[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24345-24346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12058]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made 
Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand

May 8, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of customs adjusting 
limits.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 15, 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 re-openings, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel website 
at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.

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 reduced for 
carryforward used.
    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 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000). Also see 
65 FR 66728, published on November 7, 2000.

J. Hayden Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

May 8, 2001.

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 October 27, 2000, 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,

[[Page 24346]]

produced or manufactured in Thailand and exported during the twelve-
month period which began on January 1, 2001 and extends through 
December 31, 2001.
    Effective on May 15, 2001, you are directed to reduce the limits 
for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Levels in Group I
363.......................................  25,964,353 numbers.
619.......................................  8,921,285 square meters.
Group II
237, 331-348, 350-352, 359-H\2\,            362,068,351 square meters
 359pt.\3\, 431, 433-438, 440, 442-448,      equivalent.
 459pt.\4\, 631, 633-652, 659-H\5\,
 659pt.\6\, 831, 833-838, 840-858 and
 859pt.\7\.
338/339...................................  2,222,399 dozen.
340.......................................  353,331 dozen.
345.......................................  380,177 dozen.
347/348/847...............................  1,053,088 dozen.
638/639...................................  2,643,349 dozen.
647/648...................................  1,409,872 dozen.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


  \1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 2000.
  \2\ Category 359-H: only HTS numbers 6505.90.1540 and 6505.90.2060.
  \3\ Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6505.90.1540, 6505.20.2060
(Category 359-H); and 6406.99.1550.
  \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 659-H: only HTS numbers 6502.00.9030, 6504.00.9015,
6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and 6505.90.8090.
  \6\ Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6502.00.9030,
6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090, 6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090,
6505.90.8090 (Category 659-H); 6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540.
  \7\ 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 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,
J. Hayden Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 01-12058 Filed 5-11-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-S