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,408,087 dozen of which not
more than 880,052 dozen
shall be in Category 347
and not more than 684,488
dozen shall be in Category 348.
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435....................................... 7,623 dozen.
604....................................... 1,259,653 kilograms.
631pt. \3\................................ 600,997 dozen pairs. 634....................................... 381,889 dozen.
635....................................... 390,802 dozen.
638....................................... 1,402,620 dozen.
639....................................... 4,316,399 dozen. 640....................................... 332,337 dozen.
641....................................... 542,077 dozen.
642....................................... 582,654 dozen.
645/646................................... 215,126 dozen.
647....................................... 921,763 dozen.
648....................................... 1,711,652 dozen.
\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\2\ 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.
\3\ 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.
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 September 3, 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.
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Naomi Freeman, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce (202) 4824212. 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) 9275850, or refer to the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection website at http://www.customs.gov. For information on embargoes and quota reopenings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel website at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.