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JV operations. The applications also

request allocations totaling 4,500 metric

tons (mt) of Atlantic herring and 3,500

mt of Atlantic mackerel for harvest by

the named vessels in 2001.

Dated: December 20, 2001.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–31975 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Hong Kong; Correction

December 20, 2001

In the letter to the Commissioner of

Customs published in the Federal

Register on December 5, 2001 (66 FR

63219), on page 63220, 2nd column, in

the table listing import restraint limits,

categories 331pt. and 631pt. were

inadvertently omitted from the list of

categories covered under Group II. A

letter has been sent to the Commissioner

of Customs to add these categories to the

categories listed under Group II.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 01–31888 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–S

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Limits for

Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber,

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the

People’s Republic of China and and

Amendment of Export Visa and

Certification Requirements for Textiles

and Textile Products Integrated into

GATT 1994 in the First, Second and

Third Stage

December 20, 2001

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

the 2002 limits and amending visa

requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, 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 reopenings, 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 import restraint limits for textile

products, produced or manufactured in

China and exported during the period

January 1, 2002 through December 31,

2002 are based on limits to be notified

to the Textiles Monitoring Body

pursuant to the World Trade

Organization (WTO) Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC).

The ATC provides for the staged

integration of textiles and textile

products into the General Agreement on

Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994. For

WTO members, the first stage of the

integration took place on January 1,

1995 and the second stage took place on

January 1, 1998. The products to be

integrated in each stage were announced

on April 26, 1995 (see 60 FR 21075,

published on May 1, 1995 and 63 FR

53881, published on October 7, 1998).

The third stage of the integration will

take place on January 1, 2002 (see 60 FR

21075, published on May 1, 1995). The

United States will implement the first

three stages of integration for China on

that date. Accordingly, certain

previously restrained categories have

been modified and their limits have

been revised, and other categories have

been eliminated. Integrated products

will no longer be subject to quota. This

directive implements stages one, two

and three of integration and agreed

annual growth, but does not apply

accelerated growth. CITA will amend

China’s quotas by applying accelerated

quota growth at a later date.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the 2002 limits.

The United States will not maintain

quota and visa requirements on textiles

and textile products that were integrated

in stages one, two and three, that were

produced or manufactured in China and

exported on or after December 11, 2001

(for products integrated in stages one

and two), and January 1, 2002 (for

products integrated in stage three). In

the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to eliminate

existing quota and visa requirements for

textiles and textile products that were

integrated for WTO members on January

1, 1995 and January 1, 1998, and

exported on or after December 11, 2001,

produced or manufactured in China (see

66 FR 63225, published on December 5,

2001). The letter also directs the

Commissioner to eliminate existing

quota and visa requirements for textiles

and textile products that were integrated

on January 1, 2002, and exported on and

after that date. The existing quota and

visa requirements for China will be

maintained for goods exported prior to

integration. Goods integrated in stages

one, two and three will no longer

require exempt certification.

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).

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 20, 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

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 2002, entry into the

United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend

and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile

products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in China 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

Group I

200, 218, 219, 226,

237, 300/301,

313–315, 317/326,

331pt. 1, 333–336,

338/339, 340–342,

345, 347/348, 351,

352, 359–C 2,

359–V3, 360–363,

410, 433–436,

438, 440, 442–

444, 445/446, 447,

448, 611, 613–

615, 617, 631pt. 4,

633–636, 638/639,

640–643, 644,

645/646, 647, 648,

651, 652, 659–C 5,

659–H 6, 659–S7,

666pt. 8, 845 and

846, as a group.

1,166,909,854 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group I

200 ........................... 806,465 kilograms.

218 ........................... 11,894,852 square

meters.

219 ........................... 2,615,324 square meters.

226 ........................... 11,875,471 square

meters.

237 ........................... 2,208,501 dozen.

300/301 .................... 2,392,195 kilograms.

313 ........................... 44,497,362 square

meters.

314 ........................... 53,482,625 square

meters.

315 ........................... 139,869,297 square

meters.

317/326 .................... 23,574,649 square

meters of which not

more than 4,510,294

square meters shall

be in Category 326.

331pt. ....................... 2,182,262 dozen pairs.

333 ........................... 108,322 dozen.

334 ........................... 340,681 dozen.

335 ........................... 394,153 dozen.

336 ........................... 187,293 dozen.

338/339 .................... 2,369,131 dozen of

which not more than

1,798,430 dozen

shall be in Categories 338–S/339–

S9.

340 ........................... 811,310 dozen of

which not more than

405,653 dozen shall

be in Category 340–

Z 10.

341 ........................... 702,993 dozen of

which not more than

421,796 dozen shall

be in Category 341–

Y11.

342 ........................... 277,424 dozen.

345 ........................... 129,808 dozen.

347/348 .................... 2,360,641 dozen.

351 ........................... 616,145 dozen.

352 ........................... 1,670,292 dozen.

359–C ...................... 668,278 kilograms.

359–V ...................... 945,532 kilograms.

Category Twelve-month limit

360 ........................... 8,568,821 numbers of

which not more than

5,844,764 numbers

shall be in Category

360–P12.

361 ........................... 4,653,809 numbers.

362 ........................... 7,691,848 numbers.

363 ........................... 22,606,232 numbers.

410 ........................... 1,029,319 square meters of which not

more than 825,111

square meters shall

be in Category 410–

A13 and not more

than 825,111 square

meters shall be in

Category 410–B14.

433 ........................... 21,166 dozen.

434 ........................... 13,533 dozen.

435 ........................... 24,856 dozen.

436 ........................... 15,313 dozen.

438 ........................... 26,797 dozen.

440 ........................... 38,285 dozen of which

not more than

21,876 dozen shall

be in Category 440–

M 15.

442 ........................... 40,526 dozen.

443 ........................... 130,926 numbers.

444 ........................... 213,186 numbers.

445/446 .................... 288,910 dozen.

447 ........................... 71,682 dozen.

448 ........................... 22,613 dozen.

611 ........................... 5,842,402 square meters.

613 ........................... 8,266,993 square meters.

614 ........................... 12,990,987 square

meters.

615 ........................... 27,044,876 square

meters.

617 ........................... 18,895,981 square

meters.

631pt. ....................... 316,495 dozen pairs.

633 ........................... 61,450 dozen.

634 ........................... 668,535 dozen.

635 ........................... 705,188 dozen.

636 ........................... 569,258 dozen.

638/639 .................... 2,510,680 dozen.

640 ........................... 1,407,471 dozen.

641 ........................... 1,333,287 dozen.

642 ........................... 365,581 dozen.

643 ........................... 541,130 numbers.

644 ........................... 3,610,330 numbers.

645/646 .................... 830,040 dozen.

647 ........................... 1,618,411 dozen.

648 ........................... 1,156,344 dozen.

651 ........................... 829,339 dozen of

which not more than

146,011 dozen shall

be in Category 651–

B16.

652 ........................... 3,060,771 dozen.

659–C ...................... 439,060 kilograms.

659–H ...................... 3,066,720 kilograms.

659–S ...................... 672,958 kilograms.

666pt. ....................... 514,992 kilograms.

845 ........................... 2,474,275 dozen.

846 ........................... 184,534 dozen.

Group II ...................

332, 359–O 17,

459pt. 18 and 659–

O 19, as a group.

40,686,683 square

meters equivalent.

Category Twelve-month limit

Group III

201, 220, 224–V20,

224–O 21, 225,

227, 369–O 22,

400, 414,

469pt. 23, 603,

604–O 24, 618–

620 and 624–629,

as a group.

48,037,946 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevel in Group III

224–V ...................... 3,934,899 square meters.

225 ........................... 6,788,450 square meters.

Group IV

852 ........................... 367,732 square meters

equivalent.

Levels not in a

Group

369–S25 .................. 617,516 kilograms.

863–S26 .................. 8,792,197 numbers.

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. 2 Category 359–C: 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. 3 Category 359–V: only HTS numbers

6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040,

6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024,

6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044,

6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,

6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040,

6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and

6211.42.0070. 4 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. 5 Category 659–C: 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. 6 Category 659–H: only HTS numbers

6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060,

6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090

and 6505.90.8090.

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7 Category 659–S: only HTS numbers

6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,

6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040,

6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010

and 6211.12.1020. 8 Category 666pt.: all HTS numbers except

5805.00.4010, 6301.10.0000, 6301.40.0010,

6301.40.0020, 6301.90.0010, 6302.53.0010,

6302.53.0020, 6302.53.0030, 6302.93.1000,

6302.93.2000, 6303.12.0000, 6303.19.0010,

6303.92.1000, 6303.92.2010, 6303.92.2020,

6303.99.0010, 6304.11.2000, 6304.19.1500,

6304.19.2000, 6304.91.0040, 6304.93.0000,

6304.99.6020, 6307.90.9984, 9404.90.8522

and 9404.90.9522. 9 Category 338–S: all HTS numbers except

6109.10.0012, 6109.10.0014, 6109.10.0018

and 6109.10.0023; Category 339–S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.10.0040,

6109.10.0045, 6109.10.0060 and

6109.10.0065. 10 Category 340–Z: only HTS numbers

6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2050

and 6205.20.2060. 11 Category 341–Y: only HTS numbers

6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010, 6206.30.3030

and 6211.42.0054. 12 Category 360–P: only HTS numbers

6302.21.3010, 6302.21.5010, 6302.21.7010,

6302.21.9010, 6302.31.3010, 6302.31.5010,

6302.31.7010 and 6302.31.9010. 13 Category 410–A: only HTS numbers

5111.11.3000, 5111.11.7030, 5111.11.7060,

5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020, 5111.19.6040,

5111.19.6060, 5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000,

5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000, 5111.90.9000,

5212.11.1010, 5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010,

5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010, 5212.21.1010,

5212.22.1010, 5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010,

5212.25.1010, 5311.00.2000, 5407.91.0510,

5407.92.0510, 5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510,

5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510, 5408.33.0510,

5408.34.0510, 5515.13.0510, 5515.22.0510,

5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510, 5516.32.0510,

5516.33.0510, 5516.34.0510 and

6301.20.0020. 14 Category 410–B: only HTS numbers

5007.10.6030, 5007.90.6030, 5112.11.3030,

5112.11.3060, 5112.11.6030, 5112.11.6060,

5112.19.6010, 5112.19.6020, 5112.19.6030,

5112.19.6040, 5112.19.6050, 5112.19.6060,

5112.19.9510, 5112.19.9520, 5112.19.9530,

5112.19.9540, 5112.19.9550, 5112.19.9560,

5112.20.3000, 5112.30.3000, 5112.90.3000,

5112.90.9010, 5112.90.9090, 5212.11.1020,

5212.12.1020, 5212.13.1020, 5212.14.1020,

5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020, 5212.22.1020,

5212.23.1020, 5212.24.1020, 5212.25.1020,

5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000, 5407.91.0520,

5407.92.0520, 5407.93.0520, 5407.94.0520,

5408.31.0520, 5408.32.0520, 5408.33.0520,

5408.34.0520, 5515.13.0520, 5515.22.0520,

5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520, 5516.32.0520,

5516.33.0520 and 5516.34.0520.

15 Category 440–M: only HTS numbers

6203.21.9030, 6203.23.0030, 6205.10.1000,

6205.10.2010, 6205.10.2020, 6205.30.1510,

6205.30.1520, 6205.90.3020, 6205.90.4020

and 6211.31.0030. 16 Category 651–B: only HTS numbers

6107.22.0015 and 6108.32.0015. 17 Category 359–O: all HTS numbers except 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,

6211.42.0010 (Category 359–C);

6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040,

6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024,

6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044,

6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,

6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040,

6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and

6211.42.0070 (Category 359–V);

6115.19.8010, 6117.10.6010, 6117.20.9010,

6203.22.1000, 6204.22.1000, 6212.90.0010,

6214.90.0010, 6406.99.1550, 6505.90.1525,

6505.90.1540, 6505.90.2060 and

6505.90.2545. 18 Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6115.19.8020, 6117.10.1000,

6117.10.2010, 6117.20.9020, 6212.90.0020,

6214.20.0000, 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,

6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505, 6406.99.1560. 19 Category 659–O: all HTS numbers except 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,

6211.43.0010 (Category 659–C);

6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060,

6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090,

6505.90.8090 (Category 659–H);

6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,

6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040,

6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010

and 6211.12.1020 (Category 659–S);

6115.11.0010, 6115.12.2000, 6117.10.2030,

6117.20.9030, 6212.90.0030, 6214.30.0000,

6214.40.0000, 6406.99.1510 and

6406.99.1540. 20 Category 224–V: only HTS numbers

5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000, 5801.24.0000,

5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010,

5801.26.0020, 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000,

5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,

5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020. 21 Category 224–O: all HTS numbers except 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,

5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020,

5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020, 5801.31.0000,

5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010,

5801.35.0020, 5801.36.0010 and

5801.36.0020 (Category 224–V).

22 Category 369–O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369–S);

4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060,

4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500, 4202.22.8030,

4202.32.4000, 4202.32.9530, 4202.92.1500,

4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091, 5601.10.1000,

5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020,

5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020,

5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010,

5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020, 5805.00.3000,

5807.10.0510, 5807.90.0510, 6301.30.0010,

6301.30.0020, 6302.51.1000, 6302.51.2000,

6302.51.3000, 6302.51.4000, 6302.60.0010,

6302.60.0030, 6302.91.0005, 6302.21.0025,

6302.91.0045, 6302.91.0050, 6302.91.0060,

6303.11.0000, 6303.91.0010, 6303.91.0020,

6304.91.0020, 6304.92.0000, 6305.20.0000,

6306.11.0000, 6307.10.0020, 6307.10.1090,

6307.90.3010, 6307.90.4010, 6307.90.5010,

6307.90.8910, 6307.90.8945, 6307.90.9905,

6307.90.9982, 6406.10.7700, 9404.90.1000,

9404.90.8040 and 9404.90.9505. 23 Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010,

6304.19.3040, 6304.91.0050, 6304.99.1500,

6304.99.6010, 6308.00.0010 and

6406.10.9020. 24 Category 604–O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604–A). 25 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005. 26 Category 863–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2015.

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 exported during 2001 shall be

charged to the applicable category limits for

that year (see directive dated December 20,

2000) 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. You are also

directed to amend the directive dated

December 20, 2000 (65 FR 81846, published

on December 27, 2000).

Products to be integrated into the General

Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994

in stage three (listed in the Federal Register

notice published on May 1, 1995, 60 FR

21075) which are exported during 2001 shall

be charged to the applicable 2001 limits to

the extent of any unfilled balances. After

January 1, 2002, should those 2001 limits be

filled, such products shall no longer be

charged to any limit. Products integrated into

GATT 1994 in stages one and two which are

exported prior to December 11, 2001 shall be

charged to the applicable 2001 limits to the

extent of any unfilled balances. After that

date, should those 2001 limits be filled, such

products shall no longer be charged to any

limit.

You are further directed to amend the

current quota and visa requirements for

certain textiles and textile products produced

or manufactured in China and exported on or

after December 11, 2001 and December 31,

2001.

Effective on January 1, 2002, for goods

exported on or after December 11, 2001,

quotas will be removed and export visas will

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not be required for textiles and textile

products produced or manufactured in China

that were integrated into GATT 1994 on

January 1, 1995 and January 1, 1998 (see

directive dated November 29, 2001, 66 FR

63225, published on December 5, 2001).

Export visas will continue to be required for

such products that were exported prior to

December 11, 2001. Effective January 1, 2002,

for goods exported on or after that date,

quotas will be removed and export visas will

not be required for textiles and textile

products produced or manufactured in China

that were integrated into GATT 1994 on

January 1, 2002. Export visas will continue

to be required by such products that were

exported prior to January 1, 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).

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 01–31860 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–S

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Bahrain;

Correction

December 20, 2001

In the letter to the Commissioner of

Customs published in the Federal

Register on November 14, 2001 (66 FR

57042), on page 57043, 1st column, in

the table listing import restraint limits,

categories 845 and 846 were

inadvertently omitted from the list of

categories covered under Group I. A

letter has been sent to the Commissioner

of Customs to add these categories to the

categories listed under Group I.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 01–31889 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–S

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Limits for

Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber,

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Taiwan

and Amendment of Export Visa and

Certification Requirements for Textiles

and Textile Products Integrated into

GATT 1994 in the First, Second and

Third Stage

December 20, 2001

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits and amending visa requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, 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 reopenings, 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 import restraint limits for textile

products, produced or manufactured in

Taiwan and exported during the period

January 1, 2002 through December 31,

2002 are based on limits that will be

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body

pursuant to the World Trade

Organization (WTO) Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC). Taiwan

will accede to the WTO on January 1,

2002.

The ATC provides for the staged

integration of textiles and textile

products into the General Agreement on

Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994. For

WTO members, the first stage of the

integration took place on January 1,

1995 and the second stage took place on

January 1, 1998. The products to be

integrated in each stage were announced

on April 26, 1995 (see 60 FR 21075,

published on May 1, 1995 and 63 FR

53881, published on October 7, 1998).

The third stage of the integration will

take place on January 1, 2002 (see 60 FR

21075, published on May 1, 1995). The

United States will implement the first

three stages of integration for Taiwan on

that date. Accordingly, certain

previously restrained categories have

been modified and their limits have

been revised. Certain other previously

restrained categories have been

eliminated. Integrated products will no

longer be subject to quota. This

directives implements stages one, two

and three integration and agreed annual

growth, but does not apply accelerated

growth. CITA will amend Taiwan’s

quotas by applying accelerated growth

at a later date.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the 2002 limits.

The United States will not maintain

visa requirements on textiles and textile

products that were integrated in stage

one, two and three, that were produced

or manufactured in Taiwan and

exported on or after January 1, 2002. In

the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to eliminate

existing visa requirements for textiles

and textile products that were integrated

on January 1, 1995, January 1, 1998 and

January 1, 2002, and exported on or

after January 1, 2002, produced or

manufactured in Taiwan (see 66 FR

63225, published on December 5, 2001).

The existing visa requirements for

Taiwan will be maintained for goods

exported prior to January 1, 2002.

Integrated goods no longer require

exempt certification. In addition, the

Export Certification System (E/C

System) for Taiwan is rescinded

effective January 1, 2002.

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).

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 20, 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

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 2002, entry into the