[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52703-52704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22185]


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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 Nepal

August 24, 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 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 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 Category 340 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 54871, 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 24, 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. This 
directive concern imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber 
textile products, produced or manufactured in Nepal and exported 
during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and 
extends through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on August 31, 2000, you are directed to increase the 
current limit for

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Category 340 to 480,204 dozen,\1\ as provided for under the terms of 
the current bilateral textile agreement between the Governments of 
the United States and Nepal.
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    \1\ 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 actions 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. 00-22185 Filed 8-29-00; 8:45 am]
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