Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 21, 2000 / Notices 69913

22 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 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 4, 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. 00–29742 Filed 11–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

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

Macau

November 15, 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

Macau 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. The 2001 limits for

certain categories have been reduced for

carryforward applied to the 2000 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 15, 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 Macau 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

Levels in Group I

219 ........................... 3,554,096 square meters.

225 ........................... 12,439,335 square

meters.

313 ........................... 8,885,239 square meters.

314 ........................... 1,480,873 square meters.

315 ........................... 4,442,620 square meters.

317 ........................... 8,885,239 square meters.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

326 ........................... 3,554,096 square meters.

333/334/335/833/

834/835.

385,944 dozen of

which not more than

203,302 dozen shall

be in Categories

333/335/833/835.

336/836 .................... 86,484 dozen.

338 ........................... 469,724 dozen.

339 ........................... 1,967,501 dozen.

340 ........................... 444,592 dozen.

341 ........................... 286,753 dozen.

342 ........................... 129,724 dozen.

345 ........................... 79,324 dozen.

347/348/847 ............. 1,111,821 dozen.

350/850 .................... 89,137 dozen.

351/851 .................... 103,783 dozen.

359–C/659–C 1 ........ 546,145 kilograms.

359–V2 .................... 182,956 kilograms.

611 ........................... 3,554,096 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629 8,885,239 square meters.

633/634/635 ............. 817,270 dozen.

638/639/838 ............. 2,406,083 dozen.

640 ........................... 180,952 dozen.

641/840 .................... 311,009 dozen.

642/842 .................... 171,306 dozen.

645/646 .................... 424,169 dozen.

647/648 .................... 808,970 dozen.

659–S3 .................... 182,956 kilograms.

Group II

400–431, 433–438,

440–448, 459pt. 4,

464 and 469pt. 5,

as a group.

1,506,199 square meters equivalent.

Sublevel in Group II

445/446 .................... 81,201 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 359–V: only HTS numbers

6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040,

6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024,

6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044,

6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,

6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040,

6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and

6211.42.0070. 3 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. 4 Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except

6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090,

6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560. 5 Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except

5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010 and

6406.10.9020.

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.

69914 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 21, 2000 / Notices

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. 00–29743 Filed 11–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and

Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products and Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or

Manufactured in Malaysia

November 15, 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

Malaysia 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. Some limits are being

reduced for carryforward applied to

2000.

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 15, 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 textiles

and textile products and silk blend and other

vegetable fiber apparel in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in

Malaysia and exported during the twelvemonth period beginning on January 1, 2001

and extending through December 31, 2001, in

excess of the following limits:

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

Fabric Group

218–220, 225–227,

313–326, 611–O 1,

613/614/615/617,

619 and 620, as a

group.

158,920,221 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels within the

group

218 ........................... 9,118,061 square meters.

219 ........................... 44,171,941 square

meters.

220 ........................... 44,171,941 square

meters.

225 ........................... 44,171,941 square

meters.

226 ........................... 44,171,941 square

meters.

227 ........................... 44,171,941 square

meters.

313 ........................... 52,682,131 square

meters.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

314 ........................... 63,380,587 square

meters.

315 ........................... 44,171,941 square

meters.

317 ........................... 44,171,941 square

meters.

326 ........................... 8,541,858 square meters.

611–O ...................... 5,125,115 square meters.

613/614/615/617 ...... 50,704,472 square

meters.

619 ........................... 6,833,487 square meters.

620 ........................... 8,070,366 square meters.

Other specific limits

200 ........................... 363,279 kilograms.

237 ........................... 517,348 dozen.

300/301 .................... 3,852,993 kilograms.

331/631 .................... 2,645,408 dozen pairs.

333/334/335/835 ...... 321,098 dozen of

which not more than

192,659 dozen shall

be in Category 333

and not more than

192,659 dozen shall

be in Category 835.

336/636 .................... 623,415 dozen.

338/339 .................... 1,460,280 dozen.

340/640 .................... 1,800,315 dozen.

341/641 .................... 2,333,276 dozen of

which not more than

832,397 dozen shall

be in Category 341.

342/642/842 ............. 558,870 dozen.

345 ........................... 214,309 dozen.

347/348 .................... 618,869 dozen.

350/650 .................... 201,550 dozen.

351/651 .................... 327,639 dozen.

363 ........................... 5,432,621 numbers.

435 ........................... 16,121 dozen.

438–W 2 ................... 13,193 dozen.

442 ........................... 19,646 dozen.

445/446 .................... 31,184 dozen.

604 ........................... 1,689,451 kilograms.

634/635 .................... 1,089,009 dozen.

638/639 .................... 606,097 dozen.

645/646 .................... 490,663 dozen.

647/648 .................... 2,241,004 dozen of

which not more than

1,616,304 dozen

shall be in Category

647–K3 and not

more than 1,616,304

dozen shall be in

Category 648–K4.