COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Federative Republic of Brazil

October 27, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).


ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.


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 import restraint limits for textile products, produced or manufactured in Brazil and exported during the period January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001 are based on limits notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).

In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2001 limits.

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). Information regarding the 2001 CORRELATION will be published in the Federal Register at a later date.

Richard B. Steinkamp,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.



Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
October 27, 2000.


Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.


Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit, effective on January 1, 2001, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in Brazil and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2001 and extending through December 31, 2001, in excess of the following levels of restraint:


CategoryTwelve-month restraint limit
Aggregate Limit
200-227, 237, 239pt.1, 300-326, 331-348, 350-352, 359pt.2, 360-363, 369-D3, 369pt.4, 400-431, 433-438, 440-448, 459pt.5, 464, 469pt.6, 600-629, 631, 633-652, 659pt.7, 666, 669-P8, 669pt.9 and 670, as a group643,018,626 square meters equivalent.
Sublevels within the aggregate
2187,990,249 square meters.
21929,171,510 square meters.
22513,982,938 square meters.
300/30110,836,617 kilograms.
31367,103,910 square meters.
31410,986,596 square meters.
31532,959,787 square meters.
317/32629,963,440 square meters.
334/335215,015 dozen.
336119,455 dozen.
338/339/638/6392,150,160 dozen.
342/642633,101 dozen.
347/3481,552,893 dozen.
350240,917 dozen.
3611,624,564 numbers.
36334,672,119 numbers.
369-D774,394 kilograms.
410/62415,980,502 square meters of which not more than 2,815,508 square meters shall be in Category 410.
43319,544 dozen.
445/44676,564 dozen.
604758,563 kilograms of which not more than 579,760 kilograms shall be in Category 604-A10.
6077,043,803 kilograms.
647/648716,721 dozen.
669-P2,581,318 kilograms.
1Category 239pt.: only HTS number 6209.20.5040 (diapers).
2Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1550.
3Category 369-D: only HTS numbers 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and 6302.91.0045.
4Category 369pt.: all HTS numbers except 6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005, 6302.91.0045 (Category 369-D); 5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020, 5701.90.2020, 5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010, 5702.49.1020, 5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000, 5702.99.1010, 5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020 and 6406.10.7700.
5Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except 6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090, 6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560.
6Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except 5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010 and 6406.10.9020.
7Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except 6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540.
8Category 669-P: only HTS numbers 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020, 6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000.
9Category 669pt.: all HTS numbers except 6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020, 6305.33.0010, 6305.33.0020, 6305.39.0000 (Category 669-P); 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090, 5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000 and 6406.10.9040.
10Category 604-A: only HTS number 5509.32.0000.


The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the ATC and administrative arrangements notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

Products in the above categories exported during 2000 shall be charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see directive dated October 21, 1999) to the extent of any unfilled balances. In the event the limits established for that period have been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged to the limits set forth in this directive.

The conversion factor for merged Categories 338/339/638/639 is 10 (square meters equivalent/category unit).
In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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,

Richard B. Steinkamp,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
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