[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51296-51297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21530]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made 
Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Korea

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:

    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, carryforward, special shift and 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 68334, published on December 7, 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 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 Korea and exported during the 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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                 Category                        Adjusted limit \1\
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Group I
  200-223, 224-V \2\, 224-O \3\, 225, 226,  420,497,662 square meters
   227, 300-326, 360-363, 369pt. \4\, 400-   equivalent.
   414, 464, 469pt. \5\, 600-629, 666, 669-
   P \6\, 669pt. \7\, and 670-O \8\, as a
   group.
Sublevels within Group I
200.......................................  564,469 kilograms.
201.......................................  2,554,267 kilograms.
611.......................................  4,496,500 square meters.
619/620...................................  106,050,011 square meters.
624.......................................  9,671,586 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629.......................  18,671,176 square meters.
Group II
  237, 239pt. \9\, 331-348, 350-352, 359-H  586,414,227 square meters
   \10\, 359pt. \11\, 431, 433-438, 440-     equivalent.
   448, 459-W \12\, 459pt. \13\, 631, 633-
   652, 659-H \14\, 659-S \15\ and 659pt.
   \16\, as a group.
Sublevels within Group II
338/339...................................  1,323,137 dozen.
347/348...................................  494,688 dozen.
638/639...................................  5,243,341 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\2\ Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,
  5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,
  5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,
  5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020.
\3\ Category 224-O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.
\4\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,
  4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091, 6307.90.9905,
  (Category 369-L); 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.
\5\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\6\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.
\7\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);
  5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and
  6406.10.9040.
\8\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907 (Category
  670-L).
\9\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\10\ Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060.
\11\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.1540, 6505.20.2060
  (Category 359-H); and 6406.99.1550.
\12\ Category 459-W: only HTS number 6505.90.4090.
\13\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.4090 (Category 459-
  W); 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090, 6405.99.1505 and
  6406.99.1560.
\14\ Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,
  6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and
  6505.90.8090.
\15\ 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.
\16\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,
  6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and
  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);
  6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540.

    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,

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