69740 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 224 / Monday, November 20, 2000 / Notices

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

the Republic of Korea

November 14, 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: 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 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

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

limit

Group I

200–223, 224–V1,

224–O 2, 225–

227, 300–326,

360–363,

369pt. 3, 400–

414, 464,

469pt. 4, 600–

629, 666, 669–

P5, 669pt. 6 and

670–O 7, as a

group.

407,419,089 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels within

Group I

200 ....................... 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.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

Group II

237, 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–S14

and 659pt. 15, as

a group.

610,355,029 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels within

Group II

237 ....................... 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–

Y19.

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.

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Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

Group III

831, 833–838,

840–844, 847–

858 and

859pt. 20, as a

group.

17,494,508 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevel within

Group III

835 ....................... 29,429 dozen.

Group IV

845 ....................... 2,315,056 dozen.

846 ....................... 822,354 dozen.

Group VI

369–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 ............. 33.75

369–L/670–L/870 ..... 3.8

633/634/635 ............. 34.1

638/639 .................... 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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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of an Import Restraint

Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Laos

November 14, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing a

limit.

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 this limit, 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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of

June 23, 2000 between the Governments

of the United States and the Lao

People’s Democratic Republic,

establishes a limit for Categories 340/

640 for the period January 1, 2001

through December 31, 2001.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the 2001 limit for Categories 340/640.

This limit may be revised if Laos

becomes a member of the World Trade

Organization (WTO) and the United

States applies the WTO agreement to

Laos.

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