[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 162 (Monday, August 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50682-50683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21223]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


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

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 22, 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 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.

    The current limit for Categories 347-T/348-T is being increased for 
carryforward.
    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

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 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 August 22, 2000, you are directed to increase the 
current limit for Categories 347-T/348-T to 2,464,576 dozen \1\, as 
provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing:
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    \1\ Category 347-T: only HTS numbers 6103.19.2015, 6103.19.9020, 
6103.22.0030, 6103.42.1020, 6103.42.1040, 6103.49.8010, 
6112.11.0050, 6113.00.9038, 6203.19.1020, 6203.19.9020, 
6203.22.3020, 6203.42.4005, 6203.42.4010, 6203.42.4015, 
6203.42.4025, 6203.42.4035, 6203.42.4045, 6203.49.8020, 
6210.40.9033, 6211.20.1520, 6211.20.3810 and 6211.32.0040; Category 
348-T: only HTS numbers 6104.12.0030, 6104.19.8030, 6104.22.0040, 
6104.29.2034, 6104.62.2006, 6104.62.2011, 6104.62.2026, 
6104.62.2028, 6104.69.8022, 6112.11.0060, 6113.00.9042, 
6117.90.9060, 6204.12.0030, 6204.19.8030, 6204.22.3040, 
6204.29.4034, 6204.62.3000, 6204.62.4005, 6204.62.4010, 
6204.62.4020, 6204.62.4030, 6204.62.4040, 6204.62.4050, 
6204.69.6010, 6204.69.9010. 6210.50.9060, 6211.20.1550, 
6211.20.6810, 6211.42.0030 and 6217.90.9050; The limit has not been 
adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 
1999.
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    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,


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

[FR Doc. 00-21223 Filed 8-18-0; 8:45 am]
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