Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements May 5, 2000. AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA). ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Com...
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 5, 2000.
AGENCY:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
May 12, 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 www.customs.gov. For information on embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715.
The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted, variously, for swing, carryover, carryforward, carryforward used 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 70225, published on December 16, 1999.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 5, 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 December 10, 1999, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the United Arab Emirates and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
Effective on May 12, 2000, 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 1
219
1,659,976 square meters.
226/313
2,838,600 square meters.
317
45,792,385 square meters.
334/634
338,298 dozen.
335/635/835
209,221 dozen.
336/636
280,808 dozen.
338/339
881,953 dozen of which not more than 535,311 dozen shall be in Categories 338-S/339-S 2
.
340/640
469,758 dozen.
341/641
432,944 dozen.
342/642
360,854 dozen.
347/348
596,492 dozen of which not more than 313,583 dozen shall be in Categories 347-T/348-T 3
.
351/651
233,660 dozen.
352
346,837 dozen.
369-O 4
827,787 kilograms.
369-S 5
124,337 kilograms.
647/648
418,424 dozen.
847
287,181 dozen.
1
The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 1999.
2
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.
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,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
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65 FR 30393
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