[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61310-61311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26609]


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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 the Republic of Korea

October 11, 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: October 17, 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, 
variously, for swing, carryover, carryforward, carryforward used and 
special shift.
    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 68334, published on December 7, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 11, 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, 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 Korea and exported during the period 
which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 
2000.
    Effective on October 17, 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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                 Category                        Adjusted limit \1\
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Group I
  200-223, 224-V \2\, 224-O \3\, 225-227,   420,482,425 square meters
   300-326, 360-363, 369pt. \4\, 400-414,    equivalent.
   464, 469pt. \5\, 600-629, 666, 669-P
   \6\, 669pt. \7\ and 670-O \8\, as a
   group.
Group II
  237, 239pt. \9\, 331-348, 350-352, 359-H  600,653,070 square meters
   \10\, 359pt. \11\, 431, 433-438, 440-     equivalent.
   448, 459-W \12\, 459pt. \13\, 631, 633-
   652, 659-H \14\, 659-S \15\ and 659pt.
   \16\, as a group.
Sublevels within Group II
  333/334/335.............................  325,193 dozen of which not
                                             more than 166,211 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 335.
  336.....................................  68,922 dozen.
  338/339.................................  1,430,197 dozen.
  340.....................................  798,508 dozen of which not
                                             more than 422,170 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 340-D
                                             \17\.
  341.....................................  189,050 dozen.
  342/642.................................  263,796 dozen.
  345.....................................  141,709 dozen.
  347/348.................................  575,581 dozen.
  350.....................................  20,172 dozen.
  351/651.................................  277,125 dozen.
  352.....................................  215,097 dozen.
  433.....................................  15,127 dozen.
  434.....................................  7,759 dozen.
  435.....................................  39,522 dozen.
  436.....................................  16,729 dozen.
  438.....................................  65,847 dozen.
  442.....................................  56,539 dozen.
  443.....................................  344,600 numbers.
  444.....................................  60,480 numbers.
  445/446.................................  56,751 dozen.
  447.....................................  95,012 dozen.
  448.....................................  39,776 dozen.
  459-W...................................  107,596 kilograms.
  631.....................................  364,124 dozen pairs.
  633/634/635.............................  1,425,286 dozen of which not
                                             more than 161,624 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 633
                                             and not more than 602,324
                                             dozen shall be in Category
                                             635.
  636.....................................  309,393 dozen.
  638/639.................................  5,456,769 dozen.
  640-D \18\..............................  3,002,692 dozen.
  640-O \19\..............................  2,837,492 dozen.
  641.....................................  1,164,074 dozen of which not
                                             more than 49,403 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 641-Y
                                             \20\.
  647/648.................................  1,421,191 dozen.
  650.....................................  29,520 dozen.
  659-H...................................  1,497,317 kilograms.
  659-S...................................  217,092 kilograms.
Group III
  831, 833-838, 840-844, 847-858 and        17,653,944 square meters
   859pt. \21\, as a group.                  equivalent.
Sublevel within Group III
  835.....................................  31,846 dozen.
Group VI
  369-L/670-L/870 \22\, as a group........  70,506,099 square meters
                                             equivalent.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\2\ Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,
  5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,
  5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,
  5801.36.0010 and 5801.36,0020.
\3\ Category 224-O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.

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\4\ Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,
  4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091, 6307.90.9905,
  (Category 369-L); 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.
\5\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\6\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.
\7\ Category 669pt.: 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.
\8\ Category 670-O: All HTS numbers except only HTS numbers
  4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026
  and 6307.90.9907 (Category 670-L).
\9\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\10\ Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060.
\11\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.1540, 6505.20.2060
  (Category 359-H); and 6406.99.1550.
\12\ Category 459-W: only HTS number 6505.90.4090.
\13\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.4090 (Category 459-
  W); 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and
  6406.99.1560.
\14\ 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.
\15\ 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.
\16\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S); 6406.99.1510 and
  6406.99.1540.
\17\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.
\18\ Category 640-D: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,
  6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030.
\19\ Category 640-O: only HTS numbers 6203.23.0080, 6203.29.2050,
  6205.30.1000, 6205.30.2050, 6205.30.2060, 6205.30.2070, 6205.30.2080
  and 6211.33.0040.
\20\ Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030,
  6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.
\21\ 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.
\22\ Category 870; Category 369-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000,
  4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091
  and 6307.90.9905; Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030,
  4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and
  6307.90.9907.

    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. 00-26609 Filed 10-16-00; 8:45 am]
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