[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 37951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18184]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

July 17, 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 20, 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://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 for certain categories are being adjusted for 
swing.

    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 
66 FR 2412, published on January 11, 2001.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 17, 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 January 8, 2001, 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 Cambodia and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 2001 and extends through 
December 31, 2001.
    Effective on July 20, 2001, you are directed to adjust the 
limits for the following categories, as provided for in the 
agreement between the Governments of the United States and Cambodia:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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331/631...................................  990,093 dozen pairs.
334/634...................................  208,852 dozen.
335/635...................................  83,989 dozen.
338/339...................................  3,071,350 dozen.
340/640...................................  969,105 dozen.
345.......................................  121,461 dozen.
347/348/647/648...........................  3,685,620 dozen.
352/652...................................  494,833 dozen.
438.......................................  100,127 dozen.
445/446...................................  129,043 dozen.
638/639...................................  1,105,686 dozen.
645/646...................................  260,743 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2000.

    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. 01-18184 Filed 7-19-01; 8:45 a.m.
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