[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81845-81846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32986]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

December 20, 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 27, 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 Categories 334 and 635 are being increased 
for swing, reducing the limit for Category 237 to account for the swing 
being applied.
    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 68333, published on December 7, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 20, 2000.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.


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    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, man-made fiber, silk 
blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Bangladesh and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends 
through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on December 27, 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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237.......................................  312,446 dozen.
334.......................................  203,009 dozen.
635.......................................  453,128 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 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.00-32986 Filed 12-26-00; 8:45 am]
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