Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA). ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of ...
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 19, 2000.
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 https://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 swing and 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 68335, published on December 7, 1999.
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
June 13, 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 1, 1999, 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 on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
Effective on June 19, 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
Specific limits
226/313
121,532,812 square meters.
315
76,226,472 square meters.
331/631
3,345,885 dozen pairs.
334/634
305,560 dozen.
335/635
471,876 dozen.
336/636
620,789 dozen.
338
6,368,561 dozen.
339
1,857,088 dozen.
340/640
874,134 dozen of which not more than 290,088 dozen shall be in Categories 340-D/640-D 2
.
341/641
931,184 dozen.
347/348
1,086,702 dozen.
351/651
413,859 dozen.
352/652
1,034,648 dozen.
359-C/659-C 3
1,862,368 kilograms.
360
6,682,672 numbers.
361
7,770,547 numbers.
363
56,304,240 numbers.
369-F/369-P 4
3,119,984 kilograms.
369-R 5
14,485,083 kilograms.
369-S 6
952,554 kilograms.
638/639
598,638 dozen.
647/648
1,074,729 dozen.
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666-P 7
771,494 kilograms.
666-S 8
4,878,497 kilograms.
1
The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 1999.
2
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 369-F: only HTS number 6302.91.0045; Category 369-P: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005.
5
Category 369-R: only HTS number 6307.10.1020.
6
Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.
7
Category 666-P: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020, 6302.22.2010, 6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and 6302.32.2020.
8
Category 666-S: only HTS numbers 6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040, 6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and 6302.32.2040.
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.
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65 FR 37962
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