[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 88 (Friday, May 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26186-26187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11240]



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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 the Republic of 
Turkey

May 1, 2000.

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: May 8, 2000.

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, call (202) 482-3715.

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, 
variously, for carryover, carryforward, swing, special shift 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 64 FR 71982, published on December 22, 1999). Also see 
64 FR 62659, published on November 17, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 1, 2000.
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 9, 1999, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the Republic of 
Turkey and exported during the twelve-month period which began on 
January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on May 8, 2000, you are directed to adjust the current 
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                 Category                        Adjusted limit \1\
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Fabric Group
219, 313-O \2\, 314-O \3\, 315-O \4\, 317-  181,635,090 square meters of
 O \5\, 326-O \6\, 617, 625/626/627/628/     which not more than
 629, as a group.                            47,480,835 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 219;
                                             not more than 56,280,079
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 313-O; not more
                                             than 33,764,149 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             314-O; not more than
                                             45,370,578 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 315-O;
                                             not more than 47,480,835
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 317-O; not more
                                             than 5,275,647 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             326-O, and not more than
                                             31,653,892 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 617.
Sublevel in Fabric Group
625/626/627/628/629.......................  21,374,292 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             10,088,665 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 625;
                                             not more than 8,549,716
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 626; not more than
                                             8,549,716 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 627;
                                             not more than 8,549,716
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 628; and not more
                                             than 8,549,716 square
                                             meters shall be in Category
                                             629.
Limits not in a group
300/301...................................  11,022,486 kilograms.
338/339/638/639...........................  7,032,913 dozen of which not
                                             more than 5,975,240 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 338-
                                             S/339-S/638-S/639-S \7\.
340/640...................................  1,570,897 dozen of which not
                                             more than 499,226 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 340-
                                             Y/640-Y \8\.
347/348...................................  7,090,182 dozen of which not
                                             more than 2,339,172 dozen
                                             shall be in Categories 347-
                                             T/348-T \9\.
350.......................................  707,784 dozen.
351/651...................................  1,260,126 dozen.
352/652...................................  3,460,161 dozen.
361.......................................  2,716,520 numbers.
369-S \10\................................  2,408,734 kilograms.
410/624...................................  1,135,918 square meters of
                                             which not more than 888,390
                                             square meters shall be in
                                             Category 410.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\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 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.
\8\ Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,
  6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS
  numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060.
\9\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020,
  6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050,
  6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005,
  6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045,
  6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and
  6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030,
  6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011,
  6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042,
  6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034,
  6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,
  6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010. 6210.50.9060,
  6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050.
\10\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

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exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,

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