[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 77859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31720]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the 
Philippines

December 7, 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: December 13, 2000.

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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted for 
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 54872, published on October 8, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 7, 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 and man-made fiber textiles and textile 
products and silk blend and other vegetable fiber apparel, produced or 
manufactured in the Philippines and exported during the twelve-month 
period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 
2000.
    Effective on December 13, 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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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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Levels in Group I
335.......................................  160,947 dozen.
338/339...................................  3,153,690 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,271,931 dozen.
341/641...................................  1,048,888 dozen.
347/348...................................  3,168,321 dozen.
635.......................................  507,422 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,382,782 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,515,974 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.

    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,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.00-31720 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]
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