[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 190 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58516-58517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25011]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, 
Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka

September 26, 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: September 29, 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.


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    The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, 
variously, for swing, carryforward and special shift.
    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 70224, published on December 16, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 26, 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, 1998, 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 Sri Lanka and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends 
through December 31, 2000.
    Effective September 29, 2000, 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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237.......................................  411,520 dozen.
334/634...................................  1,155,180 dozen.
335/835...................................  231,058 dozen.
336/636/836...............................  638,813 dozen.
338/339...................................  2,041,739 dozen.
340/640...................................  1,793,208 dozen.
341/641...................................  2,767,708 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,760,990 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 341
                                             and not more than 1,723,501
                                             dozen shall be in Category
                                             641.
342/642/842...............................  977,977 dozen.
345/845...................................  276,963 dozen.
347/348/847...............................  2,040,380 dozen.
350/650...................................  176,004 dozen.
351/651...................................  501,403 dozen.
363.......................................  18,851,176 numbers.
369-D \2\.................................  579,681 kilograms.
369-S \3\.................................  1,086,879 kilograms.
635.......................................  603,278 dozen.
638/639/838...............................  1,253,469 dozen.
644.......................................  789,207 numbers.
645/646...................................  152,667 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,326,369 dozen.
840.......................................  266,220 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\2\ Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and
  6302.91.0045.
\3\ 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 
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.
[FR Doc. 00-25011 Filed 9-28-00; 8:45 am]
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