[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 66724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28550]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Announcement of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

October 27, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.

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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of November 7, 1997, as amended and 
extended by exchange of notes on June 22, 2000 and July 5, 2000, 
between the Governments of the United States and the Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia establishes limits for certain wool textile 
products, produced or manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia and exported during the period January 1, 2001 through 
December 31, 2001.
    These limits do not apply to goods entered under the Outward 
Processing Program, as defined in the notice and letter to the 
Commissioner of Customs published in the Federal Register on December 
14, 1999 (see 64 FR 69746).
    In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the 
Commissioner of Customs to establish the 2001 limits.
    These limits may be revised if the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia becomes a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and 
the United States applies the WTO agreement to the Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia.
    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). 
Information regarding the 2001 CORRELATION will be published in the 
Federal Register at a later date.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 27, 2000.
Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section 204 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of 
March 3, 1972, as amended; and the Bilateral Textile Agreement of 
November 7, 1997, as amended and extended by exchange of notes on 
June 22, 2000 and July 5, 2000, between the Governments of the 
United States and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, you are 
directed to prohibit, effective on January 1, 2001, entry into the 
United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for 
consumption of wool textile products in the following categories, 
produced or manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia and exported during the period beginning on January 1, 
2001 and extending through December 31, 2001, in excess of the 
following levels of restraint:

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                 Category                        Twelve-month limit
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433.......................................  21,861 dozen.
434.......................................  10,930 dozen.
435.......................................  29,835 dozen.
443.......................................  183,854 numbers.
448.......................................  65,582 dozen.
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    The limits set forth above are subject to adjustment pursuant to 
the current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the 
United States and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. These 
limits do not apply to products entered under the Outward Processing 
Program.
    Products in the above categories exported during 2000 shall be 
charged to the applicable category limits for that year (see 
directive dated December 14, 1999) to the extent of any unfilled 
balances. In the event the limits established for that period have 
been exhausted by previous entries, such products shall be charged 
to the limits set forth in this directive.
    These limits do not apply to goods entered under the Outward 
Processing Program, as defined in the letter to the Commissioner of 
Customs, dated December 8, 1999 (see 64 FR 69746).
    These limits may be revised if the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia becomes a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and 
the United States applies the WTO agreement to the Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia.
    In carrying out the above directions, the Commissioner of 
Customs should construe entry into the United States for consumption 
to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico.
    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.
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