[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81846-81848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32987]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China

December 20, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
the 2001 limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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 Bilateral Textile Memorandum of Understanding dated February 1, 
1997 between the Governments of the United States and the People's 
Republic of China, as amended on October 31, 2000, establishes limits 
for textiles and textile products, produced or manufactured in China 
and exported during the period beginning on January 1, 2001 and 
extending through December 31, 2001.
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2001 limits.
    The 2001 limits may be revised if China becomes a member of the 
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO 
agreement to China.
    As a result of a modification to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (HTS) that will be effective January 1, 2001, the HTS 
headings included in Category 666-C are being changed from only heading 
6303.92.2000 to both heading 6303.92.2010 and heading 6303.92.2020; 
this change will not affect the products included in Category 666-C.
    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

December 20, 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 a Memorandum of Understanding dated 
February 1, 1997 between the Governments of the United States and 
the People's Republic of China, as amended on October 31, 2000, 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 China 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 limit
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Group I
200, 218, 219, 226, 237, 239, 300/301, 313- 1,504,644,950 square meters
 315, 317/326, 331, 333-336, 338/339, 340-   equivalent.
 342, 345, 347/348, 350-352, 359-C \1\,
 359-V \2\, 360-363, 369-D \3\, 369-H \4\,
 369-L \5\, 410, 433-436, 438, 440, 442-
 444, 445/446, 447, 448, 607, 611, 613-
 615, 617, 631, 633-636, 638/639, 640-643,
 644/844, 645/646, 647-652, 659-C \6\, 659-
 H \7\, 659-S \8\, 666, 669-P \9\, 670-L
 \10\, 831, 833, 835, 836, 840, 842 and
 845-847, as a group.
Sublevels in Group I
200.......................................  782,976 kilograms.
218.......................................  11,719,066 square meters.
219.......................................  2,551,536 square meters.
226.......................................  11,585,825 square meters.
237.......................................  2,144,176 dozen.
239.......................................  3,202,831 kilograms.
300/301...................................  2,356,842 kilograms.
313.......................................  43,710,571 square meters.
314.......................................  52,178,170 square meters.
315.......................................  137,802,263 square meters.
317/326...................................  22,888,008 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             4,378,926 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 326.
331.......................................  5,394,800 dozen pairs.
333.......................................  105,167 dozen.
334.......................................  335,647 dozen.
335.......................................  392,192 dozen.
336.......................................  182,725 dozen.
338/339...................................  2,357,344 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,789,482 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S \11\.
340.......................................  805,270 dozen of which not
                                             more than 402,634 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 340-Z
                                             \12\.

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341.......................................  697,760 dozen of which not
                                             more than 418,657 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341-Y
                                             \13\.
342.......................................  274,678 dozen.
345.......................................  129,549 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,355,929 dozen.
350.......................................  178,942 dozen.
351.......................................  598,199 dozen.
352.......................................  1,661,982 dozen.
359-C.....................................  648,814 kilograms.
359-V.....................................  926,992 kilograms.
360.......................................  8,319,243 numbers of which
                                             not more than 5,674,528
                                             numbers shall be in
                                             Category 360-P \14\.
361.......................................  4,540,302 numbers.
362.......................................  7,541,027 numbers.
363.......................................  22,272,149 numbers.
369-D.....................................  4,947,276 kilograms.
369-H.....................................  5,307,990 kilograms.
369-L.....................................  3,559,942 kilograms.
410.......................................  1,019,128 square meters of
                                             which not more than 816,942
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 410-A \15\ and not
                                             more than 816,942 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             410-B \16\.
433.......................................  21,060 dozen.
434.......................................  13,466 dozen.
435.......................................  24,733 dozen.
436.......................................  15,237 dozen.
438.......................................  26,664 dozen.
440.......................................  38,094 dozen of which not
                                             more than 21,767 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 440-M
                                             \17\.
442.......................................  40,324 dozen.
443.......................................  130,275 numbers.
444.......................................  211,075 numbers.
445/446...................................  288,622 dozen.
447.......................................  71,325 dozen.
448.......................................  22,501 dozen.
607.......................................  3,437,808 kilograms.
611.......................................  5,699,904 square meters.
613.......................................  8,065,359 square meters.
614.......................................  12,674,134 square meters.
615.......................................  26,385,245 square meters.
617.......................................  18,435,104 square meters.
631.......................................  1,380,259 dozen pairs.
633.......................................  60,245 dozen.
634.......................................  655,427 dozen.
635.......................................  691,361 dozen.
636.......................................  563,622 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,485,822 dozen.
640.......................................  1,400,469 dozen.
641.......................................  1,326,654 dozen.
642.......................................  356,665 dozen.
643.......................................  533,133 numbers.
644/844...................................  3,761,066 numbers.
645/646...................................  828,383 dozen.
647.......................................  1,602,387 dozen.
648.......................................  1,144,895 dozen.
649.......................................  1,016,010 dozen.
650.......................................  123,455 dozen.
651.......................................  813,077 dozen of which not
                                             more than 143,148 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 651-B
                                             \18\.
652.......................................  2,971,622 dozen.
659-C.....................................  430,451 kilograms.
659-H.....................................  2,999,237 kilograms.
659-S.....................................  656,544 kilograms.
666.......................................  3,727,996 kilograms of which
                                             not more than 1,352,171
                                             kilograms shall be in
                                             Category 666-C \19\.
669-P.....................................  2,142,981 kilograms.
670-L.....................................  17,055,830 kilograms.
831.......................................  615,392 dozen pairs.
833.......................................  31,279 dozen.
835.......................................  126,690 dozen.
836.......................................  298,723 dozen.
840.......................................  492,830 dozen.
842.......................................  282,405 dozen.
845.......................................  2,469,337 dozen.
846.......................................  182,707 dozen.
847.......................................  1,284,980 dozen.
Group II
330, 332, 349, 353, 354, 359-O \20\, 431,   127,311,012 square meters
 432, 439, 459, 630, 632, 653, 654 and 659-  equivalent.
 O \21\, as a group.
Group III
201, 220, 222, 223, 224-V \22\, 224-O       264,087,188 square meters
 \23\, 225, 227, 229, 369-O \24\, 400,       equivalent.
 414, 464, 465, 469, 600, 603, 604-O \25\,
 606, 618-622, 624-629, 665, 669-O \26\
 and 670-O \27\, as a group.
Sublevel in Group III
224-V.....................................  3,838,925 square meters.
225.......................................  6,622,878 square meters.
Group IV
832, 834, 838, 839, 843, 850-852, 858 and   12,178,652 square meters
 859, as a group.                            equivalent.
Levels not in a Group
369-S \28\................................  616,284 kilograms.
863-S \29\................................  8,748,455 numbers.
870.......................................  33,598,686 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.
  \2\ Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,
6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,
6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,
6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and
6211.42.0070.
  \3\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
6302.91.0045.
  \4\ Category 369-H: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500 and
4202.22.8030.
  \5\ 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.
  \6\ 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.
  \7\ 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.
  \8\ 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.
  \9\ Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.
  \10\ 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.
  \11\ Category 338-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0012,
6109.10.0014, 6109.10.0018 and 6109.10.0023; Category 339-S: all HTS
numbers except 6109.10.0040, 6109.10.0045, 6109.10.0060 and
6109.10.0065.
  \12\ Category 340-Z: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060.
  \13\ Category 341-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010,
6206.30.3030 and 6211.42.0054.
  \14\ Category 360-P: only HTS numbers 6302.21.3010, 6302.21.5010,
6302.21.7010, 6302.21.9010, 6302.31.3010, 6302.31.5010, 6302.31.7010 and
6302.31.9010.
  \15\ Category 410-A: only HTS numbers 5111.11.3000, 5111.11.7030,
5111.11.7060, 5111.19.2000, 5111.19.6020, 5111.19.6040, 5111.19.6060,
5111.19.6080, 5111.20.9000, 5111.30.9000, 5111.90.3000, 5111.90.9000,
5212.11.1010, 5212.12.1010, 5212.13.1010, 5212.14.1010, 5212.15.1010,
5212.21.1010, 5212.22.1010, 5212.23.1010, 5212.24.1010, 5212.25.1010,
5311.00.2000, 5407.91.0510, 5407.92.0510, 5407.93.0510, 5407.94.0510,
5408.31.0510, 5408.32.0510, 5408.33.0510, 5408.34.0510, 5515.13.0510,
5515.22.0510, 5515.92.0510, 5516.31.0510, 5516.32.0510, 5516.33.0510,
5516.34.0510 and 6301.20.0020.
  \16\ Category 410-B: only HTS numbers 5007.10.6030, 5007.90.6030,
5112.11.2030, 5112.11.2060, 5112.19.9010, 5112.19.9020, 5112.19.9030,
5112.19.9040, 5112.19.9050, 5112.19.9060, 5112.20.3000, 5112.30.3000,
5112.90.3000, 5112.90.9010, 5112.90.9090, 5212.11.1020, 5212.12.1020,
5212.13.1020, 5212.14.1020, 5212.15.1020, 5212.21.1020, 5212.22.1020,
5212.23.1020, 5212.24.1020, 5212.25.1020, 5309.21.2000, 5309.29.2000,
5407.91.0520, 5407.92.0520, 5407.93.0520, 5407.94.0520, 5408.31.0520,
5408.32.0520, 5408.33.0520, 5408.34.0520, 5515.13.0520, 5515.22.0520,
5515.92.0520, 5516.31.0520, 5516.32.0520, 5516.33.0520 and 5516.34.0520.
  \17\ Category 440-M: Only HTS numbers 6203.21.0030, 6203.23.0030,
6205.10.1000, 6205.10.2010, 6205.10.2020, 6205.30.1510, 6205.30.1520,
6205.90.3020, 6205.90.4020 and 6211.31.0030.
  \18\ Category 651-B: only HTS numbers 6107.22.0015 and 6108.32.0015.
  \19\ Category 666-C: only HTS numbers 6303.92.2010 and 6303.92.2020.
  \20\ 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); 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040,
6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035,
6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020, 6203.19.1030,
6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and 6211.42.0070
(Category 359-V).
  \21\ 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);
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
(Category 659-S).
  \22\ 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.

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  \23\ Category 224-O: all HTS numbers except 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 (Category 224-V).
  \24\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005
and 6302.91.0045 (Category 369-D); 4202.22.4020, 4202.22.4500,
4202.22.8030 (Category 369-H); 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060,
4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091 and 6307.90.9905 (Category 369-
L); and 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-S)
  \25\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-
A).
  \26\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010,
6305.32.0020, 6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-
P).
  \27\ Category 670-O: only HTS numbers 4202.22.4030, 4202.22.8050 and
4202.32.9550.
  \28\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
  \29\ Category 863-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2015.
 

    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the 
United States and the People's Republic of China.
    Products in the above categories exported during 2000 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated December 6, 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.
    These limits may be revised if China becomes a member of the 
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United States applies the WTO 
agreement to China.
    As a result of a modification to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (HTS) that will be effective January 1, 2001, 
the HTS headings included in Category 666-C are being changed from 
only heading 6303.92.2000 to both heading 6303.92.2010 and heading 
6303.92.2020; this change will not affect the products included in 
Category 666-C.
    The conversion factor for merged Categories 638/639 is 12.96 
(square meters equivalent/category unit).
    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 to 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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