[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16661-16662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7514]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

March 21, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 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 this 
limit, 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 limit for Categories 347-T/348-T is 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 66730, published on November 7, 2000.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 21, 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 October 27, 2000, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the Republic of 
Turkey and exported during the twelve-month period which began on 
January 1, 2001 and extends through December 31, 2001.
    Effective on March 27, 2001, you are directed to reduce the 
current limit for Categories 347-T/348-T to 2,146,493 dozen \1\, as 
provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing:
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    \1\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020, 
6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 
6112.11.0050, 6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 
6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005, 6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 
6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045, 6203.49.8020, 
6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and 6211.32.0040; Category 
348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030, 6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 
6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011, 6104.62.2026, 
6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042, 
6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 
6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 
6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 
6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010, 6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 
6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050; The limit has not been 
adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 
2000.
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls 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. 01-7514 Filed 3-26-01; 8:45 am]
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