Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine

November 29, 2001.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2002.

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

website at http://www.customs.gov. For information on embargoes and

quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel website

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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of July 22, 1998, as amended and

extended by exchange of notes on September 19, 2000 and January 15,

2001, between the Governments of the United States and Ukraine

establishes limits for certain wool textile products, produced or

manufactured in Ukraine and exported during the period beginning on

January 1, 2002 and extending through December 31, 2002.

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2002 limits.

These limits may be revised if Ukraine becomes a member of the

World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO

agreement to Ukraine.

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 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000).

Information regarding the availability of the 2002 CORRELATION will be

published in the Federal Register at a later date.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 29, 2001.

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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of

July 22, 1998, as amended and extended by exchange of notes on

September 19, 2000 and January 15, 2001, between the Governments of

the United States and Ukraine, you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 2001, entry into the United States for

consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of wool

textile products in the following categories, produced or

manufactured in Ukraine and exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on January 1, 2002 and extending through December 31,

2002, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

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Category Twelve-month limit

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435....................................... 97,527 dozen.

442....................................... 16,236 dozen.

444....................................... 70,359 numbers.

448....................................... 70,359 dozen.

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The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to

the current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the

United States and Ukraine.

These limits may be revised if Ukraine becomes a member of the

World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO

agreement to Ukraine.

Products in the above categories exported during 2001 shall be

charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated January 30, 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.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements.

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