[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14553-14554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6197]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products 
Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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 14, 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 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, 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 443 is being reduced for 
carryforward used.
    This limit does 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 (64 FR 69746).
    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

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see 65 FR 66724, published on November 7, 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 October 27, 2000, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain wool textile products, 
produced or manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on 
January 1, 2001 and extending through December 31, 2001.
    Effective on March 14, 2001, you are directed to reduce the 
limit for Category 443 to 173,348 numbers \1\, as provided for in 
the agreement between the Governments of the United States and the 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia dated November 7, 1997, as 
amended and extended by exchange of notes on June 22, 2000 and July 
5, 2000.
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    \1\ The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 2000.
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    This limit does not apply to goods entered under the Outward 
Processing Program, as defined in the letter to the Commissioner of 
Customs dated December 8, 1999 (64 FR 69746).
    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,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 01-6197 Filed 3-12-01; 8:45 am]
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