[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 98 (Friday, May 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31885-31886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12604]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

May 15, 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 19, 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 for 
carryforward used.
    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 69228, published on December 10, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 15, 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 6, 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 China and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through 
December 31, 2000.
    Effective on May 19, 2000, you are directed to adjust the limits 
for the following categories, as provided for under the terms of the 
current bilateral textile agreement between the Governments of the 
United States and the People's Republic of China:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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Sublevels in Group I
315.......................................  134,267,555 square meters.
336.......................................  176,630 dozen.
338/339...................................  2,340,182 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,727,430 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S \2\.
341.......................................  684,724 dozen of which not
                                             more than 415,540 shall be
                                             in Cateogry 341-Y \3\.
342.......................................  269,911 dozen.
345.......................................  128,000 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,302,424 dozen.
351.......................................  567,560 dozen.
352.......................................  1,642,583 dozen.
360.......................................  8,076,935 numbers of which
                                             not more than 5,369,811
                                             shall be in Category 360-P
                                             \4\.
361.......................................  4,343,917 numbers.
362.......................................  7,264,329 numbers.
443.......................................  129,225 numbers.
445/446...................................  284,457 dozen.
447.......................................  69,344 dozen.
640.......................................  1,359,055 dozen.
647.......................................  1,539,516 dozen.
648.......................................  1,107,760 dozen.
649.......................................  961,354 dozen.
651.......................................  787,814 dozen of which not
                                             more than 140,341 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 651-B
                                             \5\.
659-S \6\.................................  637,529 kilograms
Group II
330, 332, 349, 353, 354, 359-O \7\, 431,    125,767,893 square meters
 432, 439, 459, 630, 632, 653, 654 and 659-  equivalent.
 O \8\, as a group.
Group IV
832, 834, 838, 839, 843, 850-852, 858 and   11,881,397 square meters
 859, as a group.                            equivalent.
Level not in a Group
870.......................................  33,149,638 kilograms.
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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: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012, 6109.10.0014,
  6109.10.0018 and 6109.10.0023; 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 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
\4\ Category 360-P: only HTS numbers 6302.21.3010, 6302.21.5010,
  6302.21.7010, 6302.21.9010, 6302.31.3010, 6302.31.5010, 6302.31.7010
  and 6302.31.9010.
\5\ Category 651-B: only HTS numbers 6107.22.0015 and 6108.32.0015.
\6\ 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.
\7\ Category 359-O: all HTS number 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, 6211.42.0010
  (Category 359-C); 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040,
  6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035,
  6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 6203.19.1030,
  6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and
  6211.42.0070 (Category 359-V).
\8\ Category 659-O: 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); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,
  6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H);
  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).

    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).


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