[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 99 (Monday, May 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32079-32080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12777]


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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

May 16, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 23, 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 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 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 54870, published on October 8, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 16, 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 October 4, 1999, 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, 2000 and extends 
through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on May 23, 2000, you are directed to reduce the limits 
for the categories listed below, 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
200.......................................  978,348 kilograms.
300/301...................................  4,458,303 kilograms.
338/339...................................  1,316,416 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,621,199 dozen.
342/642...................................  406,864 dozen.
345.......................................  481,695 dozen.
347/348...................................  1,783,321 dozen.
360.......................................  1,453,677 numbers.
369-S \2\.................................  1,053,142 kilograms.
634/635...................................  324,240 dozen.
647/648...................................  3,534,649 dozen.

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Group II
201, 218, 220, 222-224, 226, 227, 237,      112,319,410 square meters
 239pt. \3\, 332, 333, 352, 359-O \4\,       equivalent.
 362, 363, 369-O \5\, 400, 410, 414, 431,
 434, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 459pt.
 \6\, 464, 469pt. \7\, 603, 604-O \8\,
 606, 607, 621, 622, 624, 633, 649, 652,
 659-O \9\, 666, 669-O \10\, 670-O \11\,
 831, 833-836, 838, 840, 842-846, 850-852,
 858 and 859pt. \12\, as a group.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\2\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
\3\ Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
\4\ Category 359-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.42.0010
  (Category 359-C); 6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010, 6211.11.8010,
  6211.11.8020, 6211.12.8010, 6211.12.8020 (Category 359-S); and
  6406.99.1550 (Category 359pt.).
\5\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 6307.10.2005 (Category 369-
  S); 5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020,
  5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020, 5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000,
  5702.99.1010, 5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020 and 6406.10.7700 (Category
  369pt.).
\6\ Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060,
  6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
\7\ Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010
  and 6406.10.9020.
\8\ Category 604-O: all HTS numbers except 5509.32.0000 (Category 604-
  A).
\9\ Category 659-O: all HTS numbers except 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, 6211.43.0010 (Category 659-
  C); 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 (Category 659-S); 6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540
  (Category 659pt.).
\10\ Category 669-O: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020,
  6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P);
  5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000, 6406.10.9040
  (Category 669pt.).
\11\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,
  4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907 (Category
  670-L).
\12\ Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers 6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020,
  6212.10.5030, 6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030, 6212.90.0090,
  6214.10.2000 and 6214.90.0090.

    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. 00-12777 Filed 5-19-00; 8:45 am]
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