66724 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 216 / Tuesday, November 7, 2000 / Notices

arrangements notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body.

Products in the above categories exported

during 2000 shall be charged to the

applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated December 10, 1999) to the

extent of any unfilled balances. In the event

the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such

products shall be charged to the limits set

forth in this directive.

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe

entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5

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

Sincerely,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–28549 Filed 11–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Limits for

Certain Wool Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the

Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia

October 27, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.

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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of

November 7, 1997, as amended and

extended by exchange of notes on June

22, 2000 and July 5, 2000, between the

Governments of the United States and

the Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia establishes limits for certain

wool textile products, produced or

manufactured in the Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia and exported

during the period January 1, 2001

through December 31, 2001.

These limits do not apply to goods

entered under the Outward Processing

Program, as defined in the notice and

letter to the Commissioner of Customs

published in the Federal Register on

December 14, 1999 (see 64 FR 69746).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the 2001 limits.

These limits may be revised if the

Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia becomes a member of the

World Trade Organization (WTO) and

the United States applies the WTO

agreement to the Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia.

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).

Information regarding the 2001

CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

October 27, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the

Bilateral Textile Agreement of November 7,

1997, as amended and extended by exchange

of notes on June 22, 2000 and July 5, 2000,

between the Governments of the United

States and the Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 2001, entry into the

United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of wool textile products in the following

categories, produced or manufactured in the

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and

exported during the period beginning on

January 1, 2001 and extending through

December 31, 2001, in excess of the following

levels of restraint:

Category Twelve-month limit

433 ........................... 21,861 dozen.

434 ........................... 10,930 dozen.

Category Twelve-month limit

435 ........................... 29,835 dozen.

443 ........................... 183,854 numbers.

448 ........................... 65,582 dozen.

The limits set forth above are subject to

adjustment pursuant to the current bilateral

agreement between the Governments of the

United States and the Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia. These limits do not

apply to products entered under the Outward

Processing Program.

Products in the above categories exported

during 2000 shall be charged to the

applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated December 14, 1999) to the

extent of any unfilled balances. In the event

the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such

products shall be charged to the limits set

forth in this directive.

These limits do not apply to goods entered

under the Outward Processing Program, as

defined in the letter to the Commissioner of

Customs, dated December 8, 1999 (see 64 FR

69746).

These limits may be revised if the Former

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia becomes a

member of the World Trade Organization

(WTO) and the United States applies the

WTO agreement to the Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia.

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe

entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–28550 Filed 11–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Levels for Certain

Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

the United Mexican States

October 26, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

levels under the North America Free

Trade Agreement.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001