[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 52703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22183]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

August 24, 2000
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 30, 2000

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, 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 reopenings, 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 reduced 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 67253, published on December 1, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 24, 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 November 23, 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 Hong Kong and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends 
through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on August 30, 2000, you are directed to reduce 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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Sublevel in Group I
218/225/317/326...........................  76,389,084 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             4,249,239 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 218(1)
                                             \2\.
Sublevels in Group II
338/339 \3\(shirts and blouses other than   2,964,343 dozen.
 tank tops and tops, knit).
338/339(1) \4\(tank tops and knit tops)...  2,217,659 dozen.
352.......................................  7,688,457 dozen.
445/446...................................  1,365,639 dozen.
647.......................................  605,063 dozen.
Within Group II Subgroup
351.......................................  1,202,177 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\2\ Category 218(1): all HTS numbers except 5209.42.0060, 5209.42.0080,
  5211.42.0060, 5211.42.0080, 5514.32.0015 and 5516.43.0015.
\3\ Category 338/339: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0018, 6109.10.0023,
  6109.10.0060, 6109.10.0065, 6114.20.0005 and 6114.20.0010.
\4\ Category 338/339(1): only HTS numbers 6109.10.0018, 6109.10.0023,
  6109.10.0060, 6109.10.0065, 6114.20.0005 and 6114.20.0010.

    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.00-22183 Filed 8-29-00; 8:45 am]
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