[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 121 (Thursday, June 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38813-38814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15727]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

June 16, 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: June 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 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 for 
swing, special shift and the adjustment for folklore products.
    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

June 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 June 22, 2000, you are directed to adjust 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
219.......................................  10,026,801 square meters.
300/301...................................  4,788,617 kilograms.
313-O \2\.................................  12,833,569 square meters.
314-O \3\.................................  65,362,978 square meters.
315-O \4\.................................  37,140,992 square meters.
317-O \5\/326-O \6\/617...................  25,660,549 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             4,530,430 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 326-O.
334/335...................................  270,912 dozen.
336/636...................................  807,170 dozen.
338/339...................................  1,622,948 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,741,313 dozen.
341.......................................  1,207,487 dozen.
342/642...................................  458,342 dozen.
345.......................................  516,624 dozen.
347/348...................................  2,198,572 dozen.
350/650...................................  151,156 dozen.
351/651...................................  680,360 dozen.
447.......................................  18,434 dozen.
613/614/615...............................  25,048,494 square meters.

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618-O \7\.................................  1,863,663 square meters.
625/626/627/628/629-O \8\.................  29,461,033 square meters.
634/635...................................  365,422 dozen.
638/639...................................  1,813,012 dozen.
641.......................................  2,878,610 dozen.
645/646...................................  966,249 dozen.
647/648...................................  3,794,837 dozen.
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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 618-O: all HTS numbers except 5408.24.9010 and
  5408.24.9040.
\8\ Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629-O: all HTS numbers except
  5408.34.9085 and 5516.24.0085.

    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. 00-15727 Filed 6-21-00; 8:45 am]
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