[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56538-56539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24022]


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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 and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable 
Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in Malaysia

September 14, 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: September 19, 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 
swing, special swing, special shift, carryover, carryforward and the 
recrediting of unused carryforward.
    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 62657, published on November 17, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 14, 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 8, 1999, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber apparel, produced or manufactured in Malaysia and 
exported during the period beginning on January 1, 2000 and 
extending through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on September 19, 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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Sublevels within Fabric Group
619.......................................  6,978,078 square meters.
620.......................................  8,554,077 square meters.
Other specific limits
200.......................................  374,953 kilograms.
331/631...................................  2,845,571 dozen pairs.
336/636...................................  636,606 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,428,717 dozen.
341/641...................................  2,112,120 dozen
347/348...................................  611,911 dozen.
350/650...................................  152,842 dozen.
351/651...................................  401,974 dozen.
445/446...................................  34,119 dozen.
604.......................................  1,806,331 kilograms.
638/639...................................  613,797 dozen.
645/646...................................  330,399 dozen.
647/648...................................  2,357,865 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,486,940 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 647-K
                                             \2\ and not more than
                                             1,486,940 dozen shall be in
                                             Category 648-K \3\.
Group II
201, 222-224, 239pt. \4\, 332, 352, 359pt.  49,945,646 square meters
 \5\, 360-362, 369pt. \6\, 400-431, 433,     equivalent.
 434, 436, 438-O \7\, 440, 443, 444, 447,
 448, 459pt. \8\, 464, 469pt. \9\, 600-
 603, 606, 607, 618, 621, 622, 624-629,
 633, 643, 644, 649, 652, 659pt. \10\,
 666, 669pt. \11\, 670, 831, 833, 834,
 836, 838, 840, 843-858 and 859pt. \12\,
 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 647-K: only HTS numbers 6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045,
  6103.29.1020, 6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540, 6103.43.1550,
  6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020, 6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050,
  6112.19.1050, 6112.20,.1060 and 6113.00.9044.
\3\ Category 648-K: only HTS numbers 6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034,
  6104.29.1030, 6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2006, 6104.63.2011,
  6104.63.2026, 6104.63.2028, 6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060, 6104.69.2030,
  6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026, 6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070,
  6113.00.9052 and 6117.90.9070.
\4\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\5\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.
\6\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 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.
\7\ Category 438-O: only HTS numbers 6103.21.0050, 6103.23.0025,
  6105.20.1000, 6105.90.1000, 6105.90.8020, 6109.90.1520, 6110.10.2070,
  6110.30.1550, 6110.90.9072, 6114.10.0020 and 6117.90.9025.
\8\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
  6405.20.6090, 6405.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\9\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\10\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and
  6406.99.1540.
\11\ Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090,
  5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040.
\12\ 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 of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).


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