[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 131 (Friday, July 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41961-41962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17160]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

June 30, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 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.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 
carryover, carryforward used, swing and the recrediting of unused 
carryforward.
    In a Memorandum of Understanding, dated May 25, 2000, the 
Governments of the United States and Pakistan agreed to increase the 
2000 base limits for Categories 666-P and 666-S. These limits have been 
decreased by the amount of carryforward used in 1999. Also, swing into 
Categories 666-P and 666-S from Category 315 is increased, due to the 
higher base limits they now have.
    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.

William J. Dulka,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

June 30, 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.
    In a Memorandum of Understanding, dated May 25, 2000, the 
Governments of the United States and Pakistan agreed to increase the 
2000 limits for Categories 666-P and 666-S.
    Effective on July 7, 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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Specific limits
226/313...................................  123,196,058 square meters.
237.......................................  536,663 dozen.
315.......................................  86,112,744 square meters.
317/617...................................  43,124,336 square meters.
335/635...................................  520,387 dozen.
336/636...................................  684,608 dozen.
352/652...................................  1,141,014 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  2,053,826 kilograms.
369-F/369-P \3\...........................  3,122,624 kilograms.
613/614...................................  30,924,911 square meters.

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625/626/627/628/629.......................  101,182,122 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             50,591,063 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625;
                                             not more than 50,591,063
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             50,591,063 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 627;
                                             not more than 10,467,117
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 628; and not more
                                             than 50,591,063 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.
666-P \4\.................................  808,874 kilograms.
666-S \5\.................................  5,076,389 kilograms.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\2\ Category 359-C: only HTS numbers 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 and
  6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS numbers 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 and
  6211.43.0010.
\3\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only
  HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.
\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,

William J. Dulka,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
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