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###### 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:

October 20, 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 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.ustreas.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 limit for Category 435 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 50498, published on September 17, 1999.                 

Richard B. Steinkamp, 

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

## Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 

October 13, 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 wool textile products, produced or manufactured in Russia and exported during the twelve-month period which began on January 1, 2000 and extends through December 31, 2000. 

                        Effective on October 20, 2000, you are directed to increase the current limit for Category 435 to 60,075 dozen [1]                                                 , as provided for under the terms of the current bilateral agreement between the Governments of the United States and the Russian Federation.                     

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, 

                        Richard B. Steinkamp,                    

Acting 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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