[Federal Register: November 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 218)]
[Notices]
[Page 68565]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits and Guaranteed Access
Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala
November 1, 2002.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing
import limits and guaranteed access levels.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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
Web site at http://www.customs.gov. For information on embargoes and
quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel Web site
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 import restraint limits and Guaranteed Access Levels (GALS) for
textile products, produced or manufactured in Guatemala and exported
during the period January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003 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 of Customs to establish limits and guaranteed access
levels for 2003.
These specific limits and guaranteed access levels do not apply to
goods that qualify for quota-free entry under the Trade and Development
Act of 2000.
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).
Information regarding the availability of the 2003 CORRELATION will be
published in the Federal Register at a later date.
Requirements for participation in the Special Access Program are
available in Federal Register notice 63 FR 16474, published on April 3,
1998.
James C. Leonard III,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 1, 2002.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, 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, 2003, 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 Guatemala and exported during the period beginning
on January 1, 2003 and extending through December 31, 2003, in
excess of the following levels of restraint:
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Category Twelve-month restraint limit
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340/640................................... 2,257,523 dozen.
347/348................................... 2,703,123 dozen.
351/651................................... 476,212 dozen.
443....................................... 77,658 numbers.
448....................................... 48,658 dozen.
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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 2002 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated October 25, 2001) 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.
Also pursuant to the ATC, and under the terms of the Special
Access Program, as set forth in 63 FR 16474 (April 3, 1998),
effective on January 1, 2003, you are directed to establish
guaranteed access levels for properly certified textile products in
the following categories which are assembled in Guatemala from
fabric formed and cut in the United States and re-exported to the
United States from Guatemala during the period January 1, 2003
through December 31, 2003:
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Category Guaranteed access level
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340/640................................... 520,000 dozen.
347/348................................... 1,000,000 dozen.
351/651................................... 200,000 dozen.
443....................................... 25,000 numbers.
448....................................... 42,000 dozen.
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Any shipment for entry under the Special Access Program which is
not accompanied by a valid and correct certification in accordance
with the provisions of the certification requirements established in
the directive of January 24, 1990 (55 FR 3079), as amended, shall be
denied entry unless the Government of Guatemala authorizes the entry
and any charges to the appropriate specific limit. Any shipment
which is declared for entry under the Special Access Program but
found not to qualify shall be denied entry into the United States.
These specific limits and guaranteed access levels do not apply
to goods that qualify for quota-free entry under the Trade and
Development Act of 2000.
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of
Customs 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.
[FR Doc. 02-28627 Filed 11-8-02; 8:45 am]