[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43226-43227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20761]


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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 Macau

August 13, 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: August 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, carryover 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 69913, published on November 21, 2000.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 13, 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 Macau and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 2001 and extends through 
December 31, 2001.
    Effective on August 17, 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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Levels in Group I
225.......................................  6,563,109 square meters.
317.......................................  4,613,393 square meters.
333/334/335/833/834/835...................  449,437 dozen of which not
                                             more than 238,548 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 333/
                                             335/833/835.
336/836...................................  97,880 dozen.
338.......................................  508,377 dozen.
339.......................................  2,224,215 dozen.
340.......................................  510,787 dozen.
341.......................................  357,905 dozen.
342.......................................  152,267 dozen.
345.......................................  85,197 dozen.
347/348/847...............................  1,216,339 dozen.
350/850...................................  107,942 dozen.
351/851...................................  114,193 dozen.
359-C/659-C \2\...........................  592,381 kilograms.
359-V \3\.................................  213,577 kilograms.
625/626/627/628/629.......................  7,053,303 square meters.
633/634/635...............................  964,379 dozen.
638/639/838...............................  2,864,333 dozen.
640.......................................  213,524 dozen.
641/840...................................  366,991 dozen.
642/842...................................  200,393 dozen.
645/646...................................  470,828 dozen.
647/648...................................  883,348 dozen.
659-S \4\.................................  215,888 kilograms.
Group II
400-431, 433-438, 440-448, 459pt. \5\, 464  1,648,765 square meters
 and 469pt. \6\, as a group.                 equivalent.
Sublevel in Group II
445/446...................................  89,594 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 2000.
\2\ 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.
\3\ Category 359-V: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030,
  6104.12.0040, 6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024, 6110.20.2030,
  6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044, 6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,
  6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040, 6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070
  and 6211.42.0070.
\4\ 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.
\5\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
  6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\6\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.

    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,

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D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 01-20761 Filed 8-16-01; 8:45 am]
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