[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 146 (Friday, July 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 46437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19106]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made 
Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Cambodia

July 25, 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 31, 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.customss.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 
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 70217, published on December 16, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

July 25, 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 10, 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 Cambodia 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 terms of the current bilateral textile agreement between the 
Governments of the United States and Cambodia:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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331/631...................................  1,216,225 dozen pairs.
338/339...................................  2,850,500 dozen.
340/640...................................  969,900 dozen.
345.......................................  121,560 dozen.
347/348/647/648...........................  3,300,600 dozen.
352/652...................................  516,521 dozen.
438.......................................  105,067 dozen.
645/646...................................  290,907 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 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. 00-19106 Filed 7-27-00; 8:45 am]
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