[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15696-15697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6832]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import 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

March 15, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 21, 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, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel website 
at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.

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 reduced for 
carryforward used.
    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 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000). Also see 
65 FR 69742, published on November 20, 2000.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 15, 2001.
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 November 14, 2000, 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, 2001 and extends through 
December 31, 2001.
    Effective on March 21, 2001, you are directed to reduce 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
338/339...................................  2,463,811 dozen.
342/642...................................  692,738 dozen.
345.......................................  206,296 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,426,970 dozen.
350.......................................  182,626 dozen.
351/651...................................  755,568 dozen.
352/652...................................  2,967,312 dozen.
361.......................................  2,306,865 numbers.
433.......................................  3,300 dozen.
443.......................................  39,900 numbers.
447.......................................  7,577 dozen.
634.......................................  553,817 dozen.
635.......................................  356,298 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,531,004 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,464,409 dozen.
Group II
200-227, 300-326, 332, 359-O \2\, 360,      233,842,746 square meters
 362, 363, 369-O \3\, 400-414, 434-438,      equivalent.
 440, 442, 444, 448, 459pt.\4\, 464,
 469pt.\5\, 600-607, 613-629, 644, 659-O
 \6\, 666, 669-O \7\, 670-O \8\, 831, 833-
 838, 840-846, 850-858 and 859pt.\9\, as a
 group.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2000.
\2\ 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 (Category 359pt.).
\3\ 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.).
\4\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
  6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\5\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.

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\6\ 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.).
\7\ 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.).
\8\ 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).
\9\ 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 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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 01-6832 Filed 3-19-01; 8:45 am]
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