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properly certified textile products in the

following categories which are assembled in

Guatemala from fabric formed and cut in the

United States and re-exported to the United

States from Guatemala during the period

January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001:

Category Guaranteed access

Level

340/640 .................... 520,000 dozen.

347/348 .................... 1,000,000 dozen.

351/651 .................... 200,000 dozen.

443 ........................... 25,000 numbers.

448 ........................... 42,000 dozen.

Any shipment for entry under the Special

Access Program which is not accompanied

by a valid and correct certification in

accordance with the provisions of the

certification requirements established in the

directive of January 24, 1990 (55 FR 3079),

as amended, shall be denied entry unless the

Government of Guatemala authorizes the

entry and any charges to the appropriate

specific limit. Any shipment which is

declared for entry under the Special Access

Program but found not to qualify shall be

denied entry into the United States.

These specific limits and guaranteed access

levels do not apply to goods that qualify for

quota-free entry under the Trade and

Development Act of 2000.

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. 00–30799 Filed 12–01–00; 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

Hong Kong

November 28, 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:

Naomi Freeman, 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

Hong Kong 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. These limits have been

increased, variously, for adjustments

permitted under the flexibility

provisions of the ATC.

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 28, 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 Hong Kong 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

200–227, 300–326,

360–363, 369(1) 1,

369pt. 2, 400–414,

464, 469pt. 3, 600–

629, 666, 669pt. 4

and 670, as a

group.

261,507,986 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group I

219 ........................... 47,005,609 square

meters.

218/225/317/326 ...... 78,830,202 square

meters of which not

more than 4,341,659

square meters shall

be in Category

218(1) 5 (yarn dyed

fabric other than

denim and jacquard).

611 ........................... 7,411,068 square meters.

617 ........................... 4,675,864 square meters.

Group I subgroup

200, 226/313, 314,

315, 369(1) and

604, as a group

126,152,367 square

meters equivalent.

Within Group I subgroup

200 ........................... 405,263 kilograms.

226/313 .................... 84,317,968 square

meters.

314 ........................... 22,739,544 square

meters

315 ........................... 11,242,508 square

meters.

369(1) (shoptowels) 923,905 kilograms.

604 ........................... 278,186 kilograms.

Group II

237, 239pt. 6, 331–

348, 350–352,

359(1) 7, 359(2) 8,

359pt. 9, 431, 433–

438, 440–448,

459pt. 10, 631,

633–652,

659(1) 11,

659(2) 12,

659pt. 13, and 443/

444/643/644/843/

844(1), as a group.

901,076,901 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group II

237 ........................... 1,359,275 dozen.

331 ........................... 4,463,147 dozen pairs.

333/334 .................... 326,126 dozen.

335 ........................... 352,328 dozen.

338/339 14 (shirts

and blouses other

than tank tops and

tops, knit).

2,994,680 dozen.

338/339(1) 15 (tank

tops and knit tops).

2,249,919 dozen.

340 ........................... 2,867,722 dozen.

345 ........................... 496,091 dozen.

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Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

347/348 .................... 6,944,700 dozen of

which not more than

6,854,700 dozen

shall be in Categories 347–W/348–

W 16; and not more

than 5,194,751

dozen shall be in

Category 348–W.

352 ........................... 7,995,074 dozen.

359(1) (coveralls,

overalls and

jumpsuits).

687,640 kilograms.

359(2) (vests) ........... 1,433,187 kilograms.

433 ........................... 10,974 dozen.

434 ........................... 11,779 dozen.

435 ........................... 78,838 dozen.

436 ........................... 102,681 dozen.

438 ........................... 843,303 dozen.

442 ........................... 97,335 dozen.

443 ........................... 64,785 numbers.

444 ........................... 44,074 numbers.

445/446 .................... 1,393,867 dozen.

447/448 .................... 70,098 dozen.

631 ........................... 754,418 dozen pairs.

633/634/635 ............. 1,462,845 dozen of

which not more than

547,136 dozen shall

be in Categories

633/634; and not

more than 1,123,300

dozen shall be in

Category 635.

638/639 .................... 5,027,449 dozen.

641 ........................... 868,723 dozen.

644 ........................... 51,169 numbers.

645/646 .................... 1,377,929 dozen.

647 ........................... 627,574 dozen.

648 ........................... 1,227,517 dozen of

which not more than

1,212,727 dozen

shall be in Category

648–W 17.

649 ........................... 966,213 dozen.

650 ........................... 199,809 dozen.

652 ........................... 5,533,706 dozen.

659(1) (coveralls,

overalls and

jumpsuits).

760,024 kilograms.

659(2) (swimsuits) .... 319,071 kilograms.

443/444/643/644/

843/844(1) (madeto-measure suits).

60,987 numbers.

Group II subgroup

336, 341, 342, 350,

351, 636, 640, 642

and 651, as a

group.

167,814,523 square

meters equivalent.

Within Group II subgroup

336 ........................... 262,531 dozen.

341 ........................... 2,902,795 dozen.

342 ........................... 606,407 dozen.

350 ........................... 151,195 dozen.

351 ........................... 1,226,009 dozen.

636 ........................... 353,320 dozen.

640 ........................... 1,070,858 dozen.

642 ........................... 280,973 dozen.

651 ........................... 382,638 dozen.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

Group III

831, 833–838, 840–

844, 847–858 and

859pt. 18, as a

group.

48,732,782 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group

III

834 ........................... 14,378 dozen.

835 ........................... 119,843 dozen.

836 ........................... 184,725 dozen.

840 ........................... 711,880 dozen.

842 ........................... 284,975 dozen.

847 ........................... 382,306 dozen.

Limits not in a group

845(1) 19 (sweaters

made in Hong

Kong).

1,134,387 dozen.

845(2) 20 (sweaters

assembled in

Hong Kong from

knit-to-shape components, knit elsewhere).

2,715,291 dozen.

846(1) 21 (sweaters

made in Hong

Kong).

183,441 dozen.

846(2) 22 (sweaters

assembled in

Hong Kong from

knit-to-shape components, knit elsewhere).

442,024 dozen.

1 Category 369(1): only HTS number

6307.10.2005. 2 Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except

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,

6406.10.7700 and HTS number in 369(1). 3 Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except

5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010 and

6406.10.9020. 4 Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except

5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000,

5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040. 5 Category 218(1): all HTS numbers except

5209.42.0060, 5209.42.0080, 5211.42.0060,

5211.42.0080, 5514.32.0015 and

5516.43.0015. 6 Category 239pt.: only HTS number

6209.20.5040 (diapers). 7 Category 359(1): 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. 8 Category 359(2): 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. 9 Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except

6406.99.1550 and HTS numbers in 359(1)

and 359(2). 10 Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except

6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090,

6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.

11 Category 659(1): 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. 12 Category 659(2): 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. 13 Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except

6406.99.1510, 6406.99.1540 and HTS numbers in 659(1) and 659(2). 14 Categories 338/339: all HTS numbers except 6109.10.0018, 6109.10.0023,

6109.10.0060, 6109.10.0065, 6114.20.0005

and 6114.20.0010. 15 Category 338/339(1): only HTS numbers

6109.10.0018, 6109.10.0023, 6109.10.0060,

6109.10.0065, 6114.20.0005 and

6114.20.0010. 16 Category 347–W: only HTS numbers

6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020,

6203.22.3030, 6203.42.4005, 6203.42.4010,

6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035,

6203.42.4045, 6203.42.4050, 6203.42.4060,

6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520,

6211.20.3810 and 6211.32.0040; Category

348–W: only HTS numbers 6204.12.0030,

6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.22.3050,

6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005,

6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030,

6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.62.4055,

6204.62.4065, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010,

6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810,

6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050. 17 Category 648–W: only HTS numbers

6204.23.0040, 6204.23.0045, 6204.29.2020,

6204.29.2025, 6204.29.4038, 6204.63.2000,

6204.63.3000, 6204.63.3510, 6204.63.3530,

6204.63.3532, 6204.63.3540, 6204.69.2510,

6204.69.2530, 6204.69.2540, 6204.69.2560,

6204.69.6030, 6204.69.9030, 6210.50.5035,

6211.20.1555, 6211.20.6820, 6211.43.0040

and 6217.90.9060. 18 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. 19 Category 845(1): only HTS numbers

6103.29.2074, 6104.29.2079, 6110.90.9024,

6110.90.9042 and 6117.90.9015. 20 Category 845(2): only HTS numbers

6103.29.2070, 6104.29.2077, 6110.90.9022

and 6110.90.9040. 21 Category 846(1): only HTS numbers

6103.29.2068, 6104.29.2075, 6110.90.9020

and 6110.90.9038. 22 Category 846(2): only HTS numbers

6103.29.2066, 6104.29.2073, 6110.90.9018

and 6110.90.9036.

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 November 23, 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 merged

Categories 333/334, 633/634/635 and 638/

639 are 33, 33.90 and 13, respectively. The

conversion factor for Category 239pt. is 8.79.

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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. 00–30800 Filed 12–01–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits and Guaranteed Access Levels

for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made

Fiber and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Jamaica

November 28, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits and guaranteed access levels.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, 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 and

Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for

textile products, produced or

manufactured in Jamaica 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

limits and guaranteed access levels for

the period January 1, 2001 through

December 31, 2001.

These specific limits and guaranteed

access levels do not apply to goods that

qualify for quota-free entry under the

Trade and Development Act of 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.

Requirements for participation in the

Special Access Program are available in

Federal Register notice 63 FR 16474,

published on April 3, 1998.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

November 28, 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 and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in

the following categories, produced or

manufactured in Jamaica 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

331/631 .................... 893,817 dozen pairs.

338/339/638/639 ...... 1,762,373 dozen.

340/640 .................... 824,132 dozen of

which not more than

697,342 dozen shall

be in shirts made

from fabrics with two

or more colors in the

warp and/or the filling in Categories

340–Y/640–Y1.

341/641 .................... 1,034,857 dozen.

345/845 .................... 255,355 dozen.

347/348/647/648 ...... 1,902,262 dozen.

352/652 .................... 2,842,337 dozen.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

445/446 .................... 55,706 dozen.

1 Category 340–Y: only HTS numbers

6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2046,

6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category

640–Y: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010,

6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and

6205.30.2060.

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 September 22, 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.

Also pursuant to the ATC; and under the

terms of the Special Access Program, as set

forth in 63 FR 16474 (April 3, 1998), you are

directed to establish guaranteed access levels

for properly certified cotton, wool, man-made

fiber and other vegetable fiber textile

products in the following categories which

are assembled in Jamaica from fabric formed

and cut in the United States and re-exported

to the United States from Jamaica during the

twelve-month period which begins on

January 1, 2001 and extends through

December 31, 2001:

Category Guaranteed access Level

331/631 .......... 1,320,000 dozen pairs.

336/636 .......... 125,000 dozen.

338/339/638/

639.

1,500,000 dozen.

340/640 .......... 300,000 dozen.

341/641 .......... 375,000 dozen.

342/642 .......... 200,000 dozen.

345/845 .......... 50,000 dozen.

347/348/647/

648.

2,000,000 dozen.

352/652 .......... 10,500,000 dozen.

447 ................. 30,000 dozen.

Any shipment for entry under the Special

Access Program which is not accompanied

by a valid and correct certification in

accordance with the provisions of the

certification requirements established in the

directive of February 19, 1987 (52 FR 6049)

shall be denied entry unless the Government

of Jamaica authorizes the entry and any

charges to the appropriate specific limits.

Any shipment which is declared for entry

under the Special Access Program but found

not to qualify shall be denied entry into the

United States.

These specific limits and guaranteed access

levels do not apply to goods that qualify for

quota-free entry under the Trade and

Development Act of 2000.

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