Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine and Reinstating Textile Visa Requirements, 8783-8784 [E5-740]
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supported by (1) the likelihood that,
given sufficient notice through slow
ship speed and ramp-up, marine
mammals are expected to move away
from a noise source that it is annoying
prior to its becoming potentially
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than 180 dB re 1 microPa; (3) the fact
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well within a few dozen meters of the
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Laurie K. Allen,
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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint
Limits for Certain Wool Textile
Products Produced or Manufactured in
Ukraine and Reinstating Textile Visa
Requirements
February 17, 2005.
AGENCY: Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection establishing limits
and reinstating textile visa
requirements.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2005.
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
Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection website (https://
www.cbp.gov), or call (202) 344-2650.
For information on embargoes and quota
re-openings, refer to the Office of
Textiles and Apparel website at https://
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 November 19,
2004, December 31, 2004, and February
7, 2005, 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, 2005 and
extending through December 31, 2005.
Goods exported from Ukraine will also
no longer be subject to the notice and
letter concerning overshipments of 2004
limits (see 69 FR 72181, published on
December 13, 2004).
In the letter published below, the
Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection to establish the 2005
limits. The letter also directs the
Commissioner to reinstate textile visa
requirements for Ukraine; those
requirements were suspended in a
notice and letter to the Commissioner
dated December 30, 2004 (see 70 FR
793, published on January 5, 2005).
These requirements are set forth in the
notice and letter to the Commissioner of
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Customs dated February 22, 1999 (see
64 FR 9477). In order to provide a
period for adjustment, the United States
will allow shipments of goods that are
not accompanied by an export visa to
enter the United States if exported prior
to March 25, 2005. However, shipments
exported from Ukraine on or after March
25, 2005, must be accompanied by an
export visa issued by the Government of
Ukraine, and shipments without an
export visa will be denied entry.
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 69 FR 4926,
published on February 2, 2004).
Information regarding the availability of
the 2005 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
February 17, 2005.
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
Bilateral Textile Agreement of July 22, 1998,
as amended and extended by exchange of
notes on November 19, 2004, December 31,
2004, and February 7, 2005, between the
Governments of the United States and
Ukraine, you are directed to prohibit,
effective on January 1, 2005, 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 twelvemonth period beginning on January 1, 2005
and extending through December 31, 2005, in
excess of the following levels of restraint:
Category
435
442
444
448
...........................
...........................
...........................
...........................
Twelve-month limit
108,000 dozen.
17,230 dozen.
74,665 numbers.
74,665 dozen.
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
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Organization (WTO) and the United States
applies the WTO agreement to Ukraine.
Products in the above categories exported
during 2004 shall be charged to the
applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated December 10, 2003) 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. Goods exported from
Ukraine will also no longer be subject to the
directive dated December 9, 2004 concerning
overshipments of 2004 limits.
You are also directed to reinstate textile
visa requirements for Ukraine, as set forth in
the directive dated February 22, 1999, thus
canceling the directive dated December 30,
2004 that suspended such requirements. In
order to provide a period for adjustment, the
United States will allow shipments of goods
that are not accompanied by an export visa
to enter the United States if exported prior
to March 25, 2005. However, shipments
exported from Ukraine on or after March 25,
2005, must be accompanied by an export visa
issued by the Government of Ukraine, and
shipments without an export visa will be
denied entry.
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.
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Type of Review: New.
Title: The Professional Development
Impact Study—Full Study Data
Collection Instruments.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
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Burden Hours: 791.
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her e-mail address
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deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile
Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine and Reinstating Textile
Visa Requirements
February 17, 2005.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection establishing limits and reinstating textile visa
requirements.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2005.
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 Bureau of Customs and Border Protection website
(https://www.cbp.gov), or call (202) 344-2650. For information on
embargoes and quota re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and
Apparel website at https://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 November 19, 2004, December 31, 2004,
and February 7, 2005, 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, 2005 and extending through December 31, 2005. Goods exported
from Ukraine will also no longer be subject to the notice and letter
concerning overshipments of 2004 limits (see 69 FR 72181, published on
December 13, 2004).
In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to establish the
2005 limits. The letter also directs the Commissioner to reinstate
textile visa requirements for Ukraine; those requirements were
suspended in a notice and letter to the Commissioner dated December 30,
2004 (see 70 FR 793, published on January 5, 2005). These requirements
are set forth in the notice and letter to the Commissioner of Customs
dated February 22, 1999 (see 64 FR 9477). In order to provide a period
for adjustment, the United States will allow shipments of goods that
are not accompanied by an export visa to enter the United States if
exported prior to March 25, 2005. However, shipments exported from
Ukraine on or after March 25, 2005, must be accompanied by an export
visa issued by the Government of Ukraine, and shipments without an
export visa will be denied entry.
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 69 FR 4926, published on February 2, 2004). Information
regarding the availability of the 2005 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
February 17, 2005.
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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of
July 22, 1998, as amended and extended by exchange of notes on
November 19, 2004, December 31, 2004, and February 7, 2005, between
the Governments of the United States and Ukraine, you are directed
to prohibit, effective on January 1, 2005, 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, 2005 and extending through December 31,
2005, in excess of the following levels of restraint:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Category Twelve-month limit
------------------------------------------------------------------------
435....................................... 108,000 dozen.
442....................................... 17,230 dozen.
444....................................... 74,665 numbers.
448....................................... 74,665 dozen.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
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Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO agreement
to Ukraine.
Products in the above categories exported during 2004 shall be
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated December 10, 2003) 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. Goods exported from
Ukraine will also no longer be subject to the directive dated
December 9, 2004 concerning overshipments of 2004 limits.
You are also directed to reinstate textile visa requirements for
Ukraine, as set forth in the directive dated February 22, 1999, thus
canceling the directive dated December 30, 2004 that suspended such
requirements. In order to provide a period for adjustment, the
United States will allow shipments of goods that are not accompanied
by an export visa to enter the United States if exported prior to
March 25, 2005. However, shipments exported from Ukraine on or after
March 25, 2005, must be accompanied by an export visa issued by the
Government of Ukraine, and shipments without an export visa will be
denied entry.
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.
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