Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 223 / Friday, November 17, 2000 / Notices 69503

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on December 10, 1999, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, man–

made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable

fiber textiles and textile products, produced

or manufactured in India and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 2000 and extends through

December 31, 2000.

Effective on November 17, 2000, you are

directed to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Levels in Group I

219 ........................... 66,589,672 square

meters.

313 ........................... 50,310,018 square

meters.

314 ........................... 9,972,734 square meters.

315 ........................... 18,315,636 square

meters.

317 ........................... 25,551,660 square

meters.

334/634 .................... 185,114 dozen.

335/635 .................... 754,089 dozen.

342/642 .................... 1,708,866 dozen.

345 ........................... 248,589 dozen.

369–S2 .................... 830,219 kilograms.

641 ........................... 1,792,427 dozen.

647/648 .................... 900,145 dozen.

Group II

200, 201, 220–227,

237, 239pt. 3, 300,

301, 331–333,

350, 352, 359pt. 4,

360–362, 600–

604, 606 5, 607,

611–629, 631,

633, 638, 639,

643–646, 649,

650, 652, 659pt. 6,

666, 669pt. 7, 670,

831, 833–838,

840–858 and

859pt. 8, as a

group.

162,671,041 square

meters equivalent.

1The 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 359pt.: all HTS numbers except

6406.99.1550. 5 Category 606: all HTS numbers except

5403.31.0040 (for administrative purposes

Category 606 is designated as 606(1)). 6 Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except

6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540. 7 Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except

5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000,

5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040. 8 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,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc.00–29488 Filed 11–16–00; 8:45 am]

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Sri Lanka

November 13, 2000.

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: 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 reopenings, 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

Sri Lanka 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 13, 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 Sri Lanka 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

limit

237 ........................... 411,971 dozen.

314 ........................... 6,150,137 square meters.

331/631 .................... 4,123,332 dozen pairs.

333/633 .................... 77,549 dozen.

334/634 .................... 908,759 dozen.

335/835 .................... 399,854 dozen.

336/636/836 ............. 598,572 dozen.

338/339 .................... 1,817,521 dozen.

340/640 .................... 1,574,241 dozen.

341/641 .................... 2,591,292 dozen of

which not more than

1,727,528 dozen

shall be in Category

341 and not more

than 1,727,528

dozen shall be in

Category 641.

342/642/842 ............. 945,110 dozen.

345/845 .................... 244,763 dozen.

347/348/847 ............. 1,465,842 dozen.

350/650 .................... 169,634 dozen.

351/651 .................... 469,849 dozen.

352/652 .................... 1,938,686 dozen.

359–C/659–C 1 ........ 1,866,596 kilograms.

360 ........................... 2,050,046 numbers.

363 ........................... 17,569,344 numbers.

369–D 2 .................... 1,319,061 kilograms.

369–S3 .................... 1,099,214 kilograms.

434 ........................... 7,676 dozen.

435 ........................... 16,448 dozen.

440 ........................... 10,965 dozen.

611 ........................... 8,029,348 square meters.

635 ........................... 533,141 dozen.

638/639/838 ............. 1,295,127 dozen.

644 ........................... 727,007 numbers.

645/646 .................... 290,802 dozen.

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Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

647/648 .................... 1,559,180 dozen.

840 ........................... 407,399 dozen.

1 Category 359–C: only HTS numbers

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 and

6211.42.0010; Category 659–C: only HTS

numbers 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

and 6211.43.0010. 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 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 10, 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 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–29490 Filed 11–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Request for Public Comments on the

Extension of Temporary Amendment

to the Requirements for Participating

in the Special Access Program for

Caribbean Basin Countries and the

Outward Processing Program

November 13, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Request for public comments

concerning the extension of amendment

to the requirements for participation in

the Special Access Program and the

Outward Processing Program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori

E. Mennitt, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–3400.

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.

In order to qualify for Special Access

Program treatment, a textile product

must be assembled from U.S. fabric in

a Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) or

Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA)

country with which the United States

has entered into a bilateral agreement

regarding guaranteed access levels

under the Special Access Program. The

product must be assembled from fabric

formed and cut in the United States;

meaning that all fabric components of

the assembled product (with the

exception of findings and trimmings,

including elastic strips) must be U.S.

formed and cut. Upon entry into the

United States, the product must be

classified under heading 9802.00.8015

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of

the United States.

Findings and trimmings of non-U.S.

origin may be incorporated into the

assembled product provided they do not

exceed 25 percent of the cost of the

components of the assembled product.

Certain non-U.S. formed, U.S. cut

interlinings for suit jackets and suit-type

jackets may currently qualify as findings

and trimmings under a temporary

amendment to the Special Access

Program.

A notice and letter to the

Commissioner of Customs published in

the Federal Register on December 18,

1998 (see 63 FR 70112), and amended

on December 24, 1998 (see 64 FR 149,

published on January 4, 1999),

extended, through December 31, 2000,

the exemption period for women’s and

girls’ and men’s and boys’ chest type

plate, ‘‘hymo’’ piece or ‘‘sleeve header’’

of woven or weft inserted warp knit

construction of coarse animal hair or

man-made filaments used in the

manufacture of tailored suit jackets and

suit-type jackets in Categories 433, 435,

443, 444, 633, 635, 643 and 644, which

are entered under the Special Access

Program (9802.00.8015), provided they

are cut in the United States.

On January 1, 2000, goods covered

under the Outward Processing Program

(9802.00.8017) were also authorized to

use this exemption, as outlined in the

letter and notice to the Commissioner of

Customs, dated December 9, 1999 (see

64 FR 69746, published on December

14, 1999).

The purpose of this notice is to

request public comment on CITA’s

intention to extend through December

31, 2002, this exemption for women’s

and girls’ and men’s and boys’ ‘‘hymo’’

type interlining. There will be a 30-day

comment period beginning on

November 17, 2000 and extending

through December 18, 2000. Anyone

wishing to comment or provide data for

information regarding domestic

production or availability of the

products mentioned above is invited to

submit comments or information to

Richard B. Steinkamp, Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230:

ATTN: Becky Geiger.

Comments or information submitted

in response to this notice will be

available for public inspection in the

Office of Textiles and Apparel, room

H3100, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC.

The solicitation of comments is not a

waiver in any respect of the exemption

contained in 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1) relating

to matters which constitute ‘‘a foreign

affairs function of the United States.’’

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.

[FR Doc. 00–29491 Filed 11–16–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Air Force A–76 Initiatives Cost

Comparisons and Direct Conversions

(As of September 30, 2000)

The Air Force is in the process of

conducting the following A–76

initiatives. Cost comparisons are publicprivate competitions. Direct conversions

are functions that may result in a

conversion to contract without public

competition. These initiatives were

announced and in-progress as of

September 30, 2000, include the

installation and state where the cost