[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 224 (Monday, November 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69742-69743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29569]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool 
and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and 
Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the 
Philippines

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: Naomi Freeman, 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 the Philippines 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 and man-
made fiber textiles and textile products and silk blend and other 
vegetable fiber apparel in the following categories, produced or 
manufactured in the Philippines 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:

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                 Category                   Twelve-month restraint limit
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Levels in Group I
237.......................................  2,284,529 dozen.
331/631...................................  7,398,029 dozen pairs.
333/334...................................  357,875 dozen of which not
                                             more than 51,377 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 333.
335.......................................  232,941 dozen.
336.......................................  847,690 dozen.
338/339...................................  2,611,936 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,159,852 dozen.
341/641...................................  1,046,620 dozen.
342/642...................................  733,210 dozen.
345.......................................  218,348 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,568,760 dozen.
350.......................................  193,296 dozen.
351/651...................................  799,710 dozen.
352/652...................................  3,140,670 dozen.
359-C/659-C \1\...........................  1,086,526 kilograms.
361.......................................  2,441,638 numbers.
369-S \2\.................................  553,458 kilograms.
431.......................................  178,113 dozen pairs.
433.......................................  3,507 dozen.
443.......................................  42,408 numbers.
445/446...................................  28,966 dozen.
447.......................................  8,053 dozen.
611.......................................  7,327,550 square meters.
633.......................................  47,244 dozen.
634.......................................  586,172 dozen.
635.......................................  378,360 dozen.
636.......................................  2,209,132 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,683,169 dozen.
643.......................................  1,128,465 numbers.
645/646...................................  930,992 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,549,964 dozen.
649.......................................  9,395,504 dozen.
650.......................................  138,348 dozen.
659-H \3\.................................  1,820,297 kilograms.
847.......................................  1,207,369 dozen.

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Group II
200-227, 300-326, 332, 359-O \4\, 360,      246,949,299 square meters
 362, 363, 369-O \5\, 400-414, 434-438,      equivalent.
 440, 442, 444, 448, 459pt. \6\, 464,
 469pt. \7\, 600-607, 613-629, 644, 659-O
 \8\, 666, 669-O \9\, 670-O \10\, 831, 833-
 838, 840-846, 850-858 and 859pt. \11\, as
 a group.
Sublevel in Group II
604.......................................  2,588,600 kilograms.
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\1\ 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.
\2\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\3\ 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.
\4\ 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, 6211.42.0010
  (Category 359-C); and 6406.99.1550 (359pt.).
\5\ 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.).
\6\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
  6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\7\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\8\ 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); 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,
  6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H);
  6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540 (Category 659pt.).
\9\ 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.).
\10\ 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).
\11\ 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 limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the provisions of the ATC, administrative arrangements notified to 
the Textiles Monitoring Body and a Memorandum of Understanding dated 
August 19, 1998 between the Governments of the United States and the 
Republic of the Philippines.
    Products in the above categories exported during 2000 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated October 4, 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. 

[FR Doc. 00-29569 Filed 11-17-00; 8:45 am]
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