[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 59 (Monday, March 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16188-16189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7405]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

March 21, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 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 used. The current limits are being increased in Category 
603 for unused carryforward.
    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 68336, published on December 7, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 21, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.


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    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, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Thailand and exported during the period 
which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 
2000, except for the period for Category 603 which began on January 
1, 2000 and extends through September 30, 2000.
    Effective on March 27, 2000, you are directed to adjust 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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Levels in Group I
363.......................................  23,193,679 numbers.
369-D \2\.................................  263,114 kilograms.
603.......................................  1,735,591 kilograms.
619.......................................  8,066,394 square meters.
Sublevels in Group II
336/636...................................  363,239 dozen.
338/339...................................  2,123,160 dozen
340.......................................  318,335 dozen.
347/348/847...............................  935,030 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,510,374 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\2\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
  6302.91.0045.

    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,

Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 00-7405 Filed 3-24-00; 8:45 am]
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