[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7000]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, 
Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 22, 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, 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 69503, published on November 17, 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 13, 2000, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2001 and extends 
through December 31, 2001.
    Effective on March 22, 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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334/634...................................  858,597 dozen.
336/636/836...............................  565,532 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,717,198 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,486,172 dozen.
341/641...................................  2,446,325 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,727,528 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341
                                             and not more than 1,727,528
                                             dozen shall be in Category
                                             641.
342/642/842...............................  892,942 dozen.
347/348/847...............................  1,381,558 dozen.
350/650...................................  160,271 dozen.
351/651...................................  443,914 dozen.
363.......................................  16,599,555 numbers.
369-S \2\.................................  1,038,540 kilograms.
635.......................................  503,713 dozen.
638/639/838...............................  1,223,639 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,473,117 dozen.
840.......................................  384,607 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2000.
\2\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

    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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

[FR Doc. 01-7000 Filed 3-20-01; 8:45 am]
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