# Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan
**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:**
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 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 Pakistan 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.
Carryforward and special carryforward that has been applied to the 2000 limits is being deducted from 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,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
**Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements**
**November 2, 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 and man-made fiber textile products in the following categories, produced or manufactured in Pakistan and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2001 and extending through December 31, 2001, in excess of the following limits:
| Category | Twelve-month restraint limit |
| --- | --- |
| Specific limits | |
| 219 | 10,949,710 square meters. |
| 226/313 | 152,943,035 square meters. |
| 237 | 532,553 dozen. |
| 239pt. | 2,299,956 kilograms. |
| 314 | 7,963,424 square meters. |
| 315 | 99,102,766 square meters. |
| 317/617 | 42,794,104 square meters. |
| 331/631 | 3,083,839 dozen pairs. |
| 334/634 | 297,421 dozen. |
| 335/635 | 485,768 dozen. |
| 336/636 | 639,065 dozen. |
| 338 | 5,706,342 dozen. |
| 339 | 1,711,644 dozen. |
| 340/640 | 805,673 dozen of which not more than 319,532 dozen shall be in Categories 340-D/640-D
. |
| 341/641 | 958,597 dozen. |
| 342/642 | 474,456 dozen. |
| 347/348 | 1,001,593 dozen. |
| 351/651 | 402,836 dozen. |
| 352/652 | 1,065,108 dozen. |
| 359-C/659-C | 1,917,195 kilograms. |
| 360 | 6,471,237 numbers. |
| 361 | 7,524,693 numbers. |
| 363 | 53,077,350 numbers. |
| 369-F/369-P | 3,021,271 kilograms. |
| 369-R | 14,911,513 kilograms. |
| 369-S | 922,416 kilograms. |
| 613/614 | 30,284,124 square meters |
| 615 | 32,217,147 square meters. |
| 625/626/627/628/629 | 99,085,556 square meters of which not more than 49,542,779 square meters shall be in Category 625; not more than 49,542,779 square meters shall be in Category 626; not more than 49,542,779 square meters shall be in Category 627; not more than 10,250,231 square meters shall be in Category 628; and not more than 49,542,779 square meters shall be in Category 629. |
| 638/639 | 544,072 dozen. |
| 647/648 | 1,031,540 dozen. |
| 666-P | 862,142 kilograms. |
| 666-S | 4,564,280 kilograms. |
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 December 1, 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.
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,
*Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.*