[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 146 (Friday, July 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46437-46438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19102]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

July 21, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 31, 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);

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Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended.
    The current limits for Categories 433 and 442 are being adjusted 
for swing.
    Upon the request of the Government of the Dominican Republic, the 
U.S. Government has agreed to increase the current Guaranteed Access 
Level for textile products in Categories 339/639, 347/348/647/648 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.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 21, 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 July 31, 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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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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433.......................................  24,007 dozen.
442.......................................  81,400 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.

    Also effective on July 31, 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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339/639...................................  4,150,000 dozen.
347/348/647/648...........................  9,050,000 dozen.
433.......................................  81,000 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,

Richard B. Steinkamp,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 00-19102 Filed 7-27-00; 8:45 am]
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