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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

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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 Taiwan and

exported during the twelve-month period

which begins on January 1, 2002 and

extending through December 31, 2002, in

excess of the following levels of restraint:

Category Twelve-month limit

Group I

200–221, 224, 225/

317/326, 226, 227,

300/301, 313–315,

360–363, 369–S1,

369–O 2, 400–414,

469pt 3, 603, 604,

611, 613/614/615/

617, 618, 619/620,

623, 624, 625/626/

627/628/629 and

666pt 4, as a

group.

205,611,995 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group I

218 ........................... 23,326,223 square

meters.

225/317/326 ............. 41,403,983 square

meters.

226 ........................... 7,513,501 square meters.

300/301 .................... 1,781,052 kilograms of

which not more than

1,494,524 kilograms

shall be in Category

300; not more than

1,494,524 kilograms

shall be in Category

301.

363 ........................... 12,329,235 numbers.

611 ........................... 3,362,222 square meters.

613/614/615/617 ...... 20,852,171 square

meters.

619/620 .................... 15,326,668 square

meters.

625/626/627/628/629 19,943,616 square

meters.

Group I subgroup

200, 219, 313, 314,

315, 361, 369–S

and 604, as a

group.

153,118,428 square

meters equivalent.

Within Group I subgroup

200 ........................... 753,714 kilograms.

219 ........................... 17,153,795 square

meters.

313 ........................... 68,671,137 square

meters.

314 ........................... 30,555,457 square

meters.

315 ........................... 23,413,267 square

meters.

361 ........................... 1,514,047 numbers.

369–S ...................... 492,487 kilograms.

604 ........................... 239,325 kilograms.

Category Twelve-month limit

Group II

237, 239pt 5,

331pt. 6, 332, 333/

334/335, 336, 338/

339, 340–345,

347/348, 351, 352/

652, 359–C/659–

C 7, 659–H 8,

359pt. 9, 433-438,

445/446, 447/448,

459pt. 10, 631pt. 11,

633/634/635, 636,

638/639, 640,

641–644, 645/646,

647/648, 651,

659–S12,

659pt. 13, 846 and

852, as a group.

621,535,524 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group II

237 ........................... 736,389 dozen.

239pt. ....................... 1,346,848 kilograms.

331pt. ....................... 143,982 dozen pairs.

336 ........................... 125,460 dozen.

338/339 .................... 831,284 dozen.

340 ........................... 1,123,393 dozen.

345 ........................... 131,090 dozen.

347/348 .................... 1,064,931 dozen of

which not more than

1,064,931 dozen

shall be in Categories 347–W/348–

W 14.

352/652 .................... 3,328,576 dozen.

359–C/659–C .......... 1,447,633 kilograms.

659–H ...................... 2,069,969 kilograms.

433 ........................... 15,701 dozen.

434 ........................... 10,904 dozen.

435 ........................... 25,889 dozen.

436 ........................... 5,155 dozen.

438 ........................... 29,095 dozen.

440 ........................... 5,636 dozen.

442 ........................... 43,871 dozen.

443 ........................... 43,961 numbers.

444 ........................... 62,611 numbers.

445/446 .................... 138,149 dozen.

633/634/635 ............. 1,634,440 dozen of

which not more than

959,317 dozen shall

be in Categories

633/634 and not

more than 850,077

dozen shall be in

Category 635.

638/639 .................... 6,565,058 dozen.

640 ........................... 1,058,909 dozen of

which not more than

281,710 dozen shall

be in Category 640–

Y15.

642 ........................... 777,133 dozen.

643 ........................... 523,166 numbers.

644 ........................... 798,870 numbers.

645/646 .................... 4,107,691 dozen.

647/648 .................... 5,248,544 dozen of

which not more than

5,248,544 dozen

shall be in Categories 647–W/648–

W 16.

659–S ...................... 1,601,702 kilograms.

Category Twelve-month limit

Group II Subgroup

333/334/335, 341,

342, 351, 447/448,

636, 641 and 651,

as a group.

72,524,979 square

meters equivalent.

Within Group II Subgroup

333/334/335 ............. 322,771 dozen of

which not more than

174,835 dozen shall

be in Category 335.

341 ........................... 345,045 dozen.

342 ........................... 215,550 dozen.

351 ........................... 358,605 dozen.

447/448 .................... 21,454 dozen.

636 ........................... 395,136 dozen.

641 ........................... 733,276 dozen of

which not more than

256,646 dozen shall

be in Category 641–

Y17.

651 ........................... 449,715 dozen.

Group III

Sublevel in Group III

845 ........................... 854,623 dozen.

1 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005. 2 Category 369–O: all HTS numbers except

6307.10.2005 (Category 369–S); and

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, 6302.91.0025,

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, 6307.10.1020, 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 (Category

369pt.). 3 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. 4 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. 5 Category 239pt.: only HTS number

6209.20.5040 (diapers). 6 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.

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7 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; 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. 8 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. 9 Category 359pt.: 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 and

6211.42.0010 (Category 359–C);

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, 6505.90.2545. 10 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. 11 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. 12 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. 13 Category 659pt.: 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); 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, 6406.99.1540. 14 Category 347–W: only HTS numbers

6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020,

6203.22.3030, 6203.42.4005, 6203.42.4010,

6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035,

6203.42.4045, 6203.42.4050, 6203.42.4060,

6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520,

6211.20.3810 and 6211.32.0040; Category

348–W: only HTS numbers 6204.12.0030,

6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.22.3050,

6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005,

6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,

6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.62.4055,

6204.62.4065, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010,

6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810,

6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050. 15 Category 640–Y: only HTS numbers

6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050

and 6205.30.2060.

16 Category 647–W: only HTS numbers

6203.23.0060, 6203.23.0070, 6203.29.2030,

6203.29.2035, 6203.43.2500, 6203.43.3500,

6203.43.4010, 6203.43.4020, 6203.43.4030,

6203.43.4040, 6203.49.1500, 6203.49.2015,

6203.49.2030, 6203.49.2045, 6203.49.2060,

6203.49.8030, 6210.40.5030, 6211.20.1525,

6211.20.3820 and 6211.33.0030; Category

648–W: only HTS numbers 6204.23.0040,

6204.23.0045, 6204.29.2020, 6204.29.2025,

6204.29.4038, 6204.63.2000, 6204.63.3000,

6204.63.3510, 6204.63.3530, 6204.63.3532,

6204.63.3540, 6204.69.2510, 6204.69.2530,

6204.69.2540, 6204.69.2560, 6204.69.6030,

6204.69.9030, 6210.50.5035, 6211.20.1555,

6211.20.6820, 6211.43.0040 and

6217.90.9060. 17 Category 641–Y: only HTS numbers

6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010

and 6206.40.3025.

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 February 15,

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.

Taiwanese products integrated into the

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994

in stages one, two and 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.

The conversion factors are as follows:

Category

Conversion factors

(square meters equivalent/category unit)

333/334/335 ............. 33.75

352/652 .................... 11.3

359–C/659–C .......... 10.1

633/634/635 ............. 34.1

638/639 .................... 12.5

You are also directed to amend the current

visa requirements for certain textiles and

textile products produced or manufactured in

Taiwan and exported on or after January 1,

2002.

Effective on January 1, 2002, for goods

exported on or after January 1, 2002, export

visas and exempt certifications will not be

required for textiles and textile products

produced or manufactured in Taiwan that

were integrated into the General Agreement

on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 on January

1, 1995, January 1, 1998 and January 1, 2002

(see directive dated November 29, 2001).

Export visas will continue to be required for

products integrated on January 1, 2002 from

Taiwan that were exported prior to January

1, 2002.

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 to 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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