[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2588-2589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1044]


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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 the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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 20, 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 or call (202) 927-5850. 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.


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    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 71115, published on December 20, 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 December 14, 1999, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain wool textile products, 
produced or manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on 
January 1, 2000 and extending through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on January 20, 2000, you are directed to reduce the 
limit for Category 443 to 164,799 numbers \1\, as provided for in 
the agreement between the Governments of the United States and the 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia dated November 7, 1997.
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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 to 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. 00-1044 Filed 1-14-00; 8:45 am]
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