Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 238 / Monday, December 11, 2000 / Notices 77349

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Taiwan

December 5, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 11, 2000.

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 current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted for special

shift and partial undoing of special

shift.

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). Also

see 64 FR 60796, published on

November 8, 1999.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 5, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on November 2, 1999, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Taiwan and

exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 2000 and extends

through December 31, 2000.

Effective on December 11, 2000, you are

directed to adjust the current limits for the

following categories, as provided for under

the terms of the current bilateral textile

agreement:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Sublevels in Group II

331 ........................... 424,829 dozen pairs.

338/339 .................... 970,197 dozen.

347/348 .................... 1,405,973 dozen of

which not more than

1,200,354 dozen

shall be in Categories 347–W/348–

W 2.

631 ........................... 5,537,192 dozen pairs.

638/639 .................... 6,662,435 dozen.

647/648 .................... 5,447,962 dozen of

which not more than

5,177,017 dozen

shall be in Categories 647–W/648–

W 3.

Within Group II Subgroup

351 ........................... 338,922 dozen.

651 ........................... 517,397 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1999. 2 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. 3 Category 647–W: only HTS numbers

6203.23.0060, 6203.23.0070, 6203.29.2030,

6203.29.2035, 6203.43.2500, 6203.43.3500,

6203.43.4010, 6203.43.4020, 6203.43.4030,

6203.43.4040, 6203.49.1500, 6203.49.2015,

6203.49.2030, 6203.49.2045, 6203.49.2060,

6203.49.8030, 6210.40.5030, 6211.20.1525,

6211.20.3820 and 6211.33.0030; 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.

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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