[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 224 (Monday, November 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69740-69741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29567]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint 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

November 14, 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 Korea 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.
    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 14, 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, wool, man-made 
fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
the Republic of Korea and exported during the twelve-month period 
beginning on January 1, 2001 and extending through December 31, 
2001, in excess of the following levels of restraint:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Group I
  200-223, 224-V \1\, 224-O \2\, 225-227,   407,419,089 square meters
   300-326, 360-363, 369pt. \3\, 400-414,    equivalent.
   464, 469pt. \4\, 600-629, 666, 669-P
   \5\, 669pt. \6\ and 670-O \7\, as a
   group.
Sublevels within Group I
  200.....................................  513,098 kilograms.
  201.....................................  2,803,813 kilograms.
  218.....................................  10,400,663 square meters.
  219.....................................  9,470,523 square meters.
  224-V...................................  11,939,042 square meters.
  300/301.................................  3,488,883 kilograms.
  313.....................................  56,856,958 square meters.
  314.....................................  31,700,947 square meters.
  315.....................................  19,491,172 square meters.
  317/326.................................  21,129,524 square meters.
  363.....................................  1,217,639 numbers.
  410.....................................  3,708,545 square meters.
  604.....................................  441,725 kilograms.
  607.....................................  1,248,081 kilograms.
  611.....................................  4,160,266 square meters.
  613/614.................................  6,933,775 square meters.
  617.....................................  5,749,961 square meters.
  619/620.................................  98,704,345 square meters.
  624.....................................  10,146,989 square meters.
  625/626/627/628/629.....................  17,750,465 square meters.
  669-P...................................  2,553,154 kilograms.
Group II
  237, 239pt. \8\, 331-348, 350-352, 359-H  610,355,029 square meters
   \9\, 359pt. \10\, 431, 433-438, 440-      equivalent.
   448, 459-W \11\, 459pt. \12\, 631, 633-
   652, 659-H \13\, 659-S \14\ and 659pt.
   \15\, as a group.
Sublevels within Group II
  237.....................................  68,998 dozen.
  239pt...................................  278,992 kilograms.
  333/334/335.............................  312,020 dozen of which not
                                             more than 159,478 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 335.
  336.....................................  65,939 dozen.
  338/339.................................  1,386,755 dozen.
  340.....................................  721,113 dozen of which not
                                             more than 374,425 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 340-D
                                             \16\.
  341.....................................  194,913 dozen.
  342/642.................................  250,788 dozen.
  345.....................................  134,721 dozen.
  347/348.................................  513,098 dozen.
  350.....................................  19,178 dozen.
  351/651.................................  263,459 dozen.
  352.....................................  205,017 dozen.
  359-H...................................  2,953,472 kilograms.
  433.....................................  14,241 dozen.
  434.....................................  7,304 dozen.
  435.....................................  36,785 dozen.
  436.....................................  15,572 dozen.
  438.....................................  62,432 dozen.
  440.....................................  203,003 dozen.
  442.....................................  52,623 dozen.
  443.....................................  322,056 numbers.
  444.....................................  57,344 numbers.
  445/446.................................  53,423 dozen.
  447.....................................  91,144 dozen.
  448.....................................  37,021 dozen.
  459-W...................................  100,143 kilograms.
  631.....................................  346,169 dozen pairs.
  633/634/635.............................  1,376,430 dozen of which not
                                             more than 156,084 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 633
                                             and not more than 581,677
                                             dozen shall be in Category
                                             635.
  636.....................................  289,611 dozen.
  638/639.................................  5,358,921 dozen.
  640-D \17\..............................  3,205,306 dozen.
  640-O \18\..............................  2,671,088 dozen.
  641.....................................  1,081,382 dozen of which not
                                             more than 40,846 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 641-Y
                                             \19\.
  643.....................................  801,140 numbers.
  644.....................................  1,205,280 numbers.
  645/646.................................  3,671,642 dozen.
  647/648.................................  1,386,615 dozen.
  650.....................................  28,064 dozen.
  659-H...................................  1,429,798 kilograms.
  659-S...................................  206,387 kilograms.

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Group III
  831, 833-838, 840-844, 847-858 and        17,494,508 square meters
   859pt. \20\, as a group.                  equivalent.
Sublevel within Group III
  835.....................................  29,429 dozen.
Group IV
  845.....................................  2,315,056 dozen.
  846.....................................  822,354 dozen.
Group VI
  369-L/670-L/870 \21\, as a group........  81,361,297 square meters
                                             equivalent.
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\1\ 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.
\2\ Category 224-O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.
\3\ 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.
\4\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\5\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.
\6\ 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.
\7\ 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).
\8\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\9\ Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060.
\10\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.1540, 6505.20.2060
  (Category 359-H); and 6406.99.1550.
\11\ Category 459-W: only HTS number 6505.90.4090.
\12\ 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.
\13\ 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.
\14\ 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.
\15\ 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.
\16\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.
\17\ 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.
\18\ 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.
\19\ Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030,
  6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.
\20\ 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.
\21\ 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 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.
    The conversion factors for the following merged categories are 
listed below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Conversion factor (Square
                 Category                    meters equivalent/category
                                                        unit)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
333/334/335...............................  33.75
369-L/670-L/870...........................  3.8
633/634/635...............................  34.1
638/639...................................  12.96
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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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