[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 16379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7717]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Increase of Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain Cotton, Wool and 
Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the 
Dominican Republic

March 24, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing 
guaranteed access levels.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 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 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.ustreas.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.
    Upon the request of the Government of the Dominican Republic, the 
U.S. Government has agreed to increase the current Guaranteed Access 
Levels for textile products in Categories 338/638, 339/639 and 433.
    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.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 24, 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 the Dominican Republic and 
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 
and extends through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on March 27, 2000, you are directed to increase the 
Guaranteed Access Levels for the categories listed below for the period 
beginning on January 1, 2000 and extending through December 31, 2000.

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                 Category                      Guaranteed access level
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338/638...................................  3,150,000 dozen.
339/639...................................  2,150,000 dozen.
433.......................................  61,000 dozen.
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    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.
[FR Doc. 00-7717 Filed 3-27-00; 8:45 am]
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