May 1, 2000. AGENCY:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
May 8, 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 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, variously, for carryover, carryforward, swing, special shift and the recrediting of unused carryforward.
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 62659, published on November 17, 1999.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 1, 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 9, 1999, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the Republic of Turkey and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
Effective on May 8, 2000, you are directed to adjust the current limits for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
| Category | Adjusted limit |
| Fabric Group | |
| 219, 313-O , 314-O , 315-O , 317-O , 326-O , 617, 625/626/627/628/629, as a group | 181,635,090 square meters of which not more than 47,480,835 square meters shall be in Category 219; not more than 56,280,079 square meters shall be in Category 313-O; not more than 33,764,149 square meters shall be in Category 314-O; not more than 45,370,578 square meters shall be in Category 315-O; not more than 47,480,835 square meters shall be in Category 317-O; not more than 5,275,647 square meters shall be in Category 326-O, and not more than 31,653,892 square meters shall be in Category 617. |
| Sublevel in Fabric Group | |
| 625/626/627/628/629 | 21,374,292 square meters of which not more than 10,088,665 square meters shall be in Category 625; not more than 8,549,716 square meters shall be in Category 626; not more than 8,549,716 square meters shall be in Category 627; not more than 8,549,716 square meters shall be in Category 628; and not more than 8,549,716 square meters shall be in Category 629. |
| Limits not in a group | |
| 300/301 | 11,022,486 kilograms. |
| 338/339/638/639 | 7,032,913 dozen of which not more than 5,975,240 dozen shall be in Categories 338-S/339-S/638-S/639-S . |
| 340/640 | 1,570,897 dozen of which not more than 499,226 dozen shall be in Categories 340-Y/640-Y . |
| 347/348 | 7,090,182 dozen of which not more than 2,339,172 dozen shall be in Categories 347-T/348-T . |
| 350 | 707,784 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 1,260,126 dozen. |
| 352/652 | 3,460,161 dozen. |
| 361 | 2,716,520 numbers. |
| 369-S | 2,408,734 kilograms. |
| 410/624 | 1,135,918 square meters of which not more than 888,390 square meters shall be in Category 410. |
| The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 1999. |
| Category 313-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035 and 5209.51.6032. |
| Category 314-O: all HTS numbers except 5209.51.6015. |
| Category 315-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.52.4055. |
| Category 317-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2085. |
| Category 326-O: all HTS numbers except 5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015 and 5211.59.0015. |
| Category 338-S: only HTS numbers 6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010, 6105.10.0030, 6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025, 6110.20.2040, 6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068, 6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category 339-S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060, 6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010, 6106.10.0030, 6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070, 6110.20.1030, 6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075, 6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010 and 6117.90.9020; Category 638-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1007, 6109.90.1009, 6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category 639-S: all HTS numbers except 6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065 and 6109.90.1070. |
| Category 340-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2046, 6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category 640-Y: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and 6205.30.2060. |
| Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020, 6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 6112.11.0050, 6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005, 6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045, 6203.49.8020, 6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and 6211.32.0040; Category 348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030, 6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011, 6104.62.2026, 6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042, 6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010. 6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050. |
| Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005. |
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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 00-11240 Filed 5-4-00; 8:45 am]
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