[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 43227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20763]


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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 the Republic of Turkey

August 13, 2001.
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 17, 2001.

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, 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 361 is being increased for the 
recrediting of unused 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 65 FR 82328, published on December 28, 2000). Also see 
65 FR 66730, published on November 7, 2000.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

August 13, 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 cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in the Republic of 
Turkey and exported during the twelve-month period which began on 
January 1, 2001 and extends through December 31, 2001.
    Effective on August 17, 2001, you are directed to increase the 
current limit for Category 361 to 2,576,045 numbers \1\, as provided 
for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:
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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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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception of 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. 01-20763 Filed 8-16-01; 8:45 am]
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