[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66972-66973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28621]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

November 2, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.

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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the period January 1, 2001 
through December 31, 2001 are based on limits notified to the Textiles 
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC).
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2001 limits.
    Carryforward and special carryforward that has been applied to the 
2000 limits is being deducted from the 2001 limits.
    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). 
Information regarding the 2001 CORRELATION will be published in the 
Federal Register at a later date.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

November 2, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of 
March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective 
on January 1, 2001, entry into the United States for consumption and 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton and man-made 
fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 2001 and extending through December 31, 
2001, in excess of the following limits:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Specific limits
219.......................................  10,949,710 square meters.
226/313...................................  152,943,035 square meters.
237.......................................  532,553 dozen.
239pt. \1\................................  2,299,956 kilograms.
314.......................................  7,963,424 square meters.
315.......................................  99,102,766 square meters.
317/617...................................  42,794,104 square meters.
331/631...................................  3,083,839 dozen pairs.
334/634...................................  297,421 dozen.
335/635...................................  485,768 dozen.
336/636...................................  639,065 dozen.
338.......................................  5,706,342 dozen.
339.......................................  1,711,644 dozen.
340/640...................................  805,673 dozen of which not
                                             more than 319,532 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             D/640-D \2\.
341/641...................................  958,597 dozen.
342/642...................................  474,456 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,001,593 dozen.
351/651...................................  402,836 dozen.
352/652...................................  1,065,108 dozen.
359-C/659-C \3\...........................  1,917,195 kilograms.
360.......................................  6,471,237 numbers.
361.......................................  7,524,693 numbers.
363.......................................  53,077,350 numbers.
369-F/369-P \4\...........................  3,021,271 kilograms.
369-R \5\.................................  14,911,513 kilograms.
369-S \6\.................................  922,416 kilograms.
613/614...................................  30,284,124 square meters
615.......................................  32,217,147 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629.......................  99,085,556 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             49,542,779 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625;
                                             not more than 49,542,779
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             49,542,779 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 627;
                                             not more than 10,250,231
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 628; and not more
                                             than 49,542,779 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.
638/639...................................  544,072 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,031,540 dozen.
666-P \7\.................................  862,142 kilograms.
666-S \8\.................................  4,564,280 kilograms.
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\1\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\2\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; 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.
\3\ 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.
\4\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only
  HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.
\5\ Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.1020.
\6\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\7\ Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020,
  6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and
  6302.32.2020.
\8\ Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040,
  6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and
  6302.32.2040.

    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified 
to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
    Products in the above categories exported during 2000 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated December 1, 1999) to the extent of any unfilled 
balances. In the event the limits established for that period have 
been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged 
to the limits set forth in this directive.
    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of 
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption 
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico.
    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,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

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