[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 162 (Monday, August 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21221]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Increase of a Guaranteed Access Level for Certain Cotton Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Guatemala

August 15, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a 
guaranteed access level.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 22, 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 this 
limit, 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.
    On the request of the Government of Guatemala, the U.S. Government 
has agreed to increase the current guaranteed access level for 
Categories 347/348.
    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 54868, published on October 8, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 15, 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 Guatemala and 
exported during the period which began on January 1, 2000 and 
extends through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on August 22, 2000, you are directed to increase the 
guaranteed access level for Categories 347/348 to 1,500,000 dozen.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls 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. 00-21221 Filed 8-18-00; 8:45 am]
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