[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 92 (Thursday, May 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 30393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11790]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, 
Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates

    May 5, 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: May 12, 2000.

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 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 adjusted, 
variously, for swing, carryover, carryforward, carryforward used and 
the recrediting of 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 70225, published on December 16, 1999.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 5, 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 10, 1999, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk 
blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or 
manufactured in the United Arab Emirates and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends 
through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on May 12, 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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219.......................................  1,659,976 square meters.
226/313...................................  2,838,600 square meters.
317.......................................  45,792,385 square meters.
334/634...................................  338,298 dozen.
335/635/835...............................  209,221 dozen.
336/636...................................  280,808 dozen.
338/339...................................  881,953 dozen of which not
                                             more than 535,311 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S \2\.
340/640...................................  469,758 dozen.
341/641...................................  432,944 dozen.
342/642...................................  360,854 dozen.
347/348...................................  596,492 dozen of which not
                                             more than 313,583 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 347-
                                             T/348-T \3\.
351/651...................................  233,660 dozen.
352.......................................  346,837 dozen.
369-O \4\.................................  827,787 kilograms.
369-S \5\.................................  124,337 kilograms.
647/648...................................  418,424 dozen.
847.......................................  287,181 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\2\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
  6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
  6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category
  339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
  6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
  6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010
  and 6117.90.9020.
\3\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,
  6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,
  6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,
  6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,
  6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and
  6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,
  6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011,
  6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042,
  6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034,
  6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,
  6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010. 6210.50.9060,
  6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.
\4\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-
  S); 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 and 6406.10.7700 (Category
  369pt.).
\5\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

    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.
[FR Doc. 00-11790 Filed 5-10-00; 8:45 am]
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