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 Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
 AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
 ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.
 EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.
 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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or manufactured in Korea 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, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
 Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements November 14, 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, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in the Republic of Korea and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2001 and extending through December 31, 2001, in excess of the following levels of restraint: Category
Twelve-month restraint limitGroup I200-223, 224-V 1
                            , 224-O 2
                            , 225-227, 300-326, 360-363, 369pt. 3
                            , 400-414, 464, 469pt. 4
                            , 600-629, 666, 669-P 5
                            , 669pt. 6
                             and 670-O 7
                            , as a group
407,419,089 square meters equivalent.Sublevels within Group I200
513,098 kilograms.201
2,803,813 kilograms.218
10,400,663 square meters.219
9,470,523 square meters.224-V
11,939,042 square meters.300/301
3,488,883 kilograms.313
56,856,958 square meters.314
31,700,947 square meters.315
19,491,172 square meters.317/326
21,129,524 square meters.363
1,217,639 numbers.410
3,708,545 square meters.604
441,725 kilograms.607
1,248,081 kilograms.611
4,160,266 square meters.613/614
6,933,775 square meters.617
5,749,961 square meters.619/620
98,704,345 square meters.624
10,146,989 square meters.625/626/627/628/629
17,750,465 square meters.669-P
2,553,154 kilograms.Group II237, 239pt. 8
                            , 331-348, 350-352, 359-H 9
                            , 359pt. 10
                            , 431, 433-438, 440-448, 459-W 11
                            , 459pt. 12
                            , 631, 633-652, 659-H 13
                            , 659-S 14
                             and 659pt. 15
                            , as a group
610,355,029 square meters equivalent.Sublevels within Group II237
68,998 dozen.239pt.
278,992 kilograms.333/334/335
312,020 dozen of which not more than 159,478 dozen shall be in Category 335.336
65,939 dozen.338/339
1,386,755 dozen.340
721,113 dozen of which not more than 374,425 dozen shall be in Category 340-D 16
                            .341
194,913 dozen.342/642
250,788 dozen.345
134,721 dozen.347/348
513,098 dozen.350
19,178 dozen.351/651
263,459 dozen.352
205,017 dozen.359-H
2,953,472 kilograms.433
14,241 dozen.434
7,304 dozen.435
36,785 dozen.436
15,572 dozen.438
62,432 dozen.440
203,003 dozen.442
52,623 dozen.443
322,056 numbers.444
57,344 numbers.445/446
53,423 dozen.447
91,144 dozen.448
37,021 dozen.459-W
100,143 kilograms.631
346,169 dozen pairs.633/634/635
1,376,430 dozen of which not more than 156,084 dozen shall be in Category 633 and not more than 581,677 dozen shall be in Category 635.636
289,611 dozen.638/639
5,358,921 dozen.640-D 17
3,205,306 dozen.640-O 18
2,671,088 dozen.641
1,081,382 dozen of which not more than 40,846 dozen shall be in Category 641-Y 19
                            .643
801,140 numbers.644
1,205,280 numbers.645/646
3,671,642 dozen.647/648
1,386,615 dozen.650
28,064 dozen.659-H
1,429,798 kilograms.659-S
206,387 kilograms.( print page 69741)Group III831, 833-838, 840-844, 847-858 and 859pt. 20
                            , as a group
17,494,508 square meters equivalent.Sublevel within Group III835
29,429 dozen.Group IV845
2,315,056 dozen.846
822,354 dozen.Group VI369-L/670-L/870 21
                            , as a group
81,361,297 square meters equivalent.1
                         Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000, 5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020, 5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020, 5801.36.0010 and 5801.36,0020.2
                         Category 224-O: all remaining HTS numbers in Category 224.3
                         Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091, 6307.90.9905, (Category 369-L); 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 6406.10.7700.4
                         Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010 and 6406.10.9020.5
                         Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020, 6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.6
                         Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020, 6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P); 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040.7
                         Category 670-O: All HTS numbers except only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907 (Category 670-L).8
                         Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).9
                         Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060.10
                         Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.1540, 6505.20.2060 (Category 359-H); and 6406.99.1550.11
                         Category 459-W: only HTS number 6505.90.4090.12
                         Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.4090 (Category 459-W); 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.13
                         Category 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and 6505.90.8090.14
                         Category 659-S: only HTS numbers 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 6211.12.1020.15
                         Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090, 6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H); 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, 6211.12.1020 (Category 659-S); 6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540.16
                         Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.17
                         Category 640-D: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030.18
                         Category 640-O: only HTS numbers 6203.23.0080, 6203.29.2050, 6205.30.1000, 6205.30.2050, 6205.30.2060, 6205.30.2070, 6205.30.2080 and 6211.33.0040.19
                         Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030, 6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.20
                         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 6214.90.0090.21
                         Category 870; Category 369-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020, 4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3016, 4202.92.6091 and 6307.90.9905; Category 670-L: only HTS numbers 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and 6307.90.9907.
 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 December 1, 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. The conversion factors for the following merged categories are listed below: Category
Conversion factor (Square meters equivalent/category unit)333/334/335
33.75369-L/670-L/870
3.8633/634/635
34.1638/639
12.96
 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 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1). Sincerely, Richard B. Steinkamp, *Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.*


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