[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 142 (Monday, July 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18569]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

July 18, 2000.
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 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, 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 
special shift.
    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 62659, published on November 17, 1999.

Richard B. Steinkamp,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 18, 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 November 9, 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 Republic of 
Turkey and exported during the twelve-month period which began on 
January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on July 21, 2000, you are directed to adjust the 
current limits for the following categories, as provided for under 
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                 Category                        Adjusted limit \1\
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Limits not in a group
361.......................................  3,032,394 numbers.
369-S \2\.................................  2,215,493 kilograms.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.
\2\ Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

    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,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00-18569 Filed 7-21-00; 8:45 am]
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