77592 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 12, 2000 / Notices

Dated: December 1, 2000.

Susan K. Brown,

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data

Management, Data Administration Division.

[FR Doc. 00–31505 Filed 12–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

New Transshipment Charges for

Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber,

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the

People’s Republic of China

December 6, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs charging

transshipments to 2000 limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212.

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.

In a notice published in the Federal

Register on September 11, 1996 (61 FR

47892), CITA announced that Customs

would be conducting investigations of

transshipments of textiles produced in

China and exported to the United States.

Based on these investigations, the U.S.

Customs Service has determined that

textile products in certain categories,

produced or manufactured in China and

entered into the United States with the

incorrect country of origin, were entered

in circumvention of the Bilateral Textile

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

dated February 1, 1997 between the

Governments of the United States and

the People’s Republic of China.

Consultations were held between the

Governments of the United States and

the People’s Republic of China on this

matter on June 28–29, 2000 and October

30–31, 2000. In the letter published

below, the Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to charge

certain amounts to the 2000 quota

levels.

U.S. Customs continues to conduct

other investigations of such

transshipments of textiles produced in

China and exported to the United States.

Any charges resulting from these

investigations will be published in the

Federal Register.

The U.S. Government is taking this

action pursuant to the February 1, 1997

MOU between the Governments of the

United States and the People’s Republic

of China.

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 69228, published on

December 10, 1999.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 6, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: To facilitate

implementation of the Bilateral Textile

Memorandum of Understanding dated

February 1, 1997, between the Governments

of the United States and the People’s

Republic of China, you are directed, effective

on December 15, 2000, to charge the

following amounts to the following categories

for the 2000 restraint period (see directive

dated December 6, 1999):

Category Amounts to be

charged

237 ........................... 76 dozen.

239 ........................... 25,582 kilograms.

331 ........................... 23,206 dozen pairs.

336 ........................... 79 dozen.

338/339 .................... 29,743 dozen.

338–S/339–S ........... 37,766 dozen.

340 ........................... 468 dozen.

340–Z ...................... 781 dozen.

341 ........................... 1,505 dozen.

341–Y ...................... 85 dozen.

345 ........................... 281 dozen.

347/348 .................... 8,536 dozen.

350 ........................... 150 dozen.

352 ........................... 6,784 dozen.

359–O ...................... 11,763 kilograms.

433 ........................... 435 dozen.

435 ........................... 42 dozen.

438 ........................... 360 dozen.

442 ........................... 45 dozen.

445/446 .................... 1,021 dozen.

448 ........................... 37 dozen.

459 ........................... 2,010 kilograms.

634 ........................... 559 dozen.

635 ........................... 1,211 dozen.

636 ........................... 41 dozen.

638/639 .................... 942 dozen.

640 ........................... 238 dozen.

641 ........................... 11,425 dozen.

642 ........................... 24 dozen.

645/646 .................... 1,355 dozen.

647 ........................... 211 dozen.

Category Amounts to be

charged

648 ........................... 712 dozen.

649 ........................... 2,457 dozen.

652 ........................... 12,026 dozen.

659–H ...................... 2,955 kilograms.

659–O ...................... 118 kilograms.

670–L ....................... 18,274 kilograms.

835 ........................... 25 dozen.

836 ........................... 14 dozen.

838 ........................... 1,863 dozen.

840 ........................... 221 dozen.

842 ........................... 1 dozen.

845 ........................... 1,603 dozen.

847 ........................... 552 dozen.

859 ........................... 7 kilograms.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to 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. 00–31456 Filed 12–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

the Dominican Republic

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 12, 2000.

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 current limit for Categories 339/

639 is being increased for special shift,

reducing the limit for Categories 338/