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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 adjusting a limit. 

# EFFECTIVE DATE:

October 20, 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. 

# 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 Categories 347/348 is being increased for 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 64 FR 71982, published on December 22, 1999). Also see 64 FR 70223, published on December 16, 1999.                     

Richard B. Steinkamp, 

Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

## Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 

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 December 10, 1999, by the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That directive concerns imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Qatar and exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2000 and extending through December 31, 2000. 

                        Effective on October 20, 2000, you are directed to increase the current limit for Categories 347/348 to 672,888 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 of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1). 

 Sincerely,   

                        Richard B. Steinkamp,                    
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*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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