[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52704-52705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22187]


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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 Taiwan

August 24, 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 31, 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, 
variously, for swing, special shift, carryover and shortfall 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 60796, published on November 8, 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 2, 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 Taiwan and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through 
December 31, 2000.
    Effective on August 31, 2000, you are directed to adjust the 
current limits for the following categories, as provided for under 
the terms of the current bilateral textile agreement:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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Sublevels in Group I
  611.....................................  3,424,227 square meters.

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Group II
  237, 239, 330-332, 333/334/335, 336, 338/ 733,321,576 square meters
   339, 340-345, 347/348, 349, 350/650,      equivalent.
   351, 352/652, 353, 354, 359-C/659-C
   \2\, 359-H/659-H \3\, 359-O \4\, 431-
   444, 445/446, 447/448, 459, 630-632,
   633/634/635, 636, 638/639, 640, 641-
   644, 645/646, 647/648, 649, 651, 653,
   654, 659-S \5\, 659-O \6\, 831-844 and
   846-859, as a group.
Sublevels in Group II
  239.....................................  6,150,865 kilograms.
  331.....................................  520,734 dozen pairs.
  336.....................................  147,977 dozen.
  345.....................................  134,756 dozen.
  352/652.................................  3,421,641 dozen.
  359-H/659-H.............................  5,134,107 kilograms.
  435.....................................  27,156 dozen.
  438.....................................  30,233 dozen.
  443.....................................  45,681 numbers.
  445/446.................................  144,985 dozen.
  631.....................................  5,441,287 dozen pairs.
  633/634/635.............................  1,667,128 dozen of which not
                                             more than 978,503 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 633/
                                             634 and not more than
                                             867,079 dozen shall be in
                                             Category 635.
  642.....................................  840,498 dozen.
  659-S...................................  1,729,838 kilograms.
Group II Subgroup
  333/334/335, 341, 342, 350/650, 351, 447/ 78,245,219 square meters
   448, 636, 641 and 651, as a group.        equivalent.
Within Group II Subgroup
  341.....................................  362,117 dozen.
  342.....................................  221,518 dozen.
  350/650.................................  149,126 dozen.
  351.....................................  349,454 dozen.
  447/448.................................  22,294 dozen.
  636.....................................  396,201 dozen.
  651.....................................  506,865 dozen.
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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 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060;
  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.
\4\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers 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); 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060 (Category 359-H).
\5\ 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.
\6\ 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 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.

[FR Doc. 00-22187 Filed 8-29-00; 8:45 am]
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