[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66719-66720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28555]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Colombia

October 27, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.

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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or 
manufactured in Colombia and exported during the period January 1, 2001 
through December 31, 2001 are based on limits notified to the Textiles 
Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC).
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2001 limits.
    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). 
Information regarding the 2001 CORRELATION will be published in the 
Federal Register at a later date.

Richard B. Steinkamp,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 27, 2000.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural Act 
of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 
1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective on January 1, 
2001, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from 
warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile 
products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in 
Colombia and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on 
January 1, 2001 and extending through December 31, 2001, in excess of 
the following restraint limits:

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                Category                        Twelve-month limit
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315....................................  31,133,065 square meters.
443....................................  133,983 numbers.
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    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified to 
the Textiles Monitoring Body.
    Products in the above categories exported during 2000 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see directive 
dated October 21, 1999) to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the 
event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by 
previous entries, such products shall be charged to the limits set 
forth in this directive.
    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of Customs 
should construe entry into the United States for consumption to include 
entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs exception 
of the rulemaking provisions of U.S.C.553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Richard B. Steinkamp,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 00-28555 Filed 11-6-00; 8:45 am]
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