[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 24343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12057]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit and Sublimit for Certain 
Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in 
Fiji

May 8, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting a 
limit and sublimit.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 15, 2001.

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 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 338/339/638/639 and sublimit for 
Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S are being increased for carryover.
    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 69911, published on November 21, 2000.

J. Hayden Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 8, 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 15, 2000, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Fiji and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2001 and 
extends through December 31, 2001.
    Effective on May 15, 2001, you are directed to increase the 
limit and sublimit for the following categories, as provided for 
under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
338/339/638/639...........................  1,866,582 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,469,455 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S/638-S/639-S \2\.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


  \1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 2000.
  \2\ Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010,
6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040,
6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category 339-
S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010,
6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030,
6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010 and
6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007,
6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS
numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and
6109.90.1070.
 

    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,

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

[FR Doc. 01-12057 Filed 5-11-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-F