[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 58050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24826]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

September 21, 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 28, 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 are being adjusted for swing, special shift and 
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 68335, published on December 7, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 21, 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, as amended on June 
30, 2000, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of 
Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain 
cotton and man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured 
in Pakistan and exported during the twelve-month period which began 
on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on September 28, 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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Specific limits
237.......................................  459,692 dozen.
331/631...................................  3,641,981 dozen pairs.
334/634...................................  379,809 dozen.
335/635...................................  506,108 dozen.
338.......................................  6,593,997 dozen.
339.......................................  1,977,252 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,279,039 dozen.
351/651...................................  437,066 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  1,968,808 kilograms.
613/614...................................  32,875,131 square meters
615.......................................  31,713,291 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629.......................  97,157,201 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             50,591,063 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625;
                                             not more than 50,591,063
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             50,591,063 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 627;
                                             not more than 10,467,117
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 628; and not more
                                             than 50,591,063 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.
638/639...................................  438,638 dozen.
647/648...................................  942,657 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.

    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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