[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 146 (Friday, July 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 46438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19103]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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

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

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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); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended.

    The current limits for certain categories are being increased for 
special carryover in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding 
(MOU) dated June 2, 2000. This MOU was entered into in recognition of 
the disruption to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's exports 
in 1999 as a result of the crisis in Kosovo.
    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.

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 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 July 31, 2000, you are directed to increase the 
current limits for the following categories, as provided for in the 
Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of the United 
States and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia dated June 2, 
2000:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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433.......................................  25,875 dozen.
434.......................................  12,640 dozen.
435.......................................  39,914 dozen.
448.......................................  74,686 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,


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


[FR Doc. 00-19103 Filed 7-27-00; 8:45 am]
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