[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6195]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Belarus

March 6, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 13, 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, refer to the Office of Textiles and Apparel website 
at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.

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 622 is being reduced for 
carryforward used. The sublimit for Category 622-L remains unchanged.
    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 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000). Also see 
65 FR 69739, published on November 20, 2000.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

March 6, 2001.
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 14, 2000, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain man-made fiber textile 
products, produced or manufactured in Belarus and exported during 
the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2001 and extends 
through December 31, 2001.
    Effective on March 13, 2001, you are directed to reduce the 
limit for the following category, as provided for under the 
agreement between the Governments of the United States and Belarus 
dated February 17, 2000:

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                                             Adjusted twelve-month limit
                 Category                                \1\
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622.......................................  11,500,000 square meters of
                                             which not more than
                                             1,060,000 square meters
                                             shall be in Category 622-L
                                             \2\.
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\1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 2000.
\2\Category 622-L: only HTS numbers 7019.51.9010, 7019.52.4010,
  7019.52.9010, 7019.59.4010, and 7019.59.9010.

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

    Sincerely,
D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 01-6195 Filed 3-12-01; 8:45 am]
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