Federal Register: October 20, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 202)
DOCID: FR Doc 03-26428
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, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka
EFFECTIVE DATES: January 1, 2004.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
October 14, 2003.
SUMMARY:
Sri Lanka,
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 Sri Lanka 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. Caryforward used thus far in 2003 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
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, manmade
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in
Sri Lanka 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....................................... 564,171 dozen.
314....................................... 8,422,263 square meters.
331pt./631pt. \1\......................... 1,242,174 dozen pairs. 333/633................................... 106,198 dozen.
334/634................................... 1,177,254 dozen. 335....................................... 542,678 dozen.
336/636................................... 688,547 dozen.
338/339................................... 2,354,510 dozen.
340/640................................... 2,050,352 dozen.
341/641................................... 3,375,000 dozen of which not
more than 2,250,000 dozen
shall be in Category 341
and not more than 2,250,000
dozen shall be in Category 641.
342/642................................... 1,207,438 dozen. 345/845................................... 317,079 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,599,566 dozen. 351/651................................... 608,667 dozen.
352/652................................... 2,511,474 dozen.
359C/659C \2\........................... 2,556,197 kilograms.
360....................................... 2,807,422 numbers.
363....................................... 24,060,215 numbers.
369S \3\................................. 1,505,310 kilograms. 434....................................... 8,108 dozen.
435....................................... 17,373 dozen.
440....................................... 11,582 dozen.
611....................................... 10,995,734 square meters. 635....................................... 730,106 dozen.
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638/639................................... 1,773,325 dozen.
644....................................... 995,594 numbers. 645/646................................... 398,237 dozen.
647/648................................... 2,019,842 dozen.
\1\ 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.
\2\ Category 359C: 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 659C: 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.
\3\ Category 369S: 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 2003 shall be charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see directive dated November 1, 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
Roy Unger, 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.