Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Egypt
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA). ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of ...
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
AGENCY:
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).
ACTION:
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a limit.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
November 7, 2000.
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, call (202) 482-3715.
The limit for Categories 338/339 is being increased for carryover.
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). Also see 64 FR 57867, published on October 27, 1999.
Richard B. Steinkamp,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 2, 2000.
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 21, 1999, 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 Egypt and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000.
Effective on November 7, 2000, you are directed to increase the limit for Categories 338/339 to 3,784,857 dozen [1]
, as provided for under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.
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,
Richard B. Steinkamp,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Footnotes
1.
The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 31, 1999.
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65 FR 66722
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