[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51295-51296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21529]


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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 Textiles and Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in India

August 17, 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: August 24, 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:


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    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, special carryforward, swing, special swing and 
the 5% adjustment for 100% cotton apparel items of handloomed fabric.
    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 70220, published on December 16, 1999.

Richard B. Steinkamp,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 17, 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 textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in India and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through 
December 31, 2000.
    Effective on August 24, 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
218.......................................  19,268,753 square meters.
219.......................................  80,578,347 square meters.
313.......................................  47,058,736 square meters.
315.......................................  17,376,373 square meters.
317.......................................  47,849,395 square meters.
326.......................................  11,008,721 square meters.
334/634...................................  163,456 dozen.
335/635...................................  657,672 dozen.
336/636...................................  1,187,021 dozen.
338/339...................................  4,733,150 dozen.
340/640...................................  2,580,065 dozen.
341.......................................  5,086,251 dozen of which not
                                             more than 3,140,840 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341-Y
                                             \2\.
342/642...................................  1,603,733 dozen.
345.......................................  232,344 dozen.
347/348...................................  881,042 dozen.
351/651...................................  368,945 dozen.
369-S \3\.................................  875,426 kilograms.
641.......................................  1,670,026 dozen.
647/648...................................  829,068 dozen.
Group II
200, 201, 220-227, 237, 239pt. \4\, 300,    142,271,990 square meters
 301, 331-333, 350, 352, 359pt. \5\, 360-    equivalent.
 362, 600-604, 607, 611-629, 631, 633,
 638, 639, 643-646, 649, 650, 652, 659pt.
 \6\, 666, 669pt. \7\, 670, 831, 833-838,
 840-858 and 859pt. \8\, as a group.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\2\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
  6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
\3\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\4\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\5\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.
\6\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and
  6406.99.1540.
\7\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090,
  5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040.
\8\ Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers 6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020,
  6212.10.5030, 6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030, 6212.90.0090,
  6214.10.2000 and 6214.90.0090.

    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,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements. 

[FR Doc.00-21529 Filed 8-22-00; 8:45 am]
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