[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 77859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31720]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS
Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber
Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the
Philippines
December 7, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting
limits.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 13, 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 limits for certain categories are being adjusted for
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 54872, published on October 8, 1999.
Richard B. Steinkamp,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 7, 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 October 4, 1999, by the Chairman, Committee
for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns
imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made fiber textiles and textile
products and silk blend and other vegetable fiber apparel, produced or
manufactured in the Philippines and exported during the twelve-month
period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31,
2000.
Effective on December 13, 2000, you are directed to adjust the
limits for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
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Adjusted twelve-month limit
Category \1\
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Levels in Group I
335....................................... 160,947 dozen.
338/339................................... 3,153,690 dozen.
340/640................................... 1,271,931 dozen.
341/641................................... 1,048,888 dozen.
347/348................................... 3,168,321 dozen.
635....................................... 507,422 dozen.
638/639................................... 2,382,782 dozen.
647/648................................... 1,515,974 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
exported after December 31, 1999.
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.00-31720 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]
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