[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2587-2588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1041]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in Costa Rica

    January 11, 2000.
AGENCY:  Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION:  Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing a 
limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 19, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, 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.ustreas.gov. For information on embargoes 
and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   


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    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 limit for Category 443 is being reduced for 
carryforward used.
    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 50495, published on September 17, 1999.

Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
    Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
January 11, 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 September 13, 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 Costa Rica and exported during 
the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends 
through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on January 19, 2000, you are directed to reduce the 
current limit for Category 443 to 212,012 numbers \1\, as provided for 
under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing. The 
guaranteed access level for Category 443 remains unchanged.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1999.
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs exception 
of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 00-1041 Filed 1-14-00; 8:45 am]
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