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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

July 10, 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: July 17, 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://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 adjusted for 
swing, special shift, carryover, carryforward and the recrediting 
of unused carryforward.

    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.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 10, 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, wool, man-made fiber, 
silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Indonesia and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2001 and extends 
through December 31, 2001.
    Effective on July 17, 2001, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the categories listed below, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                                Twelve-month restraint
                 Category                             limit \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Levels in Group I                           ............................
200.......................................  1,197,707 kilograms.
219.......................................  12,304,608 square meters.
225.......................................  8,821,592 square meters.
300/301...................................  5,333,710 kilograms.
313-O \2\.................................  24,141,068 square meters.
314- O \3\................................  79,294,573 square meters.
315- O \4\................................  34,156,471 square meters.
317-O \5\/326-O \6\/617...................  32,994,099 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             5,220,052 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 326-
                                             O.
331/631...................................  3,274,776 dozen pairs.
334/335...................................  325,331 dozen.
336/636...................................  881,156 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,855,016 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,989,217 dozen.
341.......................................  1,177,918 dozen.
342/642...................................  522,256 dozen.
345.......................................  550,420 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,389,848 dozen.
350/650...................................  179,386 dozen.
351/651...................................  706,090 dozen.
359-C/659-C \7\...........................  1,966,853 kilograms.
359-S/659-S \8\...........................  2,070,371 kilograms.
360.......................................  1,660,021 numbers.
361.......................................  1,699,894 numbers.
369-S \9\.................................  1,270,885 kilograms.
433.......................................  12,503 dozen.
443.......................................  98,829 numbers.
445/446...................................  64,230 dozen.
447.......................................  19,770 dozen.
448.......................................  21,683 dozen.
604-A \10\................................  913,653 kilograms.
611-O \11\................................  4,198,707 square meters.
613/614/615...............................  31,092,809 square meters.
618-O \12\................................  7,281,490 square meters.
619/620...................................  11,735,418 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629-O \13\................  34,166,509 square meters.
634/635...................................  397,214 dozen.
638/639...................................  1,863,671 dozen.
641.......................................  3,185,141 dozen.
643.......................................  408,449 numbers.
644.......................................  589,607 numbers.
645/646...................................  1,088,057 dozen.
647/648...................................  4,368,985 dozen.
847.......................................  580,605 dozen.
Subgroup in Group II
400, 410, 414, 431, 434, 435, 436, 438,     2,962,580 square meters
 440, 442, 444, 459pt., 464 and 469pt., as   equivalent.
 a group.
In Group II subgroup
435.......................................  49,344 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2000.
\2\ Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035
  and 5209.51.6032.
\3\ Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015.
\4\ Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055.
\5\ Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085.
\6\ Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015
  and 5211.59.0015.
\7\ 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.
\8\ Category 359-S: only HTS numbers 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010,
  6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010 and 6211.12.8020; Category
  659-S: only HTS numbers 6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,
  6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020,
  6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.
\9\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\10\ Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.
\11\ Category 611-O: all HTS numbers except 5516.14.0005, 5516.14.0025
  and 5516.14.0085.
\12\ Category 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and
  5408.24.9040.
\13\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except
  5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.

    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. 01-17690 Filed 7-13-01; 8:45 am]
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