[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58048-58050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24827]


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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 Indonesia

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 27, 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 shift, carryover and carryforward.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
numbers is available in the

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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 54870, published on 
October 8, 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 October 4, 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 Indonesia and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends 
through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on September 27, 2000, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the categories listed below, 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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Levels in Group I
219.......................................  11,081,418 square meters.
225.......................................  8,570,999 square meters.
300/301...................................  5,071,743 kilograms.
313-O \2\.................................  18,147,516 square meters.
314-O \3\.................................  71,010,756 square meters.
315-O \4\.................................  37,458,436 square meters.
317-O \5\/326-O \6\/617...................  25,727,098 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             5,028,777 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 326-O.
331/631...................................  3,291,781 dozen pairs.
334/335...................................  299,293 dozen.
336/636...................................  850,411 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,706,547 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,951,268 dozen.
341.......................................  1,269,409 dozen.
342/642...................................  484,081 dozen.
345.......................................  546,563 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,311,822 dozen.
350/650...................................  186,830 dozen.
351/651...................................  713,820 dozen.
359-C/659-C \7\...........................  1,638,708 kilograms.
359-S/659-S \8\...........................  1,604,665 kilograms.
360.......................................  1,652,207 numbers.
361.......................................  1,725,688 numbers.
369-S \9\.................................  953,142 kilograms.
433.......................................  13,133 dozen.
443.......................................  97,429 numbers.
445/446...................................  65,287 dozen.
447.......................................  20,365 dozen.
448.......................................  23,996 dozen.
604-A \10\................................  909,346 kilograms.
611-O \11\................................  4,202,583 square meters.
613/614/615...............................  28,247,818 square meters.
618-O \12\................................  2,618,666 square meters.
619/620...................................  12,021,705 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629-O \13\................  31,681,429 square meters.
634/635...................................  386,013 dozen.
638/639...................................  1,920,085 dozen.
641.......................................  3,166,399 dozen.
643.......................................  431,423 numbers.
644.......................................  610,633 numbers.
645/646...................................  1,065,583 dozen.
647/648...................................  4,019,306 dozen.
847.......................................  557,768 dozen.
Group II
201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 237,      127,728,391 square meters
 239pt. \14\, 332, 333, 352, 359-O \15\,     equivalent.
 362, 363, 369-O \16\, 400, 410, 414, 431,
 434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt.
 \17\, 464, 469pt. \18\, 603, 604-O \19\,
 606, 607, 621, 622, 624, 633, 649, 652,
 659-O \20\, 666, 669-O \21\, 670-O \22\,
 831, 833-836, 838, 840, 842-846, 850-852,
 858 and 859pt. \23\, as a group.
Subgroup in Group II
400, 410, 414, 431, 434, 435, 436, 438,     3,439,030 square meters
 440, 442, 444, 459pt., 464 and 469pt., as   equivalent.
 a group.
In Group II subgroup
435.......................................  53,989 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\2\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
  and 5209.51.6032.
\3\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\4\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\5\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\6\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
  and 5211.59.0015.
\7\ 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.
\8\ Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; 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.
\9\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\10\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
\11\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025
  and 5516.14.0085.
\12\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and
  5408.24.9040.
\13\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except
  5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.
\14\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\15\ 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 and
  6211.42.0010 (Category 359-C); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020 (Category
  359-S) and 6406.99.1550 (Category 359pt.).
\16\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-
  S); 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 (Category
  369pt.).
\17\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
  6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\18\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\19\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-
  A).
\20\ 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); 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,
  6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S); 6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540 (Category
  659pt.).
\21\ Category 669-O: 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 (Category 669pt.).
\22\ 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).

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\23\ 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 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.
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