[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 136 (Friday, July 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 43741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17161]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber 
Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Singapore; Republication

June 30, 2000.

    Editorial Note: FR Doc. 00-17161 was originally scheduled to be 
published in the issue of Friday, July 7, 2000, at page 41962. It 
was inadvertently omitted. It is published below in its entirety.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 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.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 current limits for certain categories are being adjusted for 
carryover, carryforward and swing.
    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 54874, published on October 8, 1999.

William J. Dulka,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

June 30, 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 October 4, 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 Singapore and 
exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 
2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on July 7, 2000, you are directed to adjust the limits 
for the following categories, as provided for under the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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222.......................................  702,393 kilograms.
331.......................................  657,384 dozen pairs.
338/339...................................  1,728,914 dozen of which not
                                             more than 1,053,038 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 338
                                             and not more than 1,127,744
                                             dozen shall be in Category
                                             339.
347/348...................................  1,362,563 dozen of which not
                                             more than 846,912 dozen
                                             shall be in Category 347
                                             and not more than 621,213
                                             dozen shall be in Category
                                             348.
604.......................................  1,072,871 kilograms.
639.......................................  4,123,826 dozen.
642.......................................  354,086 dozen.
648.......................................  1,765,424 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

    Sincerely,
William J. Dulka,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

    Editorial Note: FR Doc. 00-17161 was originally scheduled to be 
published in the issue of Friday, July 7, 2000 at page 41962. It was 
inadvertently omitted due to typesetting errors.

[FR Doc. 00-17161 Filed 7-6-00; 8:45 am]
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