[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4230-4231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1813]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

January 20, 2000.
AGENCY:  Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION:  Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Ross Arnold, 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.ustreas.gov. For information on embargoes 
and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715.

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 current limits for certain categories are being reduced for 
carryforward applied to the 1999 limits. The current limit for Category 
666-P is also being reduced for special carryforward that was applied 
to the 1999 limit.

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    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 64 FR 71982, published on December 22, 1999). Also see 
64 FR 68335, published on December 7, 1999.

Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

    January 20, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on December 1, 1999, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and 
extends through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on January 27, 2000, you are directed to reduce the 
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                            Adjusted twelve-month  limit
                 Category                                \1\
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Specific limits:
360.......................................  5,874,932 numbers.
361.......................................  6,831,315 numbers.
363.......................................  49,489,371 numbers.
369-F/369-P \2\...........................  2,742,869 kilograms.
369-S \3\.................................  837,418 kilograms.
666-P \4\.................................  659,891 kilograms.
666-S \5\.................................  4,287,658 kilograms.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\2\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only
  HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.
\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\4\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,
  6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and
  6302.32.2020.
\5\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,
  6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and
  6302.32.2040.

    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,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 00-1813 Filed 1-25-00; 8:45 am]
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