Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 233 / Monday, December 4, 2000 / Notices 75673

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 and man-made fiber textile

products in Categories 340/640, produced or

manufactured in El Salvador and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 2001 and extending through

December 31, 2001, in excess of 1,474,798

dozen.

The limit set forth above is subject to

adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the

ATC and administrative arrangements

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

Products in Categories 340/640 exported

during 2000 shall be charged to the

applicable category limit for that year (see

directive dated October 13, 1999) to the

extent of any unfilled balance. In the event

the limit established for that period has been

exhausted by previous entries, such products

shall be charged to the limit 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), effective

on January 1, 2001, a guaranteed access level

of 1,000,000 dozen is being established for

properly certified textile products in

Categories 340/640 assembled in El Salvador

from fabric formed and cut in the United

States which are re-exported to the United

States from El Salvador during the period

beginning on January 1, 2001 and extending

through December 31, 2001:

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 6, 1995 (60 FR 2740), as

amended, shall be denied entry unless the

Government of El Salvador 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.

This specific limit and guaranteed access

level 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. 00–30798 Filed 12–1–00; 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 and ManMade Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Guatemala

November 28, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

import 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 Guatemala 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

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 and man-made fiber textile

products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in Guatemala and

exported during the 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

340/640 .................... 1,796,578 dozen.

347/348 .................... 2,151,195 dozen.

351/651 .................... 378,978 dozen.

443 ........................... 74,619 numbers.

448 ........................... 46,753 dozen.

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.

Also pursuant to the ATC, and under the

terms of the Special Access Program, as set

forth in 63 FR 16474 (April 3, 1998), effective

on January 1, 2001, you are directed to

establish guaranteed access levels for

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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.