[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 236 (Friday, December 7, 2001)]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Reduction of Charges for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced 
or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey

December 4, 2001.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 11, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

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.
    On June 26, 2001, in response to a request from the Government of 
Turkey, CITA published an adjusted limit for Category 350 from Turkey. 
On November 21, 2001, CITA reduced charges against this limit by 9,533 
dozen (see 66 FR 58123, published on November 20, 2001, with an 
amendment published on November 29, 2001 in 66 FR 59602). As a result 
of further discussions with the Government of Turkey, CITA is 
instructing U.S. Customs to reduce the charges applied to the limit 
established in the directive dated October 27, 2000, for goods exported 
in 2001, for Category 350 by an additional 20,000 dozens.

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

December 4, 2001.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.
    Pursuant to further discussions with the Government of Turkey, 
effective on December 11, 2001, you are directed to reduce the 
charges applied to the limit established in the directive dated 
October 27, 2000, for goods exported in 2001, for Category 350 by 
20,000 dozens.
    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. 01-30374 Filed 12-4-01; 2:55 pm]
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