31886 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 98 / Friday, May 19, 2000 / Notices

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

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Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textiles

and Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in India

May 15, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs reducing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 22, 2000.

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 reopenings, 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 reduced for

carryforward used.

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 70220, published on

December 16, 1999.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

May 15, 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 December 10, 1999, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, man–

made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable

fiber textiles and textile products, produced

or manufactured in India and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 2000 and extends through

December 31, 2000.

Effective on May 22, 2000, you are directed

to reduce the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Levels in Group I

336/636 .................... 997,391 dozen.

338/339 .................... 4,159,857 dozen.

340/640 .................... 2,166,908 dozen.

341 ........................... 4,565,583 dozen of

which not more than

2,828,440 dozen

shall be in Category

341–Y2.

342/642 .................... 1,300,544 dozen.

345 ........................... 231,410 dozen.

351/651 .................... 311,800 dozen.

363 ........................... 51,293,555 numbers.

369–D 3 .................... 1,468,208 kilograms.

641 ........................... 1,661,508 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1999. 2 Category 341–Y: only HTS numbers

6204.22.3060, 6206.30.3010, 6206.30.3030

and 6211.42.0054. 3 Category 369–D: only HTS numbers

6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045.

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.

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Request for Public Comments on a

Request That the United States

Consult With Mexico and Canada

Concerning a Certain Filament Yarn;

Amendment

May 15, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Amending request for public

comments concerning a request for

consultations on certain filament yarn.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martin Walsh, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–3400.

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.

A notice published in the Federal

Register on March 1, 2000 (65 FR

11040) advised the public that CITA had

been petitioned to initiate consultations

with Mexico and Canada under Section

7(2) of Annex 300–B of the North

American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA) for the purpose of amending

the NAFTA rules of origin to permit the

use of non-North American filament

viscose rayon yarn classified in HTS

headings 5403.10, 5403.31, 5403.32 and

5403.41 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States in

NAFTA originating goods. This notice

amends, but does not cancel, that

notice. The petition has been amended

to request consultations on the use of

non-North American filament yarn

classified in HTS heading 5403.39 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States, in addition to the four

filament viscose rayon yarn headings

listed in that notice.

There will be a 30-day comment

period beginning on May 19, 2000 and

extending through June 19, 2000.

Anyone wishing to comment or provide

data or information regarding domestic

production or availability of filament

yarn classified in HTS headings

5403.10, 5403.31, 5403.32, 5403.39 and

5403.41 is invited to submit 10 copies

of such comments or information to D.

Michael Hutchinson, Acting Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230.

Comments or information submitted

in response to this notice will be

available for public inspection in the

Office of Textiles and Apparel, room

H3100, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC.

The solicitation of comments is not a

waiver in any respect of the exemption

contained in 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1) relating

to matters which constitute a ‘‘foreign

affairs function of the United States.’’

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

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