[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30429-30430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14246]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan

June 1, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 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 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://www.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 are being adjusted for carryover and the 
recrediting of unused carryforward applied in agreement year 2000.
    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 
64 FR 66972, published on November 8, 2000.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

June 1, 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 2, 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 Pakistan and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began

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on January 1, 2001 and extends through December 31, 2001.
    Effective on June 6, 2001, you are directed to adjust 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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Specific limits
219.......................................  12,154,178 square meters.
237.......................................  591,134 dozen.
239pt. \2\................................  2,552,951 kilograms.
314.......................................  8,546,052 square meters.
315.......................................  93,668,815 square meters.
317/617...................................  50,497,042 square meters.
334/634...................................  340,995 dozen.
335/635...................................  573,206 dozen.
336/636...................................  754,097 dozen.
339.......................................  1,963,249 dozen.
340/640...................................  911,733 dozen of which not
                                             more than 319,532 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             D/640-D \3\.
341/641...................................  1,131,145 dozen.
342/642...................................  559,858 dozen.
359-C/659-C \4\...........................  2,128,086 kilograms.
369-F/369-P \5\...........................  3,413,559 kilograms.
613/614...................................  33,615,378 square meters.
615.......................................  37,853,501 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629.......................  109,984,967 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             54,992,485 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625;
                                             not more than 54,992,485
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             54,992,485 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 627;
                                             not more than 11,377,756
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 628; and not more
                                             than 54,992,485 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.
638/639...................................  640,362 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2000.
\2\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\3\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers
  6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030
  and 6205.90.4030.
\4\ 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; 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.
\5\ Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only
  HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.

    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. 01-14246 Filed 6-5-01; 8:45 am]
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