Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 85 / Tuesday, May 2, 2000 / Notices 25467

DATES: Requests must be received no

later than May 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: In order to receive full

consideration for this event, send a 1–

2 page summary of your company’s

business experience in Nigeria and/or

your current concerns about doing

business in Nigeria to Douglas Wallace,

USDOC Nigeria Desk Officer, by mail to

Room 2037, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230, or

by fax at (202) 482–5198.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Douglas Wallace, USDOC Nigeria Desk

Officer, Office of Africa, Room 2037,

U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–5149.

Notice of Business Event Opportunity

U.S. and Nigerian Government

officials will hold the second round of

the U.S.-Nigeria Joint Economic

Partnership Commission (JEPC) in

Abuja on June 12–14, 2000. The purpose

of the JEPC is to open channels of

discussion between high-ranking USG

and GON officials on issues affecting the

economic and commercial relationship

between the two countries.

The U.S. Department of Commerce is

organizing a Corporate Session on June

14 to focus on U.S. private sector

concerns about the Nigerian business

environment. The Corporate Session

will give U.S. companies the

opportunity to present to Nigerian

decision makers the obstacles they face

in doing business in Nigeria and suggest

possible trade and regulatory changes

which would help create a more

attractive environment for U.S. trade

and investment. The Corporate Session

will also allow the Nigerian officials to

announce specific opportunities related

to priority sectors in Nigeria.

The following is an outline of the

Corporate Session to date:

June 14, 2000

9:00–10:00 a.m.—Working Breakfast

The Corporate Session will begin with

a one-hour working breakfast involving

USG and GON officials and U.S. and

Nigerian private sector representatives.

The leader of the Nigerian side, Chief

Economic Advisor to the President

Philip Asiodu, will welcome the

participants, summarize the Nigerian

economic situation and business

environment, and outline the GON’s

expected policy changes in the near

term. Asiodu will then invite the USG

leader, State Under Secretary Alan

Larson, to summarize the developments

and issues raised during the JEPC

discussions for the private sector

participants.

10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.—Sector-Specific

Meetings

Upon conclusion of the working

breakfast, participants will separate into

four sector-specific meetings: (1)

agribusiness, (2) telecom, (3)

transportation, and (4) energy/

environmental technologies. Each subgroup will be co-led by a USG official

who will introduce the GON leader and

act as discussion moderator. After brief

remarks from the Nigerian side, U.S.

and Nigerian public and private sector

participants will engage in an open,

sector-specific dialogue.

12:30–2:00 p.m.—Lunch

The Corporate Session Luncheon will

feature a keynote speech and further

questions/answers.

Edward Casselle,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DA–U

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits and

Increase of a Guaranteed Access Level

for Certain Cotton, Wool and ManMade Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Costa Rica

April 26, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits and increasing a guaranteed

access level.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 2000.

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, call

(202) 482–3715.

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 limits for certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for swing, carryover and the recrediting

of unused carryforward.

Upon the request of the Government

of Costa Rica, the U.S. Government has

agreed to increase the current

Guaranteed Access Level for textile

products in Category 447.

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 50495, published on

September 17, 1999.

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements

April 26, 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 September 13, 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 Costa Rica and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 2000 and extends through

December 31, 2000.

Effective on May 2, 2000, you are directed

to adjust the current limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

340/640 .................... 1,175,116 dozen.

342/642 .................... 409,129 dozen.

347/348 .................... 2,314,665 dozen.

443 ........................... 237,553 numbers.

447 ........................... 14,125 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1999.

Also effective on ,

you are directed to increase the Guaranteed

Access Level for Category 447 to 14,000

dozen.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

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