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 Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
 AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
 ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
 EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 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://www.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 are being adjusted for carryover and the recrediting of unused carryforward applied in agreement year 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 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000). Also see 64 FR 66972, published on November 8, 2000. J. Hayden Boyd, Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
 Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements June 1, 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 November 2, 2000, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the twelve-month period which began 
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                        on January 1, 2001 and extends through December 31, 2001. Effective on June 6, 2001, you are directed to adjust the limits for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing: Category
Adjusted twelve-month limit 1Specific limits219
12,154,178 square meters.237
591,134 dozen.239pt. 2
2,552,951 kilograms.314
8,546,052 square meters.315
93,668,815 square meters.317/617
50,497,042 square meters.334/634
340,995 dozen.335/635
573,206 dozen.336/636
754,097 dozen.339
1,963,249 dozen.340/640
911,733 dozen of which not more than 319,532 dozen shall be in Categories 340-D/640-D 3
                                .341/641
1,131,145 dozen.342/642
559,858 dozen.359-C/659-C 4
2,128,086 kilograms.369-F/369-P 5
3,413,559 kilograms.613/614
33,615,378 square meters.615
37,853,501 square meters.625/626/627/628/629
109,984,967 square meters of which not more than 54,992,485 square meters shall be in Category 625; not more than 54,992,485 square meters shall be in Category 626; not more than 54,992,485 square meters shall be in Category 627; not more than 11,377,756 square meters shall be in Category 628; and not more than 54,992,485 square meters shall be in Category 629.638/639
640,362 dozen.1
                             The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 2000.2
                             Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).3
                             Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030; Category 640-D: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030.4
                             Category 359-C: 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; Category 659-C: 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 6211.43.0010.5
                             Category 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.
 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, J. Hayden Boyd, *Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.*


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