[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58047-58048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24830]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits and Increase of Guaranteed Access 
Levels for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in the Dominican Republic

September 21, 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: September 28, 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 limit for Categories 338/638 is being increased for the 
recrediting of special shift, reducing the limit for Categories 339/639 
to account for the special shift being recredited.
    Upon the request of the Government of the Dominican Republic, the 
U.S. Government has agreed to increase the current Guaranteed Access 
Levels for textile products in Categories 339/639 and 347/348/647/648.
    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 50495, published on September 17, 1999.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

September 21, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

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20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on September 13, 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 Dominican 
Republic and exported during the twelve-month period which began on 
January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
    Effective on September 28, 2000, you are directed to adjust the 
current limits for the following categories, as provided for under 
the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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338/638...................................  1,333,592 dozen.
339/639...................................  1,191,907 dozen.
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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports
  exported after December 31, 1999.

    Also effective on September 28, 2000, you are directed to 
increase the Guaranteed Access Levels for the categories listed 
below for the period beginning on January 1, 2000 and extending 
through December 31, 2000.

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                 Category                      Guaranteed access level
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339/639...................................  5,150,000 dozen.
347/348/647/648...........................  10,550,000 dozen.
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    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. 00-24830 Filed 9-26-00; 8:45 am]
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